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- City Life, Public Service Announcement Apr 9, 2021
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Reopenings, discussions, and ¡WEPA!
Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
- Arts & Culture, Theater Preview Apr 2, 2021
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The Dining Room provides dramatic Possibilities
Melody DeRogatis has big plans for producing after the pandemic, too.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Mar 23, 2021
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Omer Abbas Salem is building his own canon
With Mosque4Mosque and other plays, the MENA playwright and actor creates space for Muslim and Arab artists.
- 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.
- Music, Music Review Oct 28, 2020
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Tawny Newsome and Bethany Thomas make thoughtful, soulful rock on Material Flats
- Arts & Culture, Ghost Light Oct 9, 2020
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Bending the arc of theatrical liberation
Thinking about The Boys in the Band, Broadway, and Chicago
- City Life, Stay at Home May 16, 2020
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The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: days 57 and 58
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Preview Jan 22, 2020
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Steppenwolf's LookOut series opens its doors to younger companies
First Floor's Plano and Definition's White connect emerging companies and established artists.
- Music, Music Feature Jan 14, 2020
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What turns kids punk?
The new musical Verböten uses the story of Jason Narducy’s forgotten early-80s band to talk about the power of subculture.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Dec 20, 2019
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Girls in a dance troupe glimpse the pain of the adult world in Dance Nation
Clare Barron's drama delivers flagrantly graceless dancing, but heartstopping truths.
- Music, Music Feature Dec 10, 2019
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Rapbrarian Roy Kinsey finds his voice in queer hip-hop
With his next album, he wants to make the music he wishes he’d heard as a young man.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Nov 12, 2019
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Rink Life takes us on a circular journey through collaboration
Lucky Plush's new ensemble piece uses the roller rink as a metaphor for community.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Preview Aug 29, 2019
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The Muslim Writers Collective pushes boundaries while building ‘Empathy’
A two-night series at Steppenwolf gives Muslim artists a chance to reclaim their narratives.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jul 2, 2019
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Drummer Kahil El’Zabar elevates groove to a transcendent plane
The leader of the Ritual Trio and the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble is also a teacher, a connector, and an ambassador for Afrocentric jazz.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jan 25, 2019
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Big Science investigates the human condition
Hot Kitchen Collective explores both inner and outer space.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 5, 2018
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From Hull House to Second City, Ensemble-Made Chicago documents a distinctively democratic way of making theater
A new book by Chloe Johnston and Coya Paz Brownrigg makes a persuasive case that devised performance is in Chicago’s DNA.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Sep 19, 2018
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The Chicago International Latino Theater Festival celebrates the city’s role in supporting Latinx artists
"They just keep coming, and they're trained and talented."
- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 19, 2018
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Coming this fall: Indecent and Downstate, two plays with a better-than-even chance of being great
A local debut and a world premiere that just might merit the hype.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 14, 2018
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Wild bear rapper Big Dipper comes home to tease his long-awaited debut album
Plus: Rock iconoclasts Blizzard Babies, gnarly glam band Lollygagger, and brand-new boogie label Leisure Records all celebrate fresh releases.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 16, 2018
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Pirates of Penzance and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Charles White at the Art Institute and more goings-on 7/16-7/19.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 18, 2018
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Guards at the Taj at Steppenwolf and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Burnham's Dream: The White City and more goings-on 6/18-6/21.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 2, 2018
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Malcolm London and more of the best things to do this week in Chicago
The release of My Lady's Choosing and more goings-on 4/2-4/5
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Feb 13, 2018
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You Got Older doesn’t try for wiser
Clare Barron’s autobiographical play is the dramatic equivalent of a foodie Instagram.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 5, 2018
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John Mahoney, Frasier star and Steppenwolf ensemble member, has died
“He was absolutely impossible not to love, absolutely impossible not to respect,” says Steppenwolf artistic director Anna D. Shapiro.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 23, 2018
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The Growing Concerns Poetry Collective celebrate their debut again—this time on vinyl
Plus: The Art Leaders of Color Network and the Comfort Station seek curators for their P.O.W.E.R. Project, and power-pop four-piece Gal Gun drop their first full-length.