Is satire allowed anymore? We’re living through a period which largely demands literality from art. We want to know where the author stands. Unambiguously, with no shade or contradiction. Satire, on the other hand, lives in the gray and attempts to get at larger truths. Christian TeBordo’s new novel is set unreservedly outside the bipolarity […]
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For Kyle Beachy, skateboarding is The Most Fun Thing
The author takes a deep dive into the culture of the lifestyle and his personal connection to it.
Posted inMusic
Jumaane Taylor, tap dancer
“I’ve been on this journey to be able to present within the jazz community. . . . To be a union of creative beauty.”
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From soul sweetheart to blues bombshell
Holle Thee Maxwell’s long career has taken her through several genres and across the world—but it’s never made her a star.
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Pianist Charles Joseph Smith celebrates companionship and solitude in a new video
Dr. Charles Joseph Smith collaborated on his new video with filmmakers from Mississippi Records and Raw Music International.
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Roosevelt’s revolving door
In: a new Auditorium Theatre CEO; out: 16 board members, an associate dean, and the Joffrey Ballet
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Pedro Bell made art to embody Funkadelic’s revolutionary grooves
The underappreciated genius behind many of Funkadelic’s most famous album covers died last month after nine years in a nursing and rehab center.
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Murder and Mayhem in Chicago and more of the best things to do this weekend
Sci-Fi Spectacular movie marathon and more goings-on March 16-18
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With the Joffrey leaving, what’s the future of the Auditorium Theatre?
The ballet company will head for a new home in 2020, and the historic venue needs to figure out how to replace it.
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Banned Books Week gets entertaining
City Lit Theater’s Books on the Chopping Block pop-up and other local events draw attention to the year’s most challenged works.
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Avoid Saint Patrick’s Day in Chicago this weekend with works by Larry Clark at the MCA and more things to do
Louder Than a Bomb, the We Watch Wrestling podcast, Claudia Pop-Up dinner, and more happenings from March 10-12
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Peter Thiel and “the YouTube couple” stir Chicago’s Second City syndrome
Recent comments exposed the city’s inferiority complex.
Posted inNews & Politics
Is this the year the Cubs win it for Judith Sherwin?
As the All-Star break approaches, the team is currently the best in baseball. But for a diehard fan of nearly 60 years, a Cubs World Series wouldn’t change a thing.
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Art Shay’s new show captures the ‘Troublemakers’ who made history
Three hundred photos, many never seen before, depict the Chicago social movements of the 1950s and ’60s.
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The lone release from this Chicago free-improvising trio has held up great for 34 years
Rich Corpolongo, Doug Lofstrom, and Paul Wertico have all had long careers of their own, but they made something special together in 1981.