Caroline Polachek might be the queen of crushes. As half of the synth-pop duo Chairlift, she wrote cheeky sleeper favorites such as “Crying in Public” and “Bruises” in the late 2000s, before branching out into solo work, taking opera lessons (inspired by a Handel aria in the soundtrack of the 2009 Lars von Trier film […]
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Arcadia pulls its audience into various emotional and historical puzzles
The story serves as a love letter to hunger.
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Margeaux Brasserie is not really a restaurant for Chicagoans
Celebrity chef Michael Mina’s simulacrum of a jaunty French brasserie caters to the inmates of a Gold Coast luxury hotel.
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Pride Parade, Bob Dylan, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Pride Parade, a sausage fest, a vegan fest, and eight more cool things to do in Chicago this weekend.
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A beautiful new building opens with a complex play
Michael Halberstam’s staging of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia is the inaugural production in Writers Theatre’s new Studio Gang Architects building in Glencoe.
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Remy Bumppo Theatre aces Tom Stoppard’s test with Travesties
Remy Bumppo Theatre aces Tom Stoppard’s erudite play Travesties.
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This week’s Culture Vultures recommend:
Chicagoans recommend The Dream of the Burning Boy, 7 Wonders, and Lauren Groff’s Arcadia.
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Corrupt cops and colliding queens: new Reader performing arts reviews
Fresh Reader performing arts reviews
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This week’s Culture Vultures recommend . . .
Cityscape Bar, “Arcadia,” and “Owl Scouts” at Lula
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Night of the Living Ales
Goose Island takes first and second place, Three Floyds wins the bronze, and Firestone Walker earns a special nod from the organizers.