T.R. Witcher
A (near) native of Chicagoland, associate editor T.R. Witcher is a veteran of alternative weeklies in Denver and Kansas City. He also was formerly associate editor at Las Vegas Life. In 2006, he received his MA from the University of Chicago. He is interested in writing about the ways we shape cities and the ways they shape us. If he’s not writing about Vegas’ urban landscape, he is likely to be roaming town photographing it. Todd's favorite book is Watership Down.
Call T.R. at 702-990-7717.
Blog Post Archive
- Death Becomes Him: At long last, the King of Pop makes his comeback
- Tuesday, June 30, 2009
- This is not the real story. This is our story. In our story, there comes a day when Michael Jackson realizes he will never outdo himself. And in our story, he doesn't fight it.
- Effortlessly presidential in the Chicago night
- Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008
- The black family members came from stage left. The white family members came from stage right. …that a man who looks like Obama…a man who looks like me…is monumental. It’s so monumental that words like monumental are small and somehow petty.
- The roar of history too loud to ignore
- Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008
- It’s tough to be an English teacher on Election Night. What was I thinking? To lecture on writing arguments—to a class trying to argue me out of even having class?
- The Wright Stuff
- Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008
- When I think of Frank Lloyd Wright and religion, my first thought usually goes to the legendary architect’s legendary self-regard: Wright as a kind of god in his own head. But then I recall his arresting Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois—a starkly beautiful building that looks as ancient as the Great Pyramids—and I think, well, maybe he was a god.
- Spectacle
- Friday, Aug. 29, 2008
- Radio Woes
- Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008
- Energy is King
- Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008
- Mystic Valley
- Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008
- The Reddest of the Red
- Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008
- Almost Underway
- Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008