Since 2010, the Hyde Park Art Center (5020 S. Cornell) has hosted “Ground Floor,” a biennial exhibition featuring work by “Chicago’s most promising emerging talent.” The show is assembled by an esteemed panel of judges including curators, educators, and artists, and it features work from artists who’ve graduated from one of Chicago’s five MFA programs […]
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Art markets, Joy to the World, and personal style
Free Street Theater joins up with Plant Chicago for a winter market and storytelling event at Plant Chicago’s building (4459 S. Marshfield). From 11 AM-3 PM, you can enjoy stories (1-2 PM), songs from Orcas Are Dolphins (playing 11:30 AM-1 PM), a clothing swap, and the chance to purchase wares from local vendors, including Zeitlin’s […]
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Readings from Remaking the Exceptional, Interrobang Theatre Project, and more
This summer, DePaul Art Museum hosted “Remaking the Exceptional,” a group exhibition curated by artist and activists Aaron Hughes and Amber Ginsburg that explored the similarities between survivors of torture at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp and survivors of police torture in Chicago. This evening, Ginsburg and fellow activists celebrate the release of Remaking the […]
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Stepney, stationery, grown folks, and All That Glitters
Chicago’s Central Camera is a great example of a small business that has persevered through multiple challenges–check out contributor Zinya Salfiti’s cover story in our latest issue to read more. And if you’re inspired to seek out more local legacy businesses, go no further than roughly a mile north to Atlas Stationers, who celebrate their […]
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Art on the south side, Dining Out for Life, and more
Through September 11, the University of Chicago’s Arts + Public Life initiative is celebrating 10 years of their artists-in-residence program (dubbed AIR) with the exhibition “All That Light.” The AIR program was originally conceived by artist Theaster Gates, and is jointly hosted by Arts + Public Life and the university’s Center for the Study of […]
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14 East tackles the wilderness of isolation
The DePaul-based online magazine adapts its annual live storytelling event for quarantine.
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How Lily Be made the local storytelling scene look more like Chicago
“Am I the only Latinx sharing stories right now? Where are the rest of us?”
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Come Hell or High Water, Tekki Lomnicki, and Tellin’ Tales Theatre will change the conversation about life with disabilities
These storytellers at the Fillet of Solo Festival defamiliarize their audiences’ view of the world.
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A live-lit series wants you to ask yourself, Am I Man Enough?
Be prepared to take a serious look at toxic masculinity, led by Ada Cheng.
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Pop-Up Magazine redefines the art of storytelling
A traveling “magazine” brings stories to life through audio-visual components . . . and smells.
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If there are eight million stories in the naked city, do we have to hear them all?
A dispatch from the storytelling circuit inspired by true events
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CHIRP Radio’s storytelling series focuses on performers’ First Times
Funds raised by the storytelling series and podcast The First Time go toward the independent station’s first radio tower.
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Women-ruled comedy group the Kates team up with local female-owned businesses
The comedians expand their reach with pop-up performances, workshops, and classes.
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Snubfest is a comedy festival for rejects
Stand-ups, sketch comedians, and storytellers seek redemption at Snubfest, a comedy festival for rejects.
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Detholz! and friends throw a Groundhog Day party in memory of bassist Ben Miranda
Detholz! and friends throw a Groundhog Day party in memory of bassist Ben Miranda, Caribbean dance night Feel the Rhythm makes its overdue return, and more.