“The potential and the sadness and beauty of big empty spaces” inspires Lucky Plush’s The Map of Now.
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Rika Lin’s ‘ingenuity of necessity’ bridges centuries of tradition
Influences from kabuki and karate inform choreographer Rika Lin’s boundary-crossing body of dance work.
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Food, health, sleep, and screens: We Series focuses on the essentials
Anything goes during this evening on Twitch.
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Zoo Motel and The Journey take us away from it all
Links Hall and Chicago Shakespeare host two virtual interactive shows on isolation and connection.
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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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Dance in 2020 explored boundaries away from the stage
In a year of loss, artists found momentum and took care.
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Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang livestream their traditional solstice duo
Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang livestream their traditional solstice drum duo, Che Arthur of Pink Avalanche drops two instrumental solo EPs, and more.
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Liof Munimula took their play with sound seriously
Liof Munimula’s toolbox included a 42-piece percussion setup, a shortwave radio rig with a 40-foot antenna, and a subversive sense of humor.
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96 Hours is popping in lockdown at Links
A livestreamed multidisciplinary festival crosses a wishlist with a treasure hunt.
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Torchy Brown lights way for Litany
Jenn Freeman (aka Po’Chop) probes femininity, gender, rage, and history in a five-part dance film.
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When the lively arts go virtual
Two Reader critics talk about digital dance and theater—and other COVID-19 challenges.
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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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The 29th annual solstice concerts offer a yearly return or a new annual tradition
I have to admit, I literally slept on going to Michael Zerang and Hamid Drake’s winter solstice concerts for the first 27 years (though granted, I was only 17 when the first one happened). Out-of-town friends even crashed at my pad to attend the early-morning shows, but as a former night owl, I always thought […]
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Psychedelic country collective the Keener Family drop a debut four years in the making
Psychedelic country collective the Keener Family drop a debut four years in the making, Dustin Laurenzi’s Snaketime helps Mississippi Records celebrate the music of Moondog, and more.
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Marginalia centers on two women and their “ferocious, rambunctious way of being”
Khecari’s new duet debuts at Links Hall.