December 2023 Issue: The Music Issue (Digital Edition)

All About Eves A conversation with Cat Bohannon "On a Friday evening, Cat Bohannon and I met in the lobby of the Loews Chicago Hotel to discuss her book, “Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution,” a New York Times bestseller as well as an international hit." (Rachel Shteir) The Bands Play On In search of musical nirvana at the Old Town School "Then last year, through a friend, Kenworthy learned of a program in Chicago that stages pop-up bands. For eight weeks, they rehearse just once a week on the same day at the same time. They cover everything from classic rock to rockabilly, jug band to bossa nova. Kenworthy was intrigued: consistent and predictable suits the working dad." (John Moss)  Music 45 2023 Who keeps Chicago in tune "What's amazing about Chicago's music culture is that it keeps growing even if the city stays about the same. It's classical music, which populates the region with well-funded orchestras and smaller ensembles marking decades of