Douglas Turner Ward’s 1965 satirical one-act holds more historic than contemporary interest.
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Wicker Park Fest, the Comedy Exposition, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Sheffield Music Festival and Garden Walk, the Windy City Pet Expo, and more happenings from July 22-24.
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Before #BlackLivesMatter, there was Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison
Two lost photo essays, now on display at the Art Institute, go beyond racial stereotypes to reveal the real life of Harlem.
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Kerry James Marshall reconstructs art history with black Americans at its center
A new retrospective at the MCA provides the most comprehensive introduction to the Chicago painter’s work to date.
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The Goodman’s Two Trains Running perfectly re-creates a world where everyone’s stuck
August Wilson’s flawed masterpiece gets a fascinating if bleak revival.
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Singing the anger of the American black man
Court Theatre brings Ralph Ellison’s classic novel, Invisible Man, to the stage
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How well do we know Barack Obama?
David Samuels in the New Republic on Barack Obama, invisible man.