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A new work at the Auditorium combines Irish and African American dance traditions.
In the 19th century, amid social unrest, crime, and infectious disease in the …
James Ijames puts the audience on trial in this TimeLine production.
Of all the inescapable truths that James Ijames bombards his audience with in Kill Move Para…
The transformative performer channels the legendary artist for the completely original, electric Floor Show.
When Blackstar came out in January 2016, I got my ho…
His debut collection, Stateway's Garden, captures the city's unique, ugly beauty.
It's not often that a writer will make me see Chicago in a new way, but with hi…
How to Defend Yourself and Do You Feel Anger? ask us to consider how to survive patriarchy without losing our minds"and bodies.
The fish has rotted from the head…
Arts and culture happenings from Fri 2/21 to Sun 2/23.
There are plenty of reasons to leave your house this weekend.…
The Goodman's production is lyrical and heartbreaking.
Quentin Tarantino's movie Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood is in part a gauzy wish fulfillment fantasy …
A wealthy Black family confronts secrets and internalized self-loathing in Lydia Diamond's acerbic drama.
In 2017, First Floor Theater premiered Leah Nanako Wink…
Mercury Theater Chicago's revival of this murder mystery party game can't overcome the dated material.
Adapted by Marilyn Abrams and Bruce Jordan from the origin…
Lorraine Hansberry's classic gets a sturdy and heartfelt revival.
Before Ta-Nehisi Coates laid out "The Case for Reparations" in the Atlantic in 2014, Lorraine H…
JFK's eldest sister pays the price for nonconformity in Trap Door's production.
Kate Hendrickson directs the Chicago premiere of Krista Knight's Lipstick Lobotom…
Aguijón's U.S. premiere of Sergio Blanco's Cherry Orchard update is dark and chilly.
Anton Chekhov's famous dictum that if a gun is introduced in the first ac…
An exhibition in two parts"Part I: Wrightwood 659
It's not every day you see 128 roof tiles displayed on a gallery floor, ash from joss sticks painted on a canva…
The 60 wrd/min project aims to keep overseas creatives in the U.S.
Among the matches burning in the dumpster fire of U.S. immigration is the system of chutes and…
The Hun's homoerotic art"which inspired generations of gay men with its sex-positive themes"finds a new home at Chicago's Leather Archives & Museum.
Long bef…
Gabriel Bump's debut novel looks at what it's like to never feel at home.
Claude McKay Love recounts his life in two parts that many will be familiar with: befor…
Electric performances heat up a Joffrey program that could use more coherence.
Antarctica has hit a record high temperature. Sixty thousand known cases of the ne…
Deal yourself in for Tchaikovsky's operatic exploration of obsession at Lyric.
In the dicey business of bringing historic opera to contemporary audiences, Lyric …
Three actors portray different aspects of the iconic disco queen in this touring musical.
The Des McAnuff-directed Summer: The Donna Summer Musical begins with a…
Arts and culture happenings from Fri 2/14 to Sun 2/16.
Whether you want to feel the love or not this weekend, there's plenty of recommended things to do.…
Chicago Opera Theater's exploration of the civil rights movement traces one fictional woman's journey.
Dan Shore started working on his one-act opera, Freedom Ri…
Two love stories that started on the pages of the Reader
After years of reading the women-seeking-women Reader Matches ads and never seeing any I felt called to …
This musical take on Austen's oft-adapted tale skims the surface.
With Autumn de Wilde's new film version of Jane Austen's Emma being released next week (the sev…
How do you cut the cord when you're surrounded by couples tying the knot?
It reached almost 100 degrees in Minnesota on the day that Erica and Adam got married.…
