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Karin McKie

ARTICLES: 147
Art & Museums, Beyond, Event

Feature: CHF’s Pilsen Mural Tour Explores Rich Latinx Street Art 

National Hispanic American Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) started off strong with the Chicago Humanities Fest’s Pilsen Mural Tour, following last spring’s other insightful, invigorating neighborhood tours. Local muralist Sam Kirk walked a lively […]

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Stages, Theater

Review: Meet the Faux News Forebears in TimeLine’s World Premiere Campaigns, Inc. 

Jill Lepore wrote about America’s first political spin doctors ten years ago in The New Yorker. She called the California political consulting team of Leone Baxter and Clem Whittaker “The Lie […]

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Circus, Preview, Stages

Preview: Let’s Get Physical at the 9th Annual Physical Theater Festival July 16-24

Chicago’s Physical Theater Festival returns for the ninth year with in-person, indoor and outdoor performances, plus four workshops by festival artists, July 16-24, following the 2020 virtual festival.  The week features performances by […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Chicago Activist Jahmal Cole’s Origin Story and Impact Chronicled in A Tiny Ripple of Hope

“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, […]

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Beyond, Chicago history, Event, Interviews

Preview: Chicago Commemorates Emancipation with Juneteenth Celebrations 

On paper, the Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved Americans on January 1, 1863, during the middle of the Civil War. But not all chattel slaves were immediately manumitted. Union General Gordon […]

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Comedy, Stages

Review: Get a Cortisol Correction from Second City’s New Mainstage Revue, Do the Right Thing, But No Worries If Not 

Politics are exhausting, but inevitable and important. People are exhausted, but continue to seek normalcy via social interactions. The Second City’s 110th mainstage show’s bifurcated title reflects those two realities: Do […]

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Art & Museums, Beyond, Chicago history, Event

Feature: Beautiful Bronzeville Explored by TikTok Historian Dilla for the CHF

The Chicago Humanities Festival sponsored a bus tour of Chicago’s South Side, the “Black Belt,” for the spring Public-themed series. Hosted by “TikTok historian” Shermann “Dilla” Thomas, the two-hour tour began […]

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Dialogs: Female Rock Talk with Kim Gordon, Laurie Anderson, Sinead Gleeson at Chicago Humanities Festival

The Music Box Theatre hosted music royalty as part of the spring Chicago Humanities Festival: Sonic Youth’s frontwoman Kim Gordon, her co-author, music journalist Sinead Gleeson, along with feminist electronica pioneer Laurie […]

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Stages, Talk show

Dialogs: Ambassador Maria Yovanovitch Explains Ukraine at Chicago Humanities Festival

Ambassador Maria Yovanovitch Explains Ukraine

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Stages, Talk show

Dialogs: Anita Hill Talks About Need to Believe Women in Chicago Humanities Festival Event

The Chicago Humanities Festival has been offering in-person programs under the spring theme of “Public.” Two programs on May 7 at the UIC Dorin Center featured law professor Anita Hill […]

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Comedy, Stages, Talk show

Review: Rage Against the Cell Phone Machine With Fran Lebowitz

In the midst of war and plague, a good dose of literate snark is required. Noted curmudgeon and raconteur Fran Lebowitz visited the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, one of only […]

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Circus, Comedy, Dance, Stages, Theater, Theater Festival

Preview: Chicago Circus and Performing Arts Festival Premieres April 21-24

Life’s been a circus over the last two years, so we might as well lean into it. Welcome to the Chicago Circus & Performing Arts Festival, the Windy City’s newest multidisciplinary […]

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