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A South Asian woman in a dark top and light trousers kneels, lunging forward toward the right side of the photo, drenched in a blue light.
Posted inArts & Culture

Springing ahead with live performance

by Kerry Reid, Deanna Isaacs and Irene Hsiao April 4, 2022April 6, 2022

While the BA.2 variant of COVID-19 looms as a possible impediment to attending live performances (even as some of us now qualify for a second booster), shows are booming. We’ve got a baker’s dozen of events to consider if you feel up to getting out and about in the next couple of months. We also suggest […]

jade jewelry in many colors on a table
Posted inCity Life

Dante, shopping, and 70s grooves

by Salem Collo-Julin, Kerry Reid and Micco Caporale November 12, 2021November 12, 2021

Looking for some things to do this weekend and beyond? We’ve got you covered, whether you’re craving theater, dinner, comedy, or . . . stripper drag clowns? Read on, readers! Fri 11/12 Bridge Dance Festival returns to Links Hall (virtually!) tonight and tomorrow, with streamed performances beginning at 7 PM. A project of Asian Improv […]

A person lays on rocks by a shore in a white wig and a dress covered with currency
Posted inDance

Bridge Festival returns (virtually) to Links Hall

by Irene Hsiao November 12, 2021November 12, 2021

Bridge Dance Festival returns to Links Hall November 12 and 13 with a digital program curated by Fujima Yoshinojo (Rika Lin) featuring works by artists from Sendai and Tsu, Japan, San Francisco, and Chicago that reflect their individual journeys through the pandemic, as well as themes of identity, aesthetics, and expression.  The festival was established […]

Guide for The Map of Now; Lucky Plush in 2016’s SuperStrip at the Harris Theater
Posted inArts & Culture

The Map of Now provides an interactive guide to collaboration with a retro look

by Irene Hsiao June 22, 2021August 18, 2021

“The potential and the sadness and beauty of big empty spaces” inspires Lucky Plush’s The Map of Now.

Rika Lin in Lines of Tradition
Posted inArts & Culture

Rika Lin’s ‘ingenuity of necessity’ bridges centuries of tradition

by Irene Hsiao April 7, 2021August 18, 2021

Influences from kabuki and karate inform choreographer Rika Lin’s boundary-crossing body of dance work.

Posted inArts & Culture

Food, health, sleep, and screens: We Series focuses on the essentials

by S. Nicole Lane January 22, 2021August 18, 2021

Anything goes during this evening on Twitch.

Thaddeus Phillips in Zoo Motel
Posted inArts & Culture

Zoo Motel and The Journey take us away from it all

by Kerry Reid January 14, 2021August 18, 2021

Links Hall and Chicago Shakespeare host two virtual interactive shows on isolation and connection.

Participants in the "Dance in Chicago 2021" Zoom townhall on January 7, 2021 (clockwise from top left): Aaliyah Christina, Christy Bolingbroke, Kellee Edusei, Jenn Freeman aka Po'Chop (still from Litany),JL Simonson, and Jyl Fehrenkamp
Posted inArts & Culture

Examining the white spaces in Chicago dance

by Irene Hsiao January 12, 2021August 18, 2021

A community townhall reaffirms the need for communication and representation.

Posted inArts & Culture

Dance in 2020 explored boundaries away from the stage

by Irene Hsiao December 18, 2020August 18, 2021

In a year of loss, artists found momentum and took care.

Posted inMusic

Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang livestream their traditional solstice duo

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil December 15, 2020August 18, 2021

Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang livestream their traditional solstice drum duo, Che Arthur of Pink Avalanche drops two instrumental solo EPs, and more.

Posted inMusic

Liof Munimula took their play with sound seriously

by Steve Krakow December 3, 2020August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inArts & Culture

96 Hours is popping in lockdown at Links

by Irene Hsiao September 9, 2020August 18, 2021

A livestreamed multidisciplinary festival crosses a wishlist with a treasure hunt.

Posted inArts & Culture

Torchy Brown lights way for Litany

by Irene Hsiao August 12, 2020August 18, 2021

Jenn Freeman (aka Po’Chop) probes femininity, gender, rage, and history in a five-part dance film.

Posted inArts & Culture

When the lively arts go virtual

by Irene Hsiao and Kerry Reid April 23, 2020August 18, 2021

Two Reader critics talk about digital dance and theater—and other COVID-19 challenges.

Posted inArts & Culture

Charlie Vernon, a ‘droll dance warrior,’ dies at 66

by Laura Molzahn January 7, 2020August 18, 2021

Remembering the dancer, choreographer, cofounder of Links Hall, and former Reader critic

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