Last fall for the Destinos: Chicago International Latino Theater Festival, Aguijón Theater (the oldest Latinx company in the city) unveiled the world premiere of Rey Andújar’s La Gran Tirana (descarga dramática), a fantasia based on the life of singer “La Lupe” (Lupe Victoria Yolí Raymond). This year, the company turns its attentions and considerable talents […]
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Does the “Frida Kahlo: Timeless” exhibition and others like it go too far in their pursuit of bigger audiences?
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Jamila Woods builds on legacies that shook the world
On the new Legacy! Legacy!, Chicago singer and poet Jamila Woods lovingly details how art can learn from the past as it shapes the future.
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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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Cafe Tola is building an empanada empire
Lakeview’s tiny empanada emporium goes for big flavor in Hot Doug’s former digs.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the name-dropper
Barack Obama College Prep becomes a school to be named later.
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George W. Bush’s e-mail hacked, artistic ambitions revealed
A painting by the former president shows signs of possible inner life.
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This week’s Culture Vultures recommend:
Chicagoans recommend Science Is Culture, Frida: The Biography of Frida Kahlo, artist Antonio Martorell
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A nearly edible spoon and other stuff you should buy from your neighbors
Moms, avert your eyes. The Cereal Killer is even less healthy than cereal with chocolate milk—it’s a cereal-covered bon bon molded on a plastic spoon for your convenience, by Brass Knuckle Bon Bons. Your call. $3 for 5, etsy.com/people/brassknucklebonbons.