After a 35-year run leading Chicago’s most prestigious theater company, Goodman Theatre artistic director Robert Falls is to resign, effective at the end of the current season in August 2022. Falls’ decision, which he said was not made under any kind o…
Please stop adding more lanes to busy highways—it doesn’t help
Why do highway planners refuse to accept that more lanes means more traffic?
Candyman review – BLM horror reboot is superb confection of satire and scorn
Nia DaCosta’s quasi reboot develops the horror myth as an expression of rage against racism in the era of Black Lives MatterCandyman, in its first incarnation, stepped daintily out of the mirror in 1992, in writer-director Bernard Rose’s US-set version…
Extra Crunch roundup: Corp dev handbook, Chicago startups, Brazil’s e-commerce landscape
If you’re a founder who finds yourself in a meeting with a VC, try to remember two things — you’re the smartest person in the room, and investors are looking for a reason to say “yes.”
When VCs turned to Zoom, Chicago startups were ready for their close-up
Chicago is an outlying benefactor from accelerating venture capital activity and the rise of remote investing.
Amazon expands same-day Prime delivery to 6 more U.S. cities
Amazon announced this morning it’s expanding its faster, same-day delivery service to half a dozen more U.S. cities. The service, which the retailer has been working to make same-day delivery even faster over the past year, now offers consumers in a number of markets the ability to shop up to 3 million items on Amazon.com, […]
Lollapalooza drops DaBaby performance after homophobic comments
Rapper appears to apologize in video on WednesdayArtists including Elton John and Madonna condemn remarks Lollapalooza cancelled a Chicago performance by the rapper DaBaby on Sunday because, the music festival said, it was “founded on diversity, inclus…
Obama Shares Moment With Young Team
James C. CollierREAD MOST RECENT POSTS AT ACTING WHITE ACTING BLACK… Technorati Tags: Obama Shares Moment With Young Team, Election, Chicago, Tears, Thanks, Acting White