Volume 48, Number 8
Tag: Vol. 48 No. 8
Issue of Nov. 22 – 28, 2018
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A rising Starr (named Hannah) and their Boombox
In a solo show, the Jeff nominee chronicles the rat race of working Chicago actors.
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The DJs of Windy City Soul Club celebrate ten years of getting asses moving
The DJs of Windy City Soul Club celebrate ten years of getting asses moving, Sunny Woodz throws a release party with a bonkers bill in West Chicago, and more.
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Chicago rap crew Pivot Gang honor a fallen comrade
Pivot Gang cofounder John Walt is memorialized in Saba’s Care for Me—and by an arts nonprofit that bears his name, which holds its flagship concert fund-raiser this weekend.
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Ike Holter’s Chicago Cycle rolls on with Rightlynd
In this installment, a young alderwoman learns that doing good is much harder than promising to do good.
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Il Trovatore’s plot is grim, but who cares when you know the score?
Giuseppe Verdi’s greatest-hits score keeps this warhorse on the stages of major opera companies.
Posted inBlogs
Remember to floss your nipples on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was designed by local artist and comedian Sarah Squirm.
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Miss Saigon is back, bombast, orientalist clichés, and all
The revival’s staging feels old-school, and not in a good way.
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The Steadfast Tin Soldier brings us hope, gratitude, and magic
The enchanting Christmas pantomime is masterfully crafted for play and wonder.
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Northlight Theatre finds the radicalism in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park
Kate Hamill’s “collaboration” adjusts the focus and heightens the drama.
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JD McPherson returns to his rockabilly and R&B roots on Socks
JD McPherson originally busted out on the roots-rock scene in 2010 with his single “North Side Gal.” The lead track of his debut album, Signs & Signifiers, which was produced in Chicago by bassist-guitarist Jimmy Sutton, the single features strutting rhythms and slangy lyrics that made it a mild radio staple and a must-have for […]
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Exploratory Baltimore duo Wume find a stronger voice on Towards the Shadow
The debut full-length album of exploratory Baltimore duo Wume, 2015’s Maintain (Ehse), only sparingly features lyrics, and live the duo of drummer-vocalist April Camlin and keyboardist Albert Schatz generally lock into writhing Teutonic rhythms as compatible with twitchy electronica as with kosmische. But on their new album, Towards the Shadow (Northern Spy), the group edge […]
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Floorplan bring their blend of house and gospel to the native home of those genres
As an original member of politically progressive electronic group Underground Resistance, Robert Hood helped make techno one of Detroit’s biggest exports during the late 80s. But in 1992, he set off on a solo career and began to shape the rhythmic, raw subgenre of minimal techno, often releasing his work under his M-Plant imprint. Hood […]
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Amber Liu redefines herself from K-pop idol to solo artist
Amber Liu’s tomboy fashion and tattoos have made her stand out among her peers in the crowded K-pop market, but they pale in comparison to the force of her personality. Liu is most known for being a member of f(x), an inventive girl group that’s had some success among Western audiences. In 2013, they became […]
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Beijing-based duo bring minimalist rock to the Hideout
Take a choppy rhythm, sustain it past the point of comfort, and, if you must put something on top, keep it simple. If the Velvet Underground, the Monks, Neu!, and the Fall haven’t already proved the merits of this strategy to you, Gong Gong Gong are ready to give you one more chance to grasp […]