That tangle of threads is the “Taxonomy of the Chicago Art Community,” an ambitious project hatched by the Bad At Sports podcasters to connect local and out-of-town artists, institutions, and media producers. Last weekend we dropped by the BAS All-Media Pancake Breakfast and Tea at the ThreeWalls gallery where we meeted 'n greeted and added a few strings to the tapestry. “Taxonomy” works along the six degrees of separation principle: we’re all connected if... more ›

Stories on Stage, Chicago's only live dramatic short story reading series, is sponsoring its third short story competition. The competition, entitled "Now Hear This," is open to all writers within the Chicago Public Radio listening area. On November 7, the winner of the competition will get their story read by a single actor, who works with a director on interpretation and presentation of the story. The deadline to submit a story is July 19. Chicagoist thinks if we were a better writer and we won the competition, that it would be awesome to hear one of Chicago's top performers read our story. more ›