Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Samira Wiley makes her UK stage debut, there’s an urgent counter to antisemitism, plus a fourth King James, refugee dancers and comedic returns Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMAfter a two-year pandemic delay, villagers in the German town of Oberammergau are once again re-enacting the story of Jesus’s life and death, with some changes.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:33AMTuesday, August 23, 2022
Production opening in October portrays US evangelical star who challenged views on Aids and HIV
The colourful life story of an American Christian superstar who became a gay icon because of h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:07PMFrom 5-7 PM, the Chicago Park District has organized a listening session seeking community dialogue about visions for Douglass Park. The park district’s Douglass Park Community Engagement …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 04:34PMLast month, local darkwave band Kill Scenes dropped “Acid Black Window,” the first single from the upcoming full-length album Masque. The five-piece group, anchored by songwriters Meghan…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 10:50AMMonday, August 22, 2022
Hopefully you’ve been following our recent comics journalism pieces on art and artists created by Reader contributor and former Chicagoan Coco Picard (her latest, an interview with artist …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:05AMSunday, August 21, 2022
West Midlands comedian Masai Graham, who works as a part-time care worker, wins title for second time
A standup comedian who works part-time as a care worker on minimum wage has topped a po…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33PMDoes your work from home soundtrack need a refresh? Patrixia, our latest Chicagoan of Note, is a DJ who dominates the digital club space. She’s so good at getting the […]
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 09:09PMAttendance lagged in the comeback season, as the challenges posed by the coronavirus persisted. Presenters hope it was just a blip.
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Angie Staheli and Jeremy Phillips released the original cast album to FINDING PATIENCE, a musical about the history of Holly Springs earlier this month.
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SOURCE: Beltline to Broadway at 10:30PMChicago Vinyl Connection celebrates one year of bringing independent record sellers, vintage vendors, and music lovers together with today’s latest edition of their nomadic gatherings of g…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:36PMFriday, August 19, 2022
Wanna learn more about community groups organizing around issues like tenants rights and the cop academy? The Humboldt Park Housing Project (HPHP), a group fighting for affordable housing fo…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 08:17PMCollaboraction’s youth artist-activist ensemble, The Light, concludes its summer tour with Night Out in the Parks this weekend, with a show tonight at 5 PM at Austin’s LaFollette Park (1…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 12:28PMThis story was originally published by City Bureau. Five hundred dollars, no strings attached. That’s what the Chicago Resilient Communities Pilot—one of the largest guaranteed income p…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 09:29AMThursday, August 18, 2022
Comedian Grace Campbell on why after being raped last year, she worried that her openness about her sex life would be used against her
Grace Campbell, comedian and author of Amazing Disgrace…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33PMThis year, the Beach Sessions at Rockaway Beach features the Trisha Brown Dance Company in a program of early works.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:30AMIT’S BACK: A NEW DIRECTION HOME This humbly immense, uniquely created show threw me for a loop five summers ago. It’s back on tour, via Oliviers and Broadway awards, with its…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:47AMGUEST REVIEWER CHARLOTTE VALORI GETS SWEPT UP IN THE MAGIC, THE MUSIC AND THE META Opera Alegria’s vivacious foray into Mozart’s Magic Flute for Grimeborn takes its inspiration from the …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:00AMWednesday, August 17, 2022
The city’s SummerDance series is well under way, and today’s fusion of live music, dance instruction, and outdoor activities takes place in Englewood’s Ogden Park (6500 S. Racine). The…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:34PMIn March 2021, Gossip Wolf was bowled over by the debut demo from local grindcore crew Organ Failure. The band packed four merciless rippers into three thoroughly unwholesome minutes, whetti…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 12:45PMMonday, August 15, 2022
Tuesdays are a good day (and night) to visit the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, as there are extended hours for both the museum and the store (10 AM-9 PM) and museum admission is free o…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:56PMSaturday, August 13, 2022
FroSkate, a BIPOC-led skate collective that centers female, trans, queer, and gender nonconforming skaters, is celebrating the release of the FroSkate x Nike SB Dunk. The skate shoe drops th…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:23PMGet some fresh air today by joining a free garden tour at the Lincoln Park Zoo (2001 N. Clark). Every second Saturday, a staff horticulturist leads groups through the zoo’s […]
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:51AMFriday, August 12, 2022
Summer is coming to a close, and Yollocalli Arts Reach, the free youth arts education program offered through the National Museum of Mexican Art, is looking back at another hot one in the ci…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:28AMThursday, August 11, 2022
VOICES FROM THE GRAVE AND THE CELLAR, UNIGNORABLE Timely, enterprising, emotionally shattering, politically shaming. These two plays were both both first born at the time of …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:20PMRyan Gilbey was eloquent about the qualities of David Warner, but it isn’t true that he got stage fright while performing in The Great Exhibition in 1972. On the contrary, he acted fearles…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMWednesday, August 10, 2022
Through September 11, the University of Chicago’s Arts + Public Life initiative is celebrating 10 years of their artists-in-residence program (dubbed AIR) with the exhibition “All That L…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 08:06PMTuesday, August 9, 2022
A church in Texas changed several lyrics in its unauthorized staging of the megahit musical, softening language and inserting religious messages.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:33PMCARRY ON. OR, TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY, KEEP MESSIN’ ABOUT… My first concern was, will they dare give us the sadness? Kenneth Williams was a comic marvel self-created, a versatile act…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:40PMAt noon, KAN-WIN, a local nonprofit focused on eradicating gender-based violence, especially for women and children across Asian American communities, is holding a rally outside of the Wrigl…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:02PMIn July 2017, the hosts of WLUW 88.7 FM’s weekly electronic-music program, Abstract Science, celebrated the show’s 20th anniversary with a blockbuster 20-hour broadcast. (Gossip Wolf man…
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