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Arts & Culture
,
Ghost Light
Sep 25, 2020
Video
Finding her spine
Chicago-based dancer Paige Fraser advocates for those with scoliosis; plus Fly Honey brings the dance party online.
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Ghost Light
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Paige Fraser
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Paige Fraser Foundation
,
Alvin Ailey II
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Visceral Dance Chicago
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Fly Honey
,
Erin Kilmurray
,
Video
Arts & Culture
,
Dance
Jun 23, 2020
A dance-world wallflower finds digital sustenance with Fly Honey
Practicing self-love and community in an age of pandemic and protest
By Sallyann Price
Tags:
Dance
,
Fly Honey Show
,
Erin Kilmurray
,
Kasey Alfonso
,
Alyssa Gregory
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Feb 25, 2020
Recommended
Alex Grelle is the new David Bowie
The transformative performer channels the legendary artist for the completely original, electric
Floor Show
.
By Brianna Wellen
Tags:
Theater Review
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Floor Show
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Chopin Theatre
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David Bowie
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Alex Grelle
,
Jesse Morgan Young
,
Zachary Whittenburg
,
Erin Kilmurray
,
Teressa LaGamba
,
Bran Moorhead
,
Kate Setzer Kamphause
,
Keith Ryan
,
Chris Tuttle
,
Sid Branca
,
Andrew Sa
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Preview
Aug 14, 2019
Recommended
The Fly Honey Show
hits double digits
The body-positive burlesque-inspired hive of performance queens fills the Den.
By Kerry Reid
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Theater Preview
,
Fly Honey Show
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Den Theatre
,
Erin Kilmurray
,
Shannon Noll
,
Mary Williamson
,
Sydney Charles
,
Molly Brennan
,
Mariachi Sirenas
,
The Inconvenience
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Aug 23, 2017
Recommended
The Fly Honey Show
grows into a Chicago institution
The performing-arts showcase doubles as a celebratory creative outlet for marginalized people.
By Ashley Ray-Harris
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Performing Arts Feature
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The Fly Honey Show
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Den Theatre
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Erin Kilmurray
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Emma Alamo
,
Sarah Sherman
,
Lindsay Charles
,
the Cell Phones
,
Bethany Thomas
,
Quinn Tsan
,
Darling Squire
,
Marta Jean Evans
,
Bea Cordelia
,
Andy Slavin
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
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Performing Arts Feature
Aug 2, 2017
Brave Like Them
,
The Bricklayers of Oz
, and ten more new stage shows for the dog days
A "queer as f**k riot grrrl musical" and Chicago Dance Crash's latest story-length hip-hop showcase are among this week's best bets.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
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An American in Paris
,
Christopher Wheeldon
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George and Ira Gershwin
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Gene Kelly
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I Got Rhythm
,
Craig Lucas
,
McGee Maddox
,
Jerry Mulligan
,
Ryan Steele
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About Face Youth Theatre
,
riot grrrl movement
,
Kathleen Hanna
,
Bikini Kill
,
90s punk
,
Ali Hoefnagel
,
Kieran Kredell
,
Kyle Norton
,
Erin Kilmurray
,
Nicholas Davio
,
Brave Like Them
,
The Fair Maid of the West
,
Oak Park Festival Theatre
,
Thomas Heywood
,
17th-century comedy
,
Amanda Forman
,
Zach Livingston
,
Kevin Theis
,
swordplay
,
Bobby Bowman
,
Teatro Vista
,
La Havana Madrid
,
Sandra Delgado
,
Latin nightclub
,
Carpacho y Su Super Combo
,
Latino immigrants in Chicago
,
Goodman Theatre
,
Lakeview
,
the Comrades
,
In the Wake
,
Lisa Kron
,
Rose Sengenberger
,
Alison Plott
,
Mike Newquist
,
Rachel Rauscher
,
Bush v. Gore
,
2000 presidential election
,
Hurricane Katrina
,
9/11
,
Ground Zero
,
Alex Mallory
,
Black Ensemble Theater
,
Rueben Echoles
,
Deverin Deonte
,
Last Dancer Standing (More Than Hip-Hop)
,
Black Lives Matter
,
Huggable Riot
,
sketch comedy
,
Judgmental Institutions
,
the Annoyance
,
William Shakespeare
,
Romeo and Juliet
,
Shakespeare in the Parks
,
Marti Lyons
,
The Vagina Monologues
,
The Aleatoric Theatre Company
,
Eve Ensler
,
Refugee Alliance Group
,
transgender
,
Joette Waters
,
Sandy Smith
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Review
May 28, 2015
The Salts
shows how grandparent-friendly the local performance scene has become
A dance-music shindig from arts collective the Inconvenience provides some good old-fashioned multidisciplinary mayhem.
By Justin Hayford
Tags:
Performing Arts Review
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The Salts
,
Collaboraction
,
the Inconvenience
,
Erin Kilmurray
,
Andy Warhol
,
Exploding Plastic Inevitable
,
punk rock
,
dance
Best of Chicago
,
Arts & Culture
Jun 25, 2014
Readers' Poll
Best choreographer
Erin Kilmurray
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Arts & Culture
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Best of Chicago 2014
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best choreographer
,
Erin Kilmurray
,
The Inconvenience
,
Carisa Barreca
,
Readers' Poll
Blogs
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Bleader
Oct 19, 2013
Reader
's Agenda Sat 10/19: Janeane Garofalo, Fall Ball, and Home Movie Day
What's on the
Reader
's Agenda for Saturday, October 19
By Jillian Sandler
Tags:
Do This
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Arts
,
Janeane Garafalo
,
Mayne Stage
,
Empty Bottle
,
Salonathon
,
Jane Beachy
,
Fall Ball
,
Logan Square Auditorium
,
Mucca Pazza
,
Erin Kilmurray
,
Fly Honeys
,
Swaguerrilla DJs
,
Home Movie Day
,
Chicago History Museum
Music
,
Gossip Wolf
Oct 16, 2013
Gossip Wolf: No more Winters in Osaka
Plus: New music from Bully in the Hallway, the first annual Fall Ball, and more.
By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
Tags:
Gossip Wolf
,
Winters in Osaka
,
Adam Jennings
,
Smegma
,
Empty Bottle
,
Bongripper
,
Rectal Hygienics
,
MT Coast
,
Bully in the Hallway
,
Samiam
,
Superchunk
,
Crooks and Their Castles
,
the Burlington
,
Matt Kennedy
,
Enlightened Procrastination
,
Mike Lust
,
Mannequin Men
,
Seth Bohn
,
Kevin Kujawa
,
the Fall Ball
,
Salonathon
,
Jane Beachy
,
Mucca Pazza
,
Kokumo
,
Tom Musick
,
Man Is Man
,
Christa Creps
,
DJ Swaguerrilla
,
Fly Honeys
,
Erin Kilmurray
Best of Chicago
,
Arts & Culture
Jun 20, 2013
Readers' Poll
Best Choreographer
Carisa Barreca
Tags:
Arts & Culture
,
Best of Chicago 2013
,
choreographer
,
Carisa Barreca
,
Matter Dance Company
,
Erin Kilmurray
,
The Inconvenience
,
Readers' Poll
Best of Chicago
,
Arts & Culture
Jun 20, 2012
Readers' Poll
Best Choreographer
Carisa Barreca
Tags:
Arts & Culture
,
Carisa Barreca
,
Erin Kilmurray
,
Readers' Poll
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