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- Arts & Culture, Feature Mar 3, 2021
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‘The Long Dream’ and a labor nightmare
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago’s latest exhibit preaches equity, but behind the scenes artists and former museum employees are demanding real change.
- Film, Small Screen Apr 6, 2020
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OTV thrives online
The digital television platform introduces its fifth cycle of programming without missing a beat.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Feb 25, 2020
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The mix master
Nigerian-born, London-based fashion designer Duro Olowu curates one of the MCA’s largest shows ever filled with local treasures.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Jan 22, 2020
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Dinner and a show
Theater doesn't have to make you hangry.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Dec 17, 2019
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Six visual art shows that made 2019 bearable
2020 has some big shoes to fill.
- Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Dec 16, 2019
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Live lit is what Chicago is all about
The best reading events of 2019 have been going strong for years.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 10, 2019
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Darling Shear is ready to fly
The artist’s piece Querida is a personal performance presenting sexuality, sensuality, and healing from trauma.
- Reader, Reader events Jun 28, 2019
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Chicago Reader Pride Block Party 2019
- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 19, 2018
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Cards Against Humanity may not be for horrible people after all
At Late Night Writers Room the mockery is for charity.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 5, 2017
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Marc Bamuthi Joseph brings his futbol-themed ‘freedom suite’ to the MCA
Inspired by a trip to Africa prior to the 2010 World Cup, /peh-LO-tah/ explores the global and personal impact of soccer.
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Aug 2, 2017
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How Amanda Williams draws attention to the valuation of black neighborhoods
The local artist is the subject of a new exhibit at the MCA.
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Feb 22, 2017
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The MCA’s Merce Cunningham retrospective spotlights the art of collaboration
“Merce Cunninghman: Common Time” considers one of the 20th century’s most significant choreographers.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 30, 2016
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Alderman Ameya Pawar is considering running a ‘progressive campaign’ for governor in 2018, and other Chicago news
Also, Illinois Supreme Court justice Anne Burke wants to add a fifth star to the Chicago flag—for a charity she cofounded.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 14, 2016
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Dining With Goose, Death, Sex & Money, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Feminist Happy Hour, Sauced Market, and more happenings from November 14-17.
- Film, Fall Preview Sep 2, 2016
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Renée Baker on the challenges of scoring silent race films
This fall the musician will provide live accompaniment to two mid-1920s pictures.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 5, 2016
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Cosmic Body: a trance-inducing dance experience, sans the purple haze
Norwegian choreographer Ingri Fiksdal brings her trippy quartet Cosmic Body to the MCA this weekend.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 24, 2015
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A slew of AACM 50th anniversary celebrations this weekend
Music and discussions all weekend long as part of the ongoing 50th birthday
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 17, 2014
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Ten more CIFF reviews, and the rest of this week's screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 23, 2014
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How to get 'David Bowie Is' to come to your town
And a few other fun facts about the exhibit currently at the MCA
- Blogs, Bleader May 23, 2014
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God, Godzilla, and the rest of this week's screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 21, 2014
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Muppets, nymphos, air sex, and the rest of this week's screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 26, 2012
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Chicago flexes itself
How will Expo Chicago fit into Chicago's larger cultural scene?
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 12, 2012
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Chicago is having a moment
An interview with Hamza Walker about the current climate of Chicago's contemporary art scene.