Sometimes you gotta take glimmers of hope where you find them when the news is consistently horrifying. And despite all the recent anxiety-inducing bulletins about the state of live performance, there are some positive signs on the horizon. (For an in-depth view of the local scene, I’d also suggest this recent American Theatre essay by […]
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Examining the white spaces in Chicago dance
A community townhall reaffirms the need for communication and representation.
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Arts expo Lake FX opens with a question: What’s the ‘lake effect’?
Lake FX, Chicago’s weekend of workshops and events for the creative community, launched Thursday with a discussion of the “lake effect.”
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It’s standing room only at the Chicago Dancing Festival
The Chicago Dance Festival returns, drawing its usual maximum-capacity crowds.
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Chicago Opera Theater’s two-opera/one-film weekend
Chicago Opera Theater is fleshing out its double bill of Ullmann and Orff with Chaplin.
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Snow White gets sexed up
Snow White gets sexed up in French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj’s contemporary version.
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For the Hamburg Ballet, the show doesn’t go on
After a fire forced performance cancellations, the Harris Theater for Music and Dance plans to reopen this week.
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Reader’s Agenda Sat 2/15: Winter Bike Swap, Hump! Film Festival, and “Queenie Pie”
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, February 15
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Reader’s Agenda Tue 1/21: Winter Bike to Work Day, Conversation on Grace, and Ishmael Beah
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, January 21
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Reader’s Agenda Wed 12/25: Christmas, Mary Wilson and the Four Tops, and The Great Escape
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, December 25
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Reader’s Agenda Sun 10/13: Chicago Marathon, Phyllis Chen, and Clumsy Sublime
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, October 13
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The long and short of it, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Under a new general director, Chicago Opera Theater aims to seduce
Under general director Andreas Mitisek, Chicago Opera Theater courts a new audience.