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Rhinoceros Theater Festival This annual showcase of experimental theater, performance, and music from Chicago’s fringe began as part of the Bucktown Arts Fest; now it’s hosted by the Curious Theatre Branch. Taking its name from surrealist painter Salvador Dali’s use of the term “rhinocerontic” (it means real big), the Rhino Fest celebrates its tenth anniversary […]

Asian American Showcase The fourth annual Asian American Showcase, presented by the Foundation for Asian American Independent Media and the Film Center, concludes Saturday and Sunday, April 10 and 11. Screenings are at the Film Center, Art Institute, Columbus Drive at Jackson. Tickets are $7, $3 for Film Center members; for more information call 773-871-1977 […]

Colin Mochrie Though we Chicagoans still like to think of improv as our baby–born and raised here and still living close enough to mother Second City to visit on weekends–the form is really an international phenomenon now. And this expansion is likely to accelerate as shows like ABC’s version of the BBC hit series Whose […]

Chicago Improv Festival Now in its second year, this annual celebration of the art of improvisational comedy runs April 6 through 11, bringing together members of the improv scene from around North America for a week of performances and workshops. Featured out-of-towners this year include the Groundlings, LA’s leading improv ensemble, in their Chicago debut; […]

Rabbit in the Moon This documentary about the internment of more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II is less revisionist history than poetic memoir. Bay Area filmmaker Emiko Omori was 18 months old in 1942, when she and her family were shipped off to a detention camp; her film reconstructs the experience through interviews […]

European Union Film Festival The European Union Film Festival runs Friday, February 5, through Sunday, February 21, at the Film Center, Art Institute, Columbus Drive at Jackson. Admission is $6, $3 for Film Center members. For more information call 312-443-3737. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 Bandits Katja von Garnier directed this 1997 German feature about four music-making […]

Friday JUNE PETRILLO MUSIC SHELL 5:50 PM Gospel Warm-up with Betty McDaniel 5:55 PM National Anthem 6:00 PM Apostolic Church of God’s 300-voice Sanctuary Choir 6:40 PM Word Records Showcase featuring Reverend Milton Brunson’s Thompson Community Singers, New Directions, Dr. Charles Hayes & the Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir, Reed’s Temple Choir & Shirley Caesar, […]

Friday JUNE FRONT PORCH STAGE 1:00 PM Blues in the Schools Jugband Music Featuring Billy Branch Without a doubt the hottest harpist in town, Branch has the chops to indulge in showy barrages of clustered notes but prefers to let tradition and taste dictate his sets. Given his busy schedule as leader of the popular […]

Proven star power was a scarce commodity at last year’s Chicago Blues Festival. The shortage was so acute that Buddy Guy–the only household name in the lineup–told the local press he was less than impressed with his costars. He even remarked that the annual festival might benefit from charging a small fee for the prime […]

CHICAGO COMEDY FESTIVAL offers stand-up, performance, and film at various venues, Friday through Sunday. 773-509-2988. Friday, May 1 5:00, 7:00, 9:00, and 11:00 Screenings of South Park at Village Theater, 1548 N. Clark. 7:00 Sally Edwards’s Big People Little People at Village Theater. 7:00 Screening of Louis CK’s film Tomorrow Night at Village Theater. :00 […]

CHICAGO COMEDY FESTIVAL offers stand-up, performances, and films at various venues, Thursday through next Sunday, May 3. For more information, call 847-304-6624. Thursday, April 30 5:00, 7:00, 9:00, and 11:00 Screenings of South Park at Village Theater, 1548 N. Clark. 7:30 Comedy Festival Kick-Off at All Jokes Aside hosted by Earthquake, with D-Ray, Damon Williams, […]