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Posted inArts & Culture

Miss Saigon is back, bombast, orientalist clichés, and all

by Kerry Reid November 21, 2018August 18, 2021

The revival’s staging feels old-school, and not in a good way.

Posted inArts & Culture

David Rabe’s Cosmologies, expertly produced by the Gift, keeps you guessing

by Jack Helbig November 1, 2018August 18, 2021

Is it a two-act hallucination or an alien abduction?

Posted inBlogs

Sy Hersh on his rough-and-tumble Chicago past: ‘At some point I realized I was in a tyranny’

by Ryan Smith June 29, 2018August 18, 2021

An interview with the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who discusses his Chicago origin story and more.

Molly Fisher and Rudy Galvan in Hellish Half-Light
Posted inArts & Culture

Fringe theater goes on parade with the 26th annual Abbie Fest

by Kerry Cardoza August 13, 2014August 18, 2021

The Abbie Hoffman Died for Our Sins Theatre Festival features 72 hours of performances starting with a march from Daley Plaza.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Our ignorance of our enemies might not be bliss, but it’s close enough

by Michael Miner October 22, 2013August 19, 2021

Akbar Ahmed’s new book exposes a subtlety and complexity that ought to matter more.

Posted inBlogs

Weekly Top Five: The ecstatic truth of Werner Herzog

by Drew Hunt February 24, 2013August 19, 2021

Top five Werner Herzog films

Posted inBlogs

A model integrated community for Chicago to study

by Steve Bogira December 13, 2012August 19, 2021

In Hope Meadows, a common purpose for residents—caring for each other—leads to real integration

Posted inBlogs

A glimpse of George McGovern in 1971

by Michael Miner October 23, 2012August 19, 2021

Compliments of Media Burn

Posted inBlogs

Should Tamms be saved for the jobs?

by Steve Bogira May 25, 2012August 19, 2021

Sure, long-term solitary confinement may be torture, but it provides jobs.

The late Bill Lavicka, who fought for the Maxwell Street peddlers and memorialized Vietnam veterans.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

The man who wasn’t afraid of the mayor

by Ben Joravsky April 25, 2012August 19, 2021

Bill Lavicka unafraid to fight the mayor

Posted inBlogs

Debate fatigue

by Steve Bogira November 16, 2011August 19, 2021

The Republican candidates are suffering from jet lag and burnout

Posted inBlogs

Bachmann: waterboarding uncomfortable but effective

by Steve Bogira November 14, 2011August 19, 2021

Michele Bachmann stands up for waterboarding.

Posted inArts & Culture

The political is performative for Sharon Hayes

by Sam Worley November 10, 2011August 19, 2021

The artist/activist gets her first solo show, “Focus: Sharon Hayes,” at the Art Institute

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Is it safe to send your child to journalism school?

by Michael Miner June 2, 2011August 19, 2021

The Sun-Times back in the 70s didn’t have a foreign affairs budget, but it was more than happy to indulge a restless reporter’s existential funk. So on my own dime, in the spring of 1975 I found myself in Saigon as the Communist army closed in on the city and the world watched. And that […]

Posted inBlogs

One Bite: the Finest Fish Sauce in the World

by Mike Sula October 21, 2010August 19, 2021

Superior Vietnamese fish sauce from Phu Quoc Island is said to be impossible to get in the United States, but it’s not if you know where to look.

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