On August 27 in Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, the eight companies representing the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project—Ayodele Drum and Dance, Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Forward Momentum Chicago, Joel Hall Dancers and Center, Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago, Najwa Dance Corps, and Red Clay Dance Company (joined also by Creation […]
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Tonys, tech awards, and terpsichore
Lots of behind-the-scenes news in Chicago theater, and some well-deserved plaudits to note as well this week! At the Tony Awards this past Sunday, longtime Chicago sound designer and composer Mikhail Fiksel took home the top prize for his work on Lucas Hnath’s drama Dana H., which ran locally at the Goodman in fall of […]
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Sydney Chatman and Congo Square want to move past trauma porn
A Joyce Foundation grant paves the way for a community playmaking project at Congo Square focused on Black women and girls.
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Honoring Englewood’s musical history with a cast of hundreds
Quantum Englewood honors the neighborhood’s history with a cast of hundreds, Devin Shaffer outdoes her own dreamy folk on Yarrow’s latest, and more.
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Mayor Rahm’s principal merit pay award goes to his biggest school critic
Troy LaRaviere, one of the mayor’s most outspoken school critics, won three straight mayoral merit pay awards.
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Do we really need the Great Chicago Fire Festival?
Do we really need the Great Chicago Fire Festival?
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CNC Is About to Show Us a New Home Page
Chicago News Cooperative is about to show us a new website
Posted inNews & Politics
Under the Gun
Aldermen rush through a gun-control law they’ve barely read to replace a gun-control law nobody seems to have enforced. Who really benefits? Mayor Daley.
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David Remnick on The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama
New Yorker editor David Remnick talks about The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama