These storytellers at the Fillet of Solo Festival defamiliarize their audiences’ view of the world.
Tag: Alice in Wonderland
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Alice proves what we already guessed: Evanston is Wonderland
Things get curiouser and curiouser during this roaming production.
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Five masters of stop-motion animation
If you like the Czech animations by Jiri Trnka showing this month at Film Center, try out these other five greats of nontraditional animation.
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Charlotte Rampling stars in 45 Years, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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12 O’Clock Track: Explosions in the Sky, “The Birth and Death of the Day”
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is Explosion in the Sky’s “The Birth and Death of the Day”
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Children under glass: Caleb Weintraub’s insular, precarious worlds
Don’t take the kids to Caleb Weintraub’s “Snowglobe, a Plastic Dream in a Clear and Present Danger”—they’re already in it
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Tapping and Taming: this week’s new performing arts reviews
Fresh performing arts reviews from Reader critics
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Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival: start peeling
Presented by Chicago Filmmakers, the 23rd Onion City festival runs Thu-Sun 6/23-6/26. Following are selected works from the opening-night program (Thu 6/23, 8 PM) at Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State, and the nine subsequent programs (showtimes below) at Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark. For more information call 773-293-1447; a complete schedule is available […]
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This Week’s Food and Drink Events
Fruit trees, spring onions, an afternoon tea, and more.
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“Snooki in Wonderland”
Chicago writer Phil Edwards’s e-book Snooki in Wonderland is a Lewis Carroll/Jersey Shore mashup