{"product_id":"october-2026-issue-realism-print-edition","title":"October 2026 Issue: Realism (Print Edition)","description":"\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eModern Gothic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn art tour of the University Club of Chicago\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Just a short walk from the Art Institute on the corner of East Monroe Street and Michigan Avenue stands the University Club of Chicago. The grand limestone structure reaches into the downtown skyline with its fourteen floors, decorated with such quintessential Revival Gothic details as arched windows, gables and stone carvings.\" \u003cb\u003e(Sierra Holt)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo Catch a Shooting Star\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow the CSO found (and won) Klaus Mäkelä\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn an excerpt from his new book, \"Passing the Baton,\" Phillip Huscher, the longtime CSO program annotator, sets the stage for the orchestra's next music director. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"When the search for [CSO music director Riccardo] Muti’s successor began, no one knew the name Klaus Mäkelä. The search committee—­six orchestra members, six trustees and three staff members—­met for the first time in November 2019. \"  (\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePhillip Huscher\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeartland Gemütlichkeit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEating my way along the Midwest German Trail\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\"As a historian, I love to pursue stories that are either really big or really surprising, though those two elements are often bound together. While over the decades, research has taken me around the world, I have discovered that some of the biggest and most surprising stories are right here in the Midwest.\" \u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-f112c29f-7fff-71df-e106-a253dc55ac48\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(Cynthia Clampitt)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePicturing Truth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe quiet resurgence of realism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\"There was a time when all art was figurative, when the artist painting things they saw was the only way art was made. The work was about the portrait or the scene at hand—that was what painting was about, and after that, allegorical and symbolic meaning were ascribed to it.\" \u003cstrong\u003e(Susan Aurinko)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeoretrofutureoptimism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt Turf's new Chicago showroom, acoustic performance becomes immersive\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eInside Turf’s new Chicago showroom, the future feels strangely familiar. Acoustics are often treated as something invisible—a technical layer that quietly improves a space without asking to be noticed. But Turf has a different idea.\"\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-532790eb-7fff-54a8-e55f-0be1e79859a7\"\u003e (Vasia Rigou)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlways Broke, Never Boring\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRemembering the glory days of the Organic Theater\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eBefore Steppenwolf, before Chicago Shakespeare, before Victory Gardens, Wisdom Bridge, St. Nicholas, Northlight, Lookingglass, Timeline and so many other illustrious theater troupes—present and departed—there was the Organic. It was the first nonprofit, off-Loop company to hit it big and let the wider world know that something interesting was brewing in the Windy City’s storefront performance spaces.\" (\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-256f8f70-7fff-6cf9-6bac-fff89df35e11\"\u003eHugh Iglarsh)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedicaid Office\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA new comic by Chana Goldbloom\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0022\/0482\/7707\/files\/Medicaid-Comic-Page-1.gif?v=1789932951\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJapanese collective teamLab lands at the Smart Museum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e+ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Panorama of Brazilian Art marks the reopening of the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDance: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBevara Anderson-Selkridge connects worlds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesign\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnna Sui’s world\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLit\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe magic (and math) behind Ashley Hasty’s Chicago Literary Salon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMusic\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYoung Swan’s long and steady flight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAutumnal diversions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePoetry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Ghost Trees\"\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA new poem by Christina Pugh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp 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