While the BA.2 variant of COVID-19 looms as a possible impediment to attending live performances (even as some of us now qualify for a second booster), shows are booming. We’ve got a baker’s dozen of events to consider if you feel up to getting out and about in the next couple of months. We also suggest […]
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Volta brings back the full death-defying Cirque du Soleil experience
The ever-present danger is as much a part of a Cirque show as the spectacle.
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Prepare to be dumbstruck by Cirque du Soleil’s Luzia
The company’s latest spectacular is “a waking dream of Mexico” as mind-bestirring as it is surreal.
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Chicago Book Expo, Pop-Up Magazine, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Fun Home, Handmade Market Chicago, and more happenings from November 11-13.
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Cirque du Soleil is thrilling again
With Kurios: The Cabinet of Curiosities the troupe puts the focus back on the jaw-dropping talents of humans, not eye candy.
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Reader’s Agenda Sun 4/6: Windy City Gay Idol, A Space Odyssey, and Eleventh Dream Day
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday April 6
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Queen of the Air: The greatest circus story ever told
Dean Jensen has written the first biography of Leitzel, the circus’s greatest star.
Posted inMusic
Brilliant Corners
The new Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements festival presents Dan Deacon, Shellac, and some actual clowns
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Mucca Pazza: The Movie
The Kickstarter video for Daniele Wilmouth’s Mucca Pazza film “Marching Banned” is so entertaining, you really do want to watch them ask you for money.