Kathy D. Hey writes creative non-fiction essays. A lifelong Chicagoan, she is enjoying life with her husband, daughter and three dogs in the wilds of Edgewater. When she isn’t at her computer, she is in her garden growing vegetables and herbs for kitchen witchery.
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Chicago is the premier city for the arts. Our musical scene is to be envied. We have two wonderful orchestras that play traditional classical music and a wealth of new […]
This year marks the 7th Destinos International Latino Theater Festival, which brings a variety of performances from as far as Spain and Argentina to the Back of the Yards neighborhood […]
Playwright Lynn Nottage is known for revealing truths about the lives of the Black diaspora. Her stories are like ripping the bandage off a wound so that it can shock, […]
I’ve often said that a film retelling will destroy a brilliant literary work and a mediocre book can make a great film. My example [of the latter] is Mario Puzo’s […]
Grief is born out of trauma and thrives in loneliness. Playwright Eboni Booth creates a devastating inner world of grief in Primary Trust and builds a shell of a world […]
There are not many certainties in life and when a sure thing is discovered we all should enjoy it. So, just in time for the Halloween season, Hell in a […]
There is not a lot of certainty in today’s world. The world may seem on 33 and 1/3 and you’re on 33. There is one thing that I can count […]
The Lyric Opera of Chicago continues its 50th season with Beethoven’s Fidelio, an opera not often staged in the repertoire of great opera houses. Perhaps it is the political tone […]
Paul Robeson was a polymath—lawyer, athlete, and megawatt stage presence with a resonant baritone known the world over. Like many Black American pioneers, Robeson’s recognition came after he died. D-Composed […]
Flash theater is the theme of the 2024 Go To New Play Fest. Flash theater contains a plot, climax, and denouement similar to flash fiction but the impact is more […]
Choreographer Stephanie Martinez founded PARA.MAR Dance Theatre in 2020 as an antidote to the pandemic’s despair, loss, and isolation. Anthology is a curated selection of six dances by Martinez and […]