Saturday, August 13, 2022
Get 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…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:26PMDanielle Brooks talks about her return to Broadway in "The Piano Lesson" with Samuel L. Jackson.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:55AMIn this excerpt from “Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers,” a Broadway musical is born at a summer camp.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:33AMAs inflation makes money tight, here are affordable ways to enjoy the Seattle area's rich arts-and-culture scene, including free movies, concerts and more.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 09:00AMMonday, August 8, 2022
After School Matters, the nonprofit that provides after-school and summer programs for Chicago teens (while offering them stipends), presents Spotlight on Peace, a performance featuring spok…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 07:10PMIf you’re still COVID-hesitant about sitting in the dark with strangers at the theater, then A Theater in the Dark is here to help! The company, which focuses on creating original audio dr…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:27PMSaturday, August 6, 2022
Got room for a little more love in your life? Check out Famous Fido Rescue’s adoption open house today. Famous Fido (3124 W. Irving Park), a no-kill shelter, finds homes for animals surren…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 07:45PMFriday, August 5, 2022
Sound healing is both an art and a science, and that’s why many boundary-pushing electronic musicians have worked in the (maligned! misunderstood! incredible!) territory of “new age” m…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 06:20PMArrive at the field house in McKinley Park (2210 W. Pershing) by 7 PM to be led to Orchidelirium, a live performance about the history and symbolism of orchids by Mitsu Salmon. The action wi…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:57PMThursday, August 4, 2022
Windy City Smokeout kicks off a weekend of beer, barbecue, and bands representing both new faces in country music and some old favorites; tonight’s 9 PM headlining set by Willie Nelson and…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:08PMWednesday, August 3, 2022
GLITTER AND HARD GRAFT A basement hung with glitter strings, a small moody band with earthy bass, a bar: few better places to revel in torch songs, deep-dug anthems and memory o…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:52PMMUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Lyttelton, SE1 SHAKESPEARE IN THE SWING AGE A star danced, and under it was Simon Godwin’s joyful, 1930s Riviera production born. Quite apart fro…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 12:47PM STARRY SISTERHOOD IN OLD VIENNA Identical twin girls, separated at birth in their parents divorce, meet at summer camp and resolve to swop places. Remember “The Parent Trap�…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:13AMTuesday, August 2, 2022
Singer and guitarist Fernando de Buen López moved to Chicago from Mexico City in 2012 with his band El Mañana, who released one more album of jangly, psychedelic indie rock in 2014 before …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 06:01PMMonday, August 1, 2022
Chicago Community Jail Support, the volunteer mutual aid network that supports people recently released from Cook County Jail, hosts two teach-ins and volunteer training sessions on Zoom thi…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 10:51PMJoin local musicians Makaya McCraven and Sons of Kemet for an outdoor show to celebrate the inaugural evening of the Salt Shed (1357 N. Elston), Chicago’s newest independent music venue, w…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:25PMSunday, July 31, 2022
Have you scheduled your monkeypox (MPV) vaccine yet? While the virus is spreading rapidly among people who have sex with MSM (men who have sex with men), anyone can catch it. Intimate skin-t…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 08:22PMSaturday, July 30, 2022
While everyone’s distracted by that big downtown music festival, sneak in a leisurely stroll at the Art Institute of Chicago (111. S Michigan). Today is one of the final days to catch Igsh…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:22PMTHE SCOTTISH PLAY ON ANCIENT TURF “This castle hath a pleasant seat..” Indeed it does: Red Rose Chain’s traditional outdoor show now lives alongside the mysterious mounds wh…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:40AMFriday, July 29, 2022
The Blasian March, cofounded in New York by onetime Chicago dancer and performer Rohan Zhou-Lee in the wake of the George Floyd Black Lives Matter protests, has grown to encompass other citi…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:33PMThe 2022 Newberry Book Fair is back and under way today after a three-year break while all of us adjusted to concerns around COVID-19. The fair has traditionally been a must-go event for boo…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 12:27PMThursday, July 28, 2022
In late June, the Chicago Pride Parade returned to its in-person glory after two years of delay and cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thousands of people headed for the north side …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 04:33PMLondon venue with long history of offering training and networking has become Seven Dials Playhouse
For more than 40 years it was a place where actors – from legendary stars to those strug…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07AM 
