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Category: Fall Preview
Our favorite things for fall arts, part one
An overview of theater, dance, music, pop-up performances, and other artists and activists that you should know about—this season and year-round
Chicagoans tell us what they’re most looking forward to
More of the best things happening this fall
The Mid-Autumn Festival gives Chinese ex-pats a piece of home.
Ceremonial celebrations include lantern lighting and storytelling.
In praise of autumn, time for guilt-free staying in
Sometimes Chicago summers can feel like New Year’s Eve stretched out for four months.
It’s bare-ankle season in Chicago again
Throw on some oxfords or booties and take advantage of the slim window for this elegant look.
Chicago celebrates two centuries of Dr. Frankenstein and his monster
Frankenfest brings four stage adaptations of Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece.
Who needs summer lakefront crowds when there’s September on the beach?
No more fascistic lifeguards, just sun-loving Russians expats and triathloners in training.
Now’s the time to visit Jackson Park while you still can
See Frederick Law Olmsted’s stunning grounds before the Obama Center further encroaches.
Lyric Opera’s La Bohème is the perfect comfort as winter looms
The 2018 season opens with Puccini’s sublime music and a cast primed to make the most of it.
Michelle Obama keeps keeping things real
In her new memoir Becoming, the former first lady shares her journey from the south side to the White House.
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.
The Auditorium’s ‘Made in Chicago’ dance series plays tribute to Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche
LA troupe Ate9 pairs with skilled local companies Visceral and Deeply Rooted for a triple-header.
Cards Against Humanity may not be for horrible people after all
At Late Night Writers Room the mockery is for charity.