Like many Americans, I was awestruck by images of the historic Belarusian protests against President Alexander Lukashenko (“Europe’s last dictator”) that exploded after the country’s August elections. But reports of police brutality from Belarus—and the growing chorus of international academics and reporters warning that Americans could soon find themselves in a similar spot—added sinister, unsettling […]
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Dance meets multimedia spectacle in the stunning Power Goes
In the stunning multimedia production Power Goes, the Seldoms zero in on LBJ.
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Gossip Wolf: Pure Joy wants to give Chicago a venue that’s welcoming to everyone
Pure Joy plans a venue that’s welcoming to everyone, Spektral Quartet releases its contemporary-classical ringtones, and more
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Reader’s Agenda Sat 9/28: Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Monument, and a Chicago-style Oktoberfest
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, September 28
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One man’s trash is Carrie Hanson’s treasure
Setting Monument in a landfill, the Seldoms’ Carrie Hanson presents a potent critique of consumerism.
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Can Chicago Do Better Than Detroit’s Robocop Statue?
Well, they’ve finally done it! Advocates in Detroit have raised more than $50,000 for a statue of cyborg-crimefighter Robocop. A worthy civic venture, indeed. It makes you wonder what kind of monument to pop culture we could build here in Chicago.