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Nancy S Bishop

ARTICLES: 725
Lit, Live lit events, Poetry

Dialogs: Margaret Atwood Talks About Writing, Reading, Werewolves and Truth

What year were you born:? If you are lucky enough to meet Margaret Atwood, she might ask you that. Knowing when someone was born tells her what happened to them, […]

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Stages, Theater, Virtual

Review: Stage Left’s The Project(s) Documents a Story of Community Found and Community Lost

The Project(s), a documentary-style theater piece that tells the story of Chicago public housing, past and present, had its world premiere in May 2015 at American Theater Company (shut down […]

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Stages, Theater, Virtual

Theater, Virtually: See What the Constitution Means to Me on Prime Video

On March 8, just a week before theater and most other live events shut down, I began a theater review this way: “What the Constitution Means to Me is partly […]

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Events, Lit, Live lit events

Dialogs: Nick Hornby Talks About His Latest Novel, the Writer’s Viewpoint and Writing for Film and TV

Chicagoans may think of Nick Hornby as one of our own because of the 2000 film, High Fidelity. It’s set in a grungy record shop in Wicker Park and features […]

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Stages, Theater, Virtual

Review: Invictus Theatre Offers Emotional Mother-Daughter Story in ‘night, Mother

It’s far more than a beautifully written mother-daughter conversation. Over the course of an evening at home, a young woman explains to her mother the list of things she will […]

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Art & Museums, Chicago history, Event

Preview: History Museum to Celebrate Halloween With “Lovecraft Chicago: History, Horrors & Afrofutures”

“Lovecraft Chicago: History, Horror & Afrofutures” is the theme of Chicago History Museum’s Halloween celebration on Saturday, October 31. Virtual tours and events will focus on the HBO series, “Lovecraft […]

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Stages, Theater, Virtual

Review: Goodman Theatre Reprises Death of a Salesman,  a Shattering Theatrical Experience–Thru 10/25

You may have seen Arthur Miller’s midcentury masterpiece, Death of a Salesman, many times. You may have seen some of the great versions. But even if you saw the 1998 […]

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Feature, Stages, Theater, Virtual

Theater, Virtually: Such Small Hands, a New Play About Love, Aging and Loss by Kane Rep

“I always thought it would be me first,” says the wife about her aging, brain-scrambled husband. “I had cancer scares twice.” Instead, she’s the healthy one, the patient, organized one, […]

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Lit, Live lit events, Nonfiction

Dialogs: 99% Invisible Team Explores Hidden Beauties of Urbanism. Always Read the Plaque

Roman Mars and Kurt Kohlstedt have a new book. It’s a beautiful city field guide with almost 400 pages of stories, history and illustrations on the “hidden world of everyday […]

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Art & Museums, Design, Today

Button, Button: This Northside Activist Is Making Tiny Political Works of Art

Kimberly Walz’s first political activism was campaigning for the bluegill to be Illinois’ state fish in 1986. She was a fifth grader in Freeport, Illinois, when she realized she could […]

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Art & Museums, Design

Lifted Heads, Lifting Voices: Small Businesses Get Support from Art Posters Created by Chicago Agency

Iconic Chicago scenes are featured on a series of posters supporting Chicago small businesses, launched recently by Chicago marketing agency c|change. The program, titled Lifted Heads, Lifting Voices, is designed […]

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Beyond, Lit

Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death, A Story of Plague and Dissipation for Our Day

In 1842, Edgar Allan Poe published one of his most famous stories, which turns out to be a parable for 2020. The Masque of the Red Death concerns a prince […]

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