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My primary responsibilities at Chicago are fact-checking and reconciling, but I've also made various contributions to the magazine and chicagomag.com as well.
Featured Articles
Explore a featured selection of my work for Chicago magazine below. A full archive of my contributions to Chicago can be viewed here.
Claud Wanders Well on Their Latest Album
It’s fitting that Supermodels, Claud’s sophomore album, leaves listeners with the parting words, “I’ve been thinking about moving out of New York.” Supermodels is a nomadic album in many senses: it wanders between genres, ideas, and even physical places — the “bones of the songs” were assembled in Claud’s Brooklyn apartment and studio, but parts of the record were written, produced, and performed across locations. And like any nomad, Claud doesn’t know where they’ll land next.
Louis Tomlinson’s “Chicago” - Best of Chicago
Songs titled “Chicago” are usually performed by Midwesterners, such as Michael Jackson or Sufjan Stevens. That makes Yorkshire-born Louis Tomlinson an outlier.
Your Summer Music Festival Preview
The who, what, where, and why on the summer’s best music fests.
Three Chicagoans Compete on The Great American Baking Show
When Martin Sorge, a consultant and former economic development coordinator for the City of Chicago, stepped into a picturesque English country estate to film Season 6 of The Great American Baking Show, he didn’t expect to encounter a fellow Chicagoan — let alone two.
“I was spoiled,” Sorge says. “I’m good friends with all the bakers on the show now, but [the three of us] get to come home, pop over to each other’s houses to drop off something we baked, or pick up an ingredient we might need.”
“I was spoiled,” Sorge says. “I’m good friends with all the bakers on the show now, but [the three of us] get to come home, pop over to each other’s houses to drop off something we baked, or pick up an ingredient we might need.”
Inside Peek - May 2023
Ivan Brunetti's cartoons have graced 17 covers of the New Yorker but never the front of his own city’s magazine.
So when Chicago design director
David Syrek approached him about illustrating
this month’s cover, Brunetti did
not hesitate.
So when Chicago design director
David Syrek approached him about illustrating
this month’s cover, Brunetti did
not hesitate.
Lollapalooza Lineup Goes Light on Legacy Acts
Conspicuous gaps in touring schedules and Twitter rumors aside, Lollapalooza officially announced its 2023 lineup this morning. Among the biggest names making the pilgrimage to Grant Park are Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Joining them are Odesza, Lana Del Rey, Karol G, The 1975, and Tomorrow X Together. The eight headliners have over a quarter of a billion monthly Spotify listeners combined.
Second-time performers Eilish and Lamar are commemorating their five- a
Joining them are Odesza, Lana Del Rey, Karol G, The 1975, and Tomorrow X Together. The eight headliners have over a quarter of a billion monthly Spotify listeners combined.
Second-time performers Eilish and Lamar are commemorating their five- a
Five Things to Do: March 17-19
They say the human body is a work of art, so if your canvas is painted, head to the Chicago Tattoo Arts Festival. Put your existing tats on display, or choose from a litany of artists for an appointment, including alumni of Paramount+’s Ink Master. Mar. 17-19. villainarts.com
Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker headlines this year’s lineup at Chicago Psych Fest. The two-day festival at the Hideout also features avant-pop and chamber-folk performances, plus a pair of DJ sets. Mar. 17-18. etix.com
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Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker headlines this year’s lineup at Chicago Psych Fest. The two-day festival at the Hideout also features avant-pop and chamber-folk performances, plus a pair of DJ sets. Mar. 17-18. etix.com
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Instagram Contest: Your Best City Street Photos
The golden hour of the day. Autumnal
equinox. A pedestrian walking into
the frame. All those factors lined up
perfectly for this shot taken by free
-
lance photographer and designer Karl
Solano. “The light dramatizes the
image, especially during that time,”
says the Albany Park resident
equinox. A pedestrian walking into
the frame. All those factors lined up
perfectly for this shot taken by free
-
lance photographer and designer Karl
Solano. “The light dramatizes the
image, especially during that time,”
says the Albany Park resident
