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Posted inArt Feature

Artists continue to run Chicago

by Kerry Cardoza September 9, 2022September 8, 2022

If art fairs like EXPO and Frieze are about making a splash with Instagrammable booths and recouping onerous exhibition fees, what are smaller-scale alternative ones for? MdW, an alternative art fair first held in Chicago in 2011 and now back after a decade-long hiatus, proposes a simple yet radical purpose: for the art community to […]

Three dancers in beige clothing are seated on the floor, holding onto each other and stretching backwards. Another dancer stands over them as if tugging at them.
Posted inCity Life

April showers us with events

by Salem Collo-Julin, Micco Caporale and Kerry Reid April 8, 2022April 8, 2022

It may be a little damp and dreary outside, but there are loads of ways to warm up with some cultural events this week. FRI 4/8  At 5:30 PM tonight, catch a free performance by Xochitl-Quetzal, the dance troupe founded by Henry Cervantes that’s keeping the Concheros dance tradition alive. As the event host—the International […]

Posted inArts & Culture

Tiger Strikes Asteroid comes together in ‘It feels like the first time’

by S. Nicole Lane June 24, 2021August 18, 2021

And the massive survey of artists does it well.

Tim Samuelson
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Tim Samuelson may be retiring, but he’s not history yet

by Deanna Isaacs January 20, 2021August 18, 2021

Chicago’s first and only cultural historian goes on emeritus status, but there’s plenty of work ahead of him.

Posted inArts & Culture

Motherhood changes you—and your art

by S. Nicole Lane March 4, 2020August 18, 2021

Gwendolyn Zabicki’s attention to time is the focus of her exhibition at Heaven Gallery.

Posted inMusic

Ambient artist Cinchel invites his audience to play along

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil February 21, 2017August 18, 2021

Ambient artist Cinchel invites his audience to play along, Save Money rapper Dally Auston celebrates a new EP at 1st Ward, and more.

Posted inArts & Culture

Third Object mails the art in, literally

by Sasha Geffen March 4, 2016August 18, 2021

Now on view at Mana Contemporary Chicago, Slow Stretch includes pieces that were sent to future audience members.

Posted inMusic

Dance collective the Era debut their footwork film festival

by Leor Galil and J.R. Nelson October 7, 2015August 18, 2021

Plus: Bill Tucker and Lil Tits celebrate new releases on Maximum Pelt, and DIY venue Young Camelot gives away dozens of recordings from its shows.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Sun 6/22: Bodies in Urban Space, Renegade Mini Market, and Green Music Fest

by Lucy Wang June 22, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, June 22

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