Ruth Page Center for the Arts (1016 N. Dearborn) offers its Fall Showcase 2022, the debut performance of the current Ruth Page Civic Ballet Training Company, tonight and tomorrow at 7 PM. The program includes Steady Going, a new piece by South Chicago Dance Theatre founder and artistic director Kia Smith; Dreaming With Ruth Page: […]
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The amazing adventures of Mike Norton, creator of Battlepug and Lil’ Donnie
The Chicago comics writer and artist finds many ways to indulge his absurdist sense of humor.
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SNL’s Chris Redd and Luke Null, MCA Hearts Chicago, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
A busy weekend at the Museum of Contemporary Art and more goings-on October 20-22
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Bill T. Jones, Chicago Restaurant Week, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Young Playwrights Festival, Forward Motion Activist Fundraiser, and more things to do this weekend.
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The best overlooked Chicago hip-hop of 2016
Chicago hip-hop had such a great year that even avid fans probably missed some fantastic new music—and these five releases definitely got less love than they deserved.
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Chicago Book Expo, Pop-Up Magazine, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Fun Home, Handmade Market Chicago, and more happenings from November 11-13.
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Reader’s Agenda, Wed 12/12: Danse Macabre, Seeley & Norton, and CYSK
What’s on the Agenda for Wednesday, December 12, 2012
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1,001 Afternoons in Chicago
Anyone who missed Prop Theatre Group’s rambunctious 1997 salute to Chicago newspaper legend Ben Hecht gets a second chance with this rich revival. Based on the daily columns Hecht churned out from 1921 to 1923, this sprawling 150-minute work is rife with the colorful slang of the time, though some things haven’t changed: innocent people […]