Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 6/8 and Beyond
There’s a little bit of rain in the Sunday forecast, but most of the weekend looks like an excellent time…
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Chicago Indie Media Alliance Launches 2023 Fundraiser Today
This two-week fundraiser benefits nearly 50 small, grassroots newsrooms and media entities serving diverse communities and issues across the Chicagoland…
Review: Pocket-Sized Bleak Sword DX Is Stylish, Difficult
I’m a sucker for a good soulslike game, but you have to wade through a lot of bad titles to…
Recap: Succession (S4, Ep10) — The Roy Siblings Make Final Decisions in Haunting Series Finale
Editor’s note: this article contains major episode spoilers. For a show with such universally praised writing, Succession has never employed…
Review: Grippo Stage Company’s Shaw vs. Tunney Tells the Story of a Curious Friendship Based on Love—of Books and Boxing
Fine acting can sometimes save a mediocre script. But pair fine acting with a fascinating story such as the curious…
Feature: Afrofuturism and Black Excellence at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture
Chicago offers a variety of events to commemorate Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when America “officially freed” enslaved people. For…
Review: The Memory Place at Pivot Arts Looks at Life Through Different Cultures in a Promenade Performance
The Memory Place is a multidisciplinary collection of vignettes that begins in the lobby of the Edge Theater. The audience…
Review: Jess Williamson Offers Up a Dazzling Country Spectacle at Judson & Moore
What was supposed to be a small, intimate country show under the heavenly starry lights of the Hideout turned into…
Review: Men’s Fashion, Gay History and a Party-Like Atmosphere at All Man: The International Male Story
From directors Bryan Darling and Jesse Finley Reed, the documentary All Man: The International Male Story tells the decades-long, trend-setting…
Review: Emerson Quartet Plays a Fine Farewell
It was with bittersweet emotions that I attended the Emerson String Quartet’s performance with Emanuel Ax at Symphony Center on…
Review: Standout Performances in Lyric Opera’s Uneven West Side Story
Choreography by Jerome Robbins, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and music by Leonard Bernstein are the calling cards of West Side…
Celebrate National Drive-In Day—Pile Everyone Into the Car and See a Film on an Outdoor Screen
The beloved institution of the drive-in theater celebrates its 90th anniversary on National Drive-In Day, Tuesday, June 6, the exact…
Review: Cirque du Soleil Puts a Life of Wonder Before Our Eyes With Cortéo
Cirque du Soleil is always a treat to watch. There are acrobatics, aerial thrills, and juggling all done with a…
Review: No Matter the Question, the Answer Is Always Alex Lahey at Schubas
Wednesday night at Schubas was a punky indie rock extravaganza for the ages as both Liza Anne and Australia’s unofficial…
Poem: Taylor Knows
June Sawyers wrote this poem—as a way to record her experience—on a walk over to Soldier Field this weekend during…
Review: Timeline Theatre Stages What the Constitution Means to Me With Stories of Legal Drama and Personal Pain
Heidi is 15 years old and loves the Constitution. She also is obsessed with witches and the Salem witch trials—and…
345 Art Gallery’s Culture Capsule Exhibit Resonates with East Garfield Community by Reflecting the Black Experience
Author: Sarah Luyengi Tucked away in East Garfield Park, the 345 Art Gallery is a home for local artists and…
Review: Comic Book Characters Spring to Life in SuperYou at Milwaukee’s Skylight Theatre
Just in time for Pride Month, Milwaukee’s Skylight Music Theatre presents the world premiere of an uplifting rock musical, SuperYou.…
Review: ProTraining Showcase at the Actors Gymnasium Steps It Up
A look at this year's graduating circus class from Actor's Gym--a talented pool of actors gained new circus skills!
Review: Sam Shepard, an Unreliable Narrator of His Own Life, Gets a New Biography by Robert Greenfield
It’s appropriate that True West: Sam Shepard’s Life, Work and Times by Robert Greenfield ends with the 2019 Broadway staging of True West,…
