Those of us of a certain age fondly remember Steve Martin’s appearance on Saturday Night Live as Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber. But women were also all up in the bloodletting and potion-making. Tonight at 6 PM the International Museum of Surgical Science (1524 N. DuSable Lake Shore Dr.) offers a presentation by historian Jennifer […]
Tag: Dance Center of Columbia College
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Poetry, radical love, and snacks
Another slate of both online and in-person events for this weekend and beyond. For anything that makes you leave your house, please be smart and check both the weather report (hello late winter and early spring Chicago with your fickle ways!) and the venue’s safety restrictions (to mask or not to mask, tis one of […]
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Dance in 2020 explored boundaries away from the stage
In a year of loss, artists found momentum and took care.
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Pop out for some pop-ups
Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
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Jumaane Taylor, tap dancer
“I’ve been on this journey to be able to present within the jazz community. . . . To be a union of creative beauty.”
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Our favorite things for fall arts, part one
An overview of theater, dance, music, pop-up performances, and other artists and activists that you should know about—this season and year-round
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Bridging the spiritual and political divide in I Hunger for You
Kimberly Bartosik/daela make their Chicago debut.
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Charlie Vernon, a ‘droll dance warrior,’ dies at 66
Remembering the dancer, choreographer, cofounder of Links Hall, and former Reader critic
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Reggie Wilson/Fist + Heel draw on the ‘primitive’ to transcend the digital divide
Citizen explores the poetry in nonverbal, nonliterate communication.
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Liz Gerring’s dance performance Horizon is an experiment in pure movement
The Liz Gerring Dance Company makes its Chicago debut with an abstract, minimalist hour-long piece.
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Nora Chipaumire’s Portrait of Myself as My Father is a search for someone she never knew
The Zimbabwe-born performance artist explores the black male body and African masculinity in connection to her own identity.
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In ‘Walking With ‘Trane’ Urban Bush Women dig deep into A Love Supreme
In celebration of its 30th anniversary, the Brooklyn dance troupe turns to John Coltrane’s groundbreaking 1964 record.
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Dance provocateur Camille A. Brown explores stereotypes and identity in Black Girl: Linguistic Play
Camille A. Brown & Dancers explore stereotypes and the self-identities of women of color in Black Girl: Linguistic Play.
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 9/18: Expo Chicago, Witch Mountain, and BalletX
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, September 18
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Compagnie Käfig takes hip-hop from the streets of Rio to Columbia College
Inspired by water bottles, capoeira, and Looney Tunes, Compagnie Käfig takes hip-hop from the streets of Rio to Columbia College.