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- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Dec 23, 2020
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Retail, resistance, and rebirth in Wally World and Kickback
Christmas Eve goes to 11 in Isaac Gómez's workplace comedy; About Face celebrates Black queer lives, past and present.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Dec 16, 2020
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Code-Switched delivers universal lessons with South Asian nuance
It’s the late-20s existential crisis sitcom that all South Asian American millennials deserve.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Dec 15, 2020
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Catherine Edelman Gallery closes with a 'Place in the Sun'
Landscape photographer scott b. davis treks into the wild and discovers the undiscoverable.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Dec 10, 2020
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Yule be home for Christmas with Manual Cinema and Hell in a Handbag
A Dickens chestnut and a spoof of 1970s celebrity specials join the online holiday theater lineup.
- Arts & Culture, Book Review Dec 4, 2020
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A travel guide to your block
The 99% Invisible City takes a second look at familiar cities.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Dec 4, 2020
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See it Through Your Eyes
A new community photo project highlights the beauty of Logan Square as seen through new and old locals and will be on display at the centerfold of the neighborhood.
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Nov 18, 2020
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Em Kettner creates elaborate casings for her sacred sculptures
These small performative objects exemplify disability and protection.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Nov 11, 2020
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The Spin and What the Constitution Means to Me provide post-election catharsis
The good, the bad, and the ugly of our politics are on display in two streaming shows.
- Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Nov 9, 2020
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Back in the burbs
Author Jason Diamond reflects on his Chicagoland suburban-spiration.
- Arts & Culture, Book Review Nov 9, 2020
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The South Never Plays Itself reckons with the south onscreen
Ben Beard’s new book attempts to answer the question of which versions of the south are represented on screen and why.
- Arts & Culture, Book Review Nov 9, 2020
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Golem Girl unpacks queerness, intimacy, and disability
In 1958, the mortality rate of children born with spina bifida was 90 percent. Riva Lehrer tells her story of beating those odds.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Nov 2, 2020
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'Night, Mother asks 'Whose death is it anyway?'
Invictus's streaming production brings new angles to Marsha Norman's real-time drama.
- Arts & Culture, Book Review Nov 2, 2020
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Cuyahoga brings long ago midwest back to life
In his debut novel, Pete Beatty fashions historical fantasy that feels contemporary.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Oct 23, 2020
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Envisioning democracy—in photos—at the MoCP
From literal and data-driven to poetic and hopeful, the galleries curated by Columbia College Chicago professors show what democracy means to them.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Oct 16, 2020
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Ladies and Martians
The Neo-Futurists and Theatre in the Dark offer shows for the spookiest of election seasons.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Oct 8, 2020
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16th Street and Strawdog examine racism and dystopia
Rastus and Hattie and Run the Beast Down bring nightmarish scenarios to virtual life.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Oct 6, 2020
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'Fête Galante' invites us to celebrate lavishly
An art party of women artists opens at Heaven Gallery.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Sep 30, 2020
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The Smart Museum wants you to 'Take Care'
The new exhibit explores caring in all forms and the emotional toll the act can take.
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Sep 23, 2020
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Balkrishna Doshi designs for the people
The Indian architect and urban planner’s work and process is on display in a new retrospective.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Sep 16, 2020
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BoHo and Lifeline examine the public and private split
The Pursuit of Happiness and Pride and Prejudice confront the limitations of Zoom culture with exhilarating results.
- Arts & Culture, Ghost Light Aug 27, 2020
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Youth theater ensembles? They're Essential
Free Street, Collaboraction, and TimeLine put young theater artists in the frame.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Aug 4, 2020
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ALAS and Of Dice and Men examine the vulnerability of social bonds
Trap Door reimagines its aesthetic for film; Otherworld films a onetime live performance (sans audience).
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Jul 22, 2020
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Manual Cinema celebrates a decade of innovative work
The company offers an online 'retrospectacular' of four previous shows.
- Arts & Culture, Book Review Jul 16, 2020
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The myth of housing mobility
The Voucher Promise chronicles the “illusions” of Section 8.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Jul 14, 2020
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Streaming theater goes beyond Hamilton
The Public Theater, Black Lives, Black Words, and Hell in a Handbag put it all online.