Interview: When the Messinger Is HotAs in right now. With his first collection of short stories due out in October and a partnership with WBEZ's Third Coast International Audio Festival taking off, founder and host of the much-celebrated Dollar Store series Jonathan Messinger is really cleaning up. Ever since we first found out about the... continue reading on Chicagoist
Go See This or the Terrorists Will Have WonAbout a month ago, Chicagoist spoke with Kumail Nanjiani about his then-new one-man show. In Unpronounceable, Nanjiani breaks from his usual stand-up routine and talks about his religious Muslim upbringing in Pakistan, his move to Iowa when he was 18, and his subsequent loss of faith and turn toward atheism.... continue reading on Chicagoist
If we could pick one piece of fiction we’d like to see adapted to the stage, it would probably be George Gipe’s 1985 novelization of Back to the Future, itself based on the screenplay by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It’s got everything, really—time travel, Libyan terrorists, an Oedipus-complex subplot,... continue reading on Chicagoist
Interview: Author John McNallyChicagoist will be the first to admit that, growing up, we were never cool. We know what you’re saying—Whaa? You’re so funny and smart and visually pleasing! But believe it, friends. Chicagoist was one awkward, gangly, hormonal pre-Web site back in the day. We like to think, though, that all... continue reading on Chicagoist
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