Free Will Astrology: Week of April 29, 2021 TAURUS: It's time to upgrade your excitement about being in such a magnificent vessel. 04-27 Newcity by Rob Brezsny Today in the Culture, April 27, 2021: Development in Bronzeville/Fulton Market/Humboldt Park | Chatham Cinema Saved 04-27 Newcity by Ray Pride Stage Top 5: May 2021 May brings flowers and the first buds of live performance in over a year. 04-27 Newcity Stage by Sharon Hoyer Today in the Culture, April 26, 2021: Medinah Revival | Framing Venice Biennale | RIP Jetta Jones & Jerry Ranalli 04-26 Newcity by Ray Pride A Sordid Little Life: A Review of Meiselman: The Lean Years by Avner Landes A moment-by-moment look at one week in the life of an assistant librarian at the “New Niles” (read: Skokie) Public Library. 04-26 Newcity Lit by Hugh Iglarsh Reinvention, Revolution: An Experiment in the Museum of the Future is Taking Shape in Appleton, Wisconsin At the Trout Museum, Buie makes the case that real progress in equity and representation must move beyond simply putting work by diverse artists on the wall. 04-26 Newcity Art by Rafael Francisco Salas 60wrd/min COVID Edition: Jeane Cohen, Cindy Bernhard, Mary Porterfield In this weekly column, art critic Lori Waxman adapts her 60wrd/min project to review work by artists whose practice has been affected by the pandemic. 04-23 Newcity Art by Lori Waxman Today in the Culture, April 23, 2021: Cultural Center Reopening and Restoration | Trib v. Millennials | Second City Wields Ax 04-23 Newcity by Ray Pride Fox Games: A Review of “That We Exist” By MAKS The Fox The quartet’s third full-length, while still capturing their orchestral essence, has a more muscular backbone, crackling with rock impulses. 04-23 Newcity Music by Craig Bechtel Today in the Culture, April 22, 2021: West Loop Housing Boom | Cinespace Lands Four Series 04-22 Newcity by Ray Pride Past Lives: A Review of The Last Watch by J.S. Dewes A well-constructed tale of how life, after decades of war with a different species, effects individuals and society. 04-22 Newcity Lit by L.D. Barnes Talking Screens: “We are the children of Marx and Coca-Cola” | “Aaron Sorkin’s not a right-winger” 04-22 Newcity Film by Ray Pride The Gunda Years: The World As Barnyard There’s a purity in the results of “Gunda” 04-22 Newcity Film by Ray Pride In Control: In the Driver’s Seat with Angela Ziqi Zhang In dialogue with the formal concerns of modernism as well as the semiotic traditions of still life, Zhang’s panels never submit themselves to pure medium or pure illusion. 04-22 Newcity Art by Alexandra Drexelius Today in the Culture, April 21, 2021 | A New “WPA” for Chicago Arts | Sky-High Goose Island | Navy Pier Reopening 04-21 Newcity by Ray Pride Research, Action and Design: Preservation Futures Seeks to Elevate the Social and Cultural History Embedded in Places and Spaces "We need to always be working in the present and looking to the future." 04-21 Newcity Design by Vasia Rigou Shawarma Diaries: One Writer’s Quest to Eat all the Shawarma in Chicago The first time I had shawarma I was 21-years-old, studying abroad in Irbid, Jordan. It was a staple in our day and something we missed dearly when we moved home. I decided to attempt to try take-out from every shawarma joint in the city. 04-21 Newcity Resto by Rebecca Holland Fading Moments: A Review of Context 2021 at Filter Photo Context 2021 stands out not only from other pandemic-centric exhibitions, but also from past iterations of the annual group show. 04-21 Newcity Art by Christina Nafziger Today in the Culture, April 20, 2021: Exhibit Columbus Plans | Green City Market Plans | The Horse With No Name Speaks 04-20 Newcity by Ray Pride Free Will Astrology: Week of April 22, 2021 TAURUS: adopt the attitude of the empty vessel, awaiting life's instructions… 04-20 Newcity by Rob Brezsny