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The Gene Siskel Film Center's monthlong celebration of Chicago native Haskell Wexler's centennial concludes May 31.
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A good play, suggests Tony Kushner in his 1995 anthology Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue, "should be overstuffed." Memorably comparing well-constructed theater to lasagna,…
After Chicago political hardcore powerhouse Racetraitor disbanded in 1999, a fog of legend grew in their wake. Motivated by their frustration at the bilious 2016 presidential campaign cycle …
Mental health is a part of life. We need to give our brains the utmost care in order for the rest of our bodies to function. Unfortunately, mental health care and mental illness are often ta…
As we navigated shutdowns and venue closures throughout 2020, many of us observed that time seemed to slow down. But when it comes to dilating time, COVID-19 is a rank dabbler compared to Pe…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHICAGO " Karen Hawkins, co-publisher and editor-in-chief of the Chicago Reader, is leaving the organization to become story editor with The 19th*, an independent, nati…
Even though the ongoing reappraisal of nu metal has recognized that era as a significant cultural moment, Sacramento band Deftones still manage to catch a bad rap. Sure, they came up as part…
A committed romantic partner can't have sex with people they love
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Looking for some things to do? Consider these options! We found some happenings all over the map this time around, including Evanston, Back of the Yards, downtown, Logan Square, South Shore,…
Little of consequence happens in Downton Abbey: A New Era, but that's sort of the point.
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Last August, I caught up with Jacob Harvey just as he was taking over as the new (and first-ever) managing artistic director of theaters for the Fine Arts Building. At the time, he noted tha…
In Viola Spolin's seminal work Improvisation for the Theater, the very first exercise listed is named "exposure." During this exercise, a group of actors are divided into halves and instruct…
Chicago bassist Nick Macri is the model of versatility. He has appeared with a formidable gallery of jazz, folk, and rock musicians, including Ken Vandermark, James Elkington, Laetitia Sadie…
Senior writer Ben Joravsky riffs on the day's stories with his celebrated humor, insight, and honesty, and interviews politicians, activists, journalists and other political know-it-al…
In the Chicago premiere of Sarah Treem's When We Were Young and Unafraid with AstonRep, a group of multitudinous women navigate domesticity, violence, and identity in a cultural landscape th…
The energy in the Den Theater last Thursday was electric, as The Secretaries, written by Omer Abbas Salem and directed by Laura Alcalá Baker, made its highly anticipated debut with First …
Aaron Sorkin's gonna Sorkin, even when he's working off someone else's material. In his new adaptation of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, now in a short touring stop with Broadway in Chi…
Whether by design or happenstance, Writers Theatre has focused on the theme of women in competition and collaboration this season. In Eleanor Burgess's Wife of a Salesman, two actors portray…
If you're a fan of Henry Louis Gates's Finding Your Roots on PBS, then you can probably relate to Annabelle Lee Revak's impulse to create a musical out of the World War I-era letters of her …
Reproductive rights cuts both ways: the government deciding that you may not have a child comes from the same authoritarianism that tells you that you must continue an unwanted pregnancy. Gi…
Here is a riddle for you: What do a game of chess and life have in common?*Â Inside the tidy, rule-driven universe of a chess board, seven-year-old Alice stumbles upon the inexplicable an…
"What we know for a fact is that making abortion illegal does not stop women from seeking abortions, it just keeps them from getting safe abortions."
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When I finished college downstate and moved to the Windy City in 1995, the Chicago no-wave scene was breaking apart. While still in school, I'd often driven three hours to catch gigs here, a…
Gossip Wolf always likes to hear about a new solo album from a member of Ensemble dal Niente"the long-running local contemporary-classical corps has built a spotless reputation for adventuro…
Generally, I like to tell a joke or two in these columns, looking to underscore the absurdity of politics with a little dark humor. But no joking this time. On Saturday, an 18-year-old white…
