We’re going to cop to some very enthusiastic fist-pumping when we heard news that music legend/”Punk Rock’s Poet Laureate” Patti Smith would be coming to Columbia College next month. When the folks at the Reader picked up the news, we were quick to agree with Miles Raymer’s assessment on the awesomeness of Patti Smith: more ›

This Thursday the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is presenting the latest installment of their ClassicEncounter series, where they sweeten the concert-going deal by adding book-learnin' and booze. more ›