Dr. Barbra Joan Frankenstreisand (Tyler Anthony Smith)—that ultimate hyphenate: superstar-mad scientist—has commandeered the stage at the Raven Room at Redline VR bar for what she calls a “clone-cert” to duplicate her beloved and very dead pooch. Few theater companies understand characters toeing the line between stardom and monstrousness like Hell in a Handbag Productions. Frankenstreisand, […]
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Yule be home for Christmas with Manual Cinema and Hell in a Handbag
A Dickens chestnut and a spoof of 1970s celebrity specials join the online holiday theater lineup.
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Dave ‘Medusa’ Shelton was a fairy godmother to Chicago’s club scene
Dave Shelton didn’t just found the legendary Medusa’s—he also helped everyone in his orbit shine like a star.
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Plugging into Chicago’s forgotten house venues
A tour and oral history of the long-gone spaces that birthed one of the foundational sounds in modern pop
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Life & Nothing More takes a long, hard look at a working-class woman and her son
Antonio Méndez Esparza’s unscripted docudrama shows people who are just trying to get by.
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L’Imitation of Life gives an old-fashioned ‘women’s picture’ an old-fashioned drag treatment
The caricatures and cock jokes are familiar, but the gowns are fabulous.
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I Kong Kult end a three-year hiatus to release their ass-shaking debut
I Kong Kult end a three-year hiatus to release their ass-shaking debut, Mako Sica hold a benefit to push back against cycling deaths, and more.
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The Humanities Fest goes to Bronzeville
A series of events in the south-side neighborhood is rounded out by a panel and dance party devoted to house music.
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 1/30: Out at CHM, Friends and Family Cocktail Challenge, and Drinking Gourd
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, January 30