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Felicia Rose Chavez's book challenges how educational institutions support people of color"and provides a blueprint to be better.
"How do we define 'professiona…
After a year of heartbreak, Heather Chrisler is back to acting, as well as writing and illustrating.
In March 2020, playwright Heather Chrisler was holding audit…
A new building filled with social service and education amenities at Altgeld Gardens is a test case for the limits of design and architecture.
Drive south on th…
The cowriter of We Broke Up talks about why she misses Chicago theater"and why it's hard to come home again.
Laura Jacqmin spent "a solid ten years" (2006 to 201…
CRDT's Wilfredo Rivera finds the past year has "magnified, amplified, and vindicated the work and the focus I've had for the past six seasons."
Cerqua Rivera Dan…
For Clee McCracken, clocks are a lifestyle.
As you scroll through Clee McCracken's TikTok account, the @clockluvr username is immediately accurate. Timepieces co…
The Southport corridor venue gets new life and new leadership.
Retractions generally aren't fun for journalists. But the announcement last week that Mercury Thea…
Even though its titular character always does just the opposite
Meiselman is put-upon. Everything and everyone in his world is bent on humiliating and belittling…
Ghostlight Ensemble's online festival celebrates overlooked women playwrights.
A group of unmarried women decide to encloister together on an idyllic estate inhe…
A movement for pay equity and transparency for theater designers scores a victory; Black Lives Black Words kicks off a new discussion series.
Back in 2019, I int…
Two books explore the creativity of people in prison while highlighting their lack of access to basic necessities.
"Art helps to free people even while incarcer…
Influences from kabuki and karate inform choreographer Rika Lin's boundary-crossing body of dance work.
Black hair. A jilted woman.…
Possibilities produces a live Zoom version of The Dining Room, but Melody DeRogatis has post-pandemic plans for her company.
Large family gatherings may still be…
In its 50th year the center continues telling women's untold stories.
From the outside, 2109 N. Humbolt looks like a typical Logan Square home, with a handsome r…
American Music Theatre Project unveils three student-created pieces in this year's online Capstone Festival.
Since 2005, Northwestern University's American Music…
The Museum of Contemporary Photography's "Reproductive" raises questions about the future of Roe v. Wade.
In startling news today, doctors in Missouri are report…
Studio5's virtual speakeasy, Into the Mist, has echoes of the past and resonances for today.
The temptation to time travel during the past year has been strong. …
Weirdness and wonder abound in Matei ViÅŸniec's Decomposed Theatre at Trap Door, but be prepared for creepiness, too.
With nearly 40 actors, eight directors, a…
An excerpt from Dmitry Samarov's Old Style, an illustrated book set in Chicago bars
I pay the guy no mind the first couple times he comes up. Young, kind of conc…
Two streaming shows from Theatre in the Dark and Strawdog capture the drama of obsession and isolation.
Whether you're on the vast endless seas or stuck in your …
Rebirth Garments's founder reflects on dealing with COVID-19 and other challenges.
Every person has at least one story to tell from dealing with the past year.�…
The Infinite Wrench marks an anniversary in shutdown; plus Refugee Rhapsody wins the Blue Ink Playwriting Award.
When the shutdown hit a year ago, the Neo-Futuri…
Four choreographers use images by Chicago artist Sergio Gomez to create a series of dance films in Still Inspired (?).
A figure in black caresses a length of pap…
With Mosque4Mosque and other plays, MENA playwright and actor Omer Abbas Salem creates space for Muslim and Arab artists.
Omer Abbas Salem had over 5,000 new pla…
Patrick Wilkins's exhibit celebrates humanity's simplest pleasures with a perverse twist.
You could call Patrick Wilkins's solo exhibition at Extase a sausage pa…
