Elisa Shoenberger, author at Chicago Reader

Two people stand next to a large white box labeled "Look Inside." A man has his face pressed against a flowered window in the box.

Best public performance art series

by Elisa Shoenberger March 2, 2022March 15, 2022

Out of Site On your way home from work, you get off the train and there is a giant puppet show featuring a man fighting a puppet hydra in an empty parking lot. Or you meander into Wicker Park, the actual park, and encounter a human-sized box covered in floral wallpaper with the words “Look […]

Arts & Culture

A mystery on the home front

by Elisa Shoenberger November 30, 2021November 30, 2021

How do we contribute to making history every day? When we learn history, there’s often a huge emphasis on the leaders who make things happen, whether they are presidents, businessmen, or heads of social and political movements. But what about the people who make these movements happen: the ones who campaign for the presidents or […]