William Basinski has thrown himself headlong into the kind of “productive quarantine” that seems like a myth to most of us, and the spoils are abundant. Since March, when states across the U.S. began issuing stay-at-home orders, he has unveiled a collaboration with sound artist Richard Chartier and a new project called Sparkle Division. The […]
Tag: 9/11
The problem with the “public health” approach to ideological violence
The Countering Violent Extremism program is meant to stop terrorism and hate crimes before they happen, but critics say it’s yet another excuse to spy on Muslims.
Ghosts of War narrates more than it represents
This adaptation of an Iraq war memoir by a “GI Joe Schmoe” is strangely lifeless.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Auditorium Theatre, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Greetings from Logan Square, the Customer is Always Right, Pinocchio, and more of the best things to do in Chicago the week of 9/11-9/14.
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.
When a museum display ruins an interesting subject
It’s hard to engage with “Spies, Traitors, and Saboteurs,” now on display at the Chicago History Museum, when the exhibit is so erratically put together.
Lookingglass’s Blood Wedding, Strawdog’s D.O.A., and nine more notable current stage shows
García Lorca gets transplanted to the Dust Bowl, and an off-Loop mainstay goes noir.
What ever happened to the far right?
For a brief period domestic terrorists were dramatically credible.
Bill Brown unveils a “monumental” work at the Nightingale
Noting a program of short works by the experimental filmmaker, which screens this Friday
Weekly Top Five: Science fiction, the art of extrapolation
Weekly Top Five: sci-films
The Village: revisiting a meaningful plot twist
Reconsidering The Village, M. Night Shyamalan’s maligned 2004 feature
America—a constitutional theocracy
De Tocqueville’s idea of religion’s place in America is analogous to my idea of the place of the monarchy in Britain
Jamil Khoury, the theater activist
The People Issue: Jamil Khoury, the artistic director and cofounder of Silk Road Rising