This roundup of Chicago and Great Lakes culture news covers the Renaissance Society's release of a Hamza Walker essay collection, the Lucas Museum's approaching Los Angeles opening with $25 admission and up to $600 memberships (criticized given its billionaire funding and South LA location), and the closure of Zeitlin's Delicatessen after the founder said flagship store costs proved unsustainable. It also notes a street-naming honor for preservationist Jay Warren, a filmmaker interview with Lilly Wachowski, and an auction listing for a 'Ferris Bueller' prop toolbox.
Also mentioned: production start on horror film 'Rough on Rats' based on Chicago serial killer Tillie Klimek, early-bird passes for the Chicago International Film Festival, a Los Angeles theater's 35-year gap between new releases before showing 'The Odyssey,' and Paramount's threat to leave California by October absent settlement talks over its Warner Bros. Discovery merger antitrust case.
The full dispatch is available from the source below.