Wakandacon returns for its second year with programming to reimagine Black futures in fictional universes and beyond.
Tag: Afro-Futurism
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Five must-see African films
Five African film classics for this Black Panther moment.
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Five performance festivals worth your while
With June comes the summer theater season.
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Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, Bacon Month kicks off, and more to do this week
First Tuesdays with Mick and Ben, Afro-Futurism, and more happenings from April 4-7
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Butler, United Flight 232, Christina, the Girl King, and ten more new theater reviews
Queen Christina of Sweden a black lesbian? Why not?
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Irvine Welsh talks Trainspotting, the Secret History of Chicago Music live, and more things to do this week
Sauced Night Market, Empty Bottle Book Club returns, and more happenings from February 15-18
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Black to the future with Regina Taylor’s Stop. Reset.
The actress/playwright/director’s Goodman Theatre show is nervy is hell.
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Hebru Brantley visits planet America
Paintings by Hebru Brantley in “Brothers of the Robbing Hood,” at Lacuna Artist Lofts
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This week’s Culture Vultures recommend:
Chicagoans recommend The Ricky Gervais Show, film at the MCA, and Dance in the Parks
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Cauleen Smith’s Sun Ra-inspired “A Star Is a Seed” at the MCA
A review of Cauleen Smith’s “A Star Is a Seed”
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Hebru Brantley: Straight Out of Neverland
Afro-Futurist painter Hebru Brantley talks about Kanye, Common, and living like a shark.