At 19, Oak Park native Tavi Gevinson has experienced more than most people do in a lifetime—but that doesn’t mean she’s going to slow down anytime soon. The teen blogger continues to run Rookie magazine, is gearing up to star in The Crucible on Broadway, and just released Rookie Yearbook Four.
So this is the last yearbook? I don’t think it’s the end for Rookie in print, but it felt like it would be good to have one for each year of high school. I have to say, it’s always been hard to choose a favorite, but this one might be it for me.
You’re coming to the Music Box for your book tour. What’s it like for you now when you come home to Chicago? It’s weird. When I moved to New York I couldn’t come home for like six months because we were doing the play [This is Our Youth] every day, and when I finally went back it was like all the messes in my room were the same, nothing had moved. I really find myself missing stuff like the way my dogs paws sounded on the floor or hearing that my mom was downstairs and my dad was in his office and stuff like that. The Music Box, my friends and I would go to Rocky Horror Picture Show there at midnight in high school, and it was so fun. I remember I saw Wes Anderson do a Q&A there when Grand Budapest Hotel came out, I saw a screening of Almost Famous there, and that’s where I saw the Bill Cunningham documentary with my dad. I have a lot of affection for the Music Box, and I’m really excited that that’s where we’re having the event.
