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A group of dancers in lingerie perform onstage. A Black woman stands center. The stage is lit with purple lights.
Posted inArts & Culture

‘Huge, very loud, and with a lot of glitter’

by Irene Hsiao June 10, 2022June 16, 2022

For the first time since a pandemic hiatus, The Fly Honey Show is live for three days only of sparkle, sweat, and shimmy. Begun in 2010 with about 30 performers in the living room of the DIY venue The Inconvenience, The Fly Honey Show has since manifested through the bodies of hundreds of dancers, musicians, […]

Posted inArts & Culture

In Good Grief, Melissa DuPrey does more than just talk about loss

by Regina Victor December 3, 2019August 18, 2021

Her latest solo for Free Street about her mother’s death brings alternative healers to the audience.

Posted inArts & Culture

Steppenwolf’s The Flick, BoHo Theatre’s Fugitive Songs, and 13 more new stage shows

by Chicago Reader February 18, 2016August 18, 2021

Fifteen new reviews of stage shows including limited runs of Cabaret and the one-man show Sancho: An Act of Remembrance.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Wed 5/29: Sexomedy, Roots Handmade Pizza, and Lunch Talks @ CAF

by Chelsea Hohn May 29, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, May 29, 2013

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