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It's clear that the makers had an aim to make the movie stand out from typical kiddie fare, and they succeed, generally.Â
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Despite all the beautiful water, sun, and half-naked bodies, what I was left with as the credits rolled was a mere trace memory of stylish vacuity.
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By focusing on the song rather than the man, the filmmakers create an arc that keeps viewers engaged.
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The Hoodoisie is a radically politicized live "news show" that takes place on a regular basis "in a different gentrifying neighborhood" according to its founders Ricardo Gamboa, Lily Be, and…
Ultimately, whether the show is any good does not depend on how well it "gets" Chicago, on a logistical or even cultural level, but on whether it is entertaining or not.
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Satan seeks menstrual products to help his followers ride the blood highway. The Satanic Temple of Illinois has partnered with the Pilsen Food Pantry for Menstruatin' With Satan, a supply dr…
 One of the area's most underrated art treasures is the Lubeznik Center for the Arts (101 W. Second, Michigan City, Indiana), which is free and open to the public six days a week (closed…
Quilting has long been used as a tool of creative resistance. During the Civil War, abolitionists sold quilts to fundraise for their cause. Starting in 1965, the Alabama-based Freedom Quilti…
 SAT 7/16 Every third Saturday of the month the South Shore Nature Sanctuary (7059 S. South Shore) welcomes volunteers to help preserve the area's ecosystems. Past volunteer days have in…
When Luis Carreon takes the stage at the Chicago Magic Lounge, he's pure old-school vaudeville, an elegant throwback in silver-toed boots and a tuxedo subtly imprinted with crushed velvet ro…
There's no shortage of outdoor theater in Chicago in the summer, and Midsommer Flight is right in the mix with (appropriately enough) A Midsummer Night's Dream, opening tonight at 6 PM in Li…
Twenty years later, I still get chills when I think about the final line in Brett Neveu's Eric LaRue, his drama about the aftermath of a school shooting, in which the mother of a teenage boy…
There's a scene near the end of Albany Park Theater Project's Homecoming (the company's first live show since the pandemic began) where the cast sings "With a Little Help From My Friends." T…
I suppose it's somewhat reassuring to know people still get outraged by the MAGA madness Mary Miller spews. That we all haven't gone numb to her lunacy"even though she seems to be saying cra…
Reggaeton is an expression of movement, release, sexuality, storytelling, connection, and fashion. It's taken over the world of pop music, despite the Puerto Rican government's many attempts…
Chui does exactly what you tell it to do. That's the name of Mike "Ramen Lord" Satinover's gleaming, new, half-ton Yamato Richmen Type One ramen noodle machine, currently in residence in …
Paul Cotton, best known as a crucial member of country rockers Poco, died a year ago this month, and it was easy to miss the news amid all the chaos in the world"to say nothing of all the ot…
"In a good play every speech should be as fully flavoured as a nut or apple," wrote Irish playwright John Millington Synge in the preface to his 1907 comedy The Playboy of the Western World.…
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"When people die, they move from the first person to the third person. They also move from the present tense to the past tense." These words are spoken by Christine (Kendra Thulin), who open…
It is a truth universally acknowledged that it's actually harder to write a rave review than it is to write a pan. How to communicate the thrill of seeing a show that's just exactly what it …
When it took the Tony triumvirate of best musical, original score, and original book in 2004, Avenue Q (music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, book by Jeff Whitty, and based on an o…
What do Cesar Chavez, Ayn Rand, and Harold Washington have in common? They are among the 69 people featured in Adam Brooks's public art project Freedom Wall, which has been installed on the …
Ah, summer vacation: the time of year when Chicago's youth are free from the confines of school"but aren't allowed to be in Millennium Park after six at night on weekends (or anywhere in pub…
Even in a city full of talented artists with their fingers in a half dozen projects at once, Marvin Tate stands out as a Renaissance man. The west-side native is extraordinarily industrious …
