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Kim Campbell

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Stages, Theater

Fight Quest–You Choose the Champion of the Quest @CSZ Chicago

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Would you like to be master of the universe? Or maybe just director of a play? If so, the interactive play Fight Quest is a good place to start. It […]

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Food

Interview with Chef Melissa Novak at The Chopping Block

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Melissa Novak has been a chef at The Chopping Block for the past four years where she teaches a whole host of cooking classes to bridesmaids, singles on blind dates, […]

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Cirque Italia Blends Old World Charm with High Tech Glitz

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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin once said that circus was the people’s art, and by that he probably meant that people really need some slapstick and shocking good fun to take their […]

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Food, Uncategorized

Chicago’s Main Farmers Market, Green City Market, Serves Up Locally Sourced Recipes with Cookbook

Green City Market has released a cookbook, which may seem like a normal thing to do, but like the market itself and all food that is produced and supplied outside […]

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Circus, Comedy, Stages, Theater Festival, Uncategorized

Four Ways to Prep for Physical Festival

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You like theater and you think Physical Festival Chicago might be something for you and your friends, but you’re not sure how to prepare for it. Will you need to […]

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Circus, Stages

Ascend—Actors Gymnasium Circus Training Program Showcase Takes Off

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The eight graduates of the Actors Gymnasium’s first circus training program might have been keyed up about their showcase performance, but the audience wouldn’t have known it because their training […]

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Circus, Music, Stages

Cirque de la Symphonie opens Chicago Philharmonic Residency @ Harris Theater

Five classical circus performers visited the Chicago Philharmonic this past Saturday night to ring in the orchestra’s new tenure at Harris Theater. The performances blended the music of Rimsky-Korsakov and […]

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Classical, Music

Cosmic Convergence Ends the Season with a Bang @ Chicago Symphony Center

The Chicago Sinfonietta wrapped up its 2016 season Monday night with a heartfelt homage to its founder and shaper, Paul Freeman, who died this past summer. Freeman was a beloved […]

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Food, Uncategorized

The Tastemakers of Chicago Weigh in Before the James Beard Awards

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Last Sunday was the night before the James Beard awards iconic first hosting in Chicago, and a panel of three well known Chicago restaurateurs and chefs (and one from New […]

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Food

Cooking the Books with Christina Bello

As tax season fades from our memories for another 360 days, it was perhaps apt that I had a chance to speak with the founder of the Cooking the Books […]

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Your 3CR Guide to a Better May

Stages Seedfolks @ Chicago Children’s Theatre CCT presents Seedfolks, a play about the people who develop an urban garden in a gritty Cleveland neighborhood. One woman plays all 14 parts. Suitable […]

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Food

Kombucha Experiment with Nathan Wyse–Continued

    Part Two, continued from April21st post. Around us were three huge tanks of kombucha in various states of completeness. We walked over to look at the mother scoby […]

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