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SAIC's grad students control (and explode) the frame in an online performance festival.
The performance department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago …
In her book Faux Pas, the painter makes a rarified field approachable with humor and profundity.
"You take a picture, but you make a drawing." I've tried for dec…
The leaders of the city's cultural institutions remain encouraged after facing the most recent round of closings in November.
It took Chicago artist Myron Laban…
Chicago writer and theater artist David Blixt uncovers a trove of previously unpublished novels by the original Lois Lane.
In 1885, the Pittsburgh Dispatch ran a…
Theatre Above the Law's production lets its leads drop the masks for one moment in time.
In COVID times, gestures that would have been banal and forgettable a ye…
Evoking memory and mystery, two artists collaborate on an art piece.
I read Theorem in the bathtub. My feet were propped up as I made sure I didn't get the botto…
Working with the unknown encourages the "known."
My God, I love a fleshy piece of artwork. When artists make works that are burgeoning and mysterious, I'm immedi…
Jon Tai's intimate take on magic and storytelling comes (virtually) to A Red Orchid.
Jon Tai is something of an antimagician. Tricking you, he says, isn't exactl…
Chicago tattoo artists talk new protocols during COVID-19.
Finding a new tattoo artist is a lot like dating.…
Local and international luminaries provide a "microcosm" of CDHP's archival mission.
Chicago Dance History Project commemorates five years of collecting oral his…
"We need to not only be trusted, but also championed."
In my last column, I wrote about Brian Loevner and the white paper he's created through his company, BLVE …
Stand-up comedian Sam Tallent's hilarious novel follows a dumpster fire of a man looking for redemption.
Is a monster still a monster if it knows it's a monster?…
Anything goes during this evening on Twitch.
The pandemic has encouraged folks to be experimental in all forms of life.…
They're bringing kids and families together through storytelling, crafts"and a viral 80s dance video.
When the COVID-19 lockdown first hit in March, a lot of co…
Support local secondhand shoppers without stepping foot outside.
Whether you're decorating your lockdown living space, buying unique clothes only your COVID bub…
Moving away from harsh lighting reduces anxiety and improves coziness.
Few things make the indoors less delightful than harsh, overhead light. The cold months co…
This year's Bechdel Fest realigns online.
Alison Bechdel's iconic eponymous Bechdel Test isn't the same exam it was when the award-winning graphic writer (Fun Ho…
The Loyola psychology professor dismantles the "Laziness Lie."
Dr. Devon Price had always been an overachiever. They sacrificed social events to get top grades (…
Empty bookshelves aren't a bad thing.
No one has ever used the words joy or spark to describe me and I haven't read Marie Kondo's book or seen her TV show. Yet, …
Tufting their way through the pandemic
Nora Chin thinks about rugs all of the time. "I fall asleep at night thinking about rugs [that] I want to make and new th…
Brian Loevner thinks arts organizations should consider new ways to survive"and close.
This is the first of two columns that will examine the ideas of "cultural …
Links Hall and Chicago Shakespeare host two virtual interactive shows on isolation and connection.
Even before the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last w…
A community townhall reaffirms the need for communication and representation.
On January 7, one day after Georgia's runoff election resulted in its first Black s…
The nuns are in COVID shutdown, but she's got a new, Chicago-centric book
Vicki Quade had a new show opening at the Royal George Theatre the weekend of March 15,…
