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Review: The First Homosexuals:  The Birth of a New Identity 1869–1939 Fulfills an Ambitious Goal at Wrightwood 659

by Mitchell Oldham
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Film Review – Smurfs: The Lost Village, An Attempted Feminist Take on a Cartoon Classic

Now hear me out before you judge. This new, fully animated Smurfs movie is nothing like the two previous, mostly live-action films (The Smurfs, The Smurfs 2). If anything, Smurfs: […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 7, 2017
    • Feature , Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Gifted, What is Best For A Child Prodigy?

    The concept of the new film from director Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer) seems deceptively simple but as Tom Flynn’s deft screenplay (plucked from the 2014 blacklist) scratches the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 7, 2017
    • Feature , Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Going In Style, Zach Braff’s Latest Is An Underwritten Mess

    Look, there’s no getting around the fact that when you bring together three of the classiest, most recognizable older actors currently working (Oscar winners all, I should add), there’s going […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 7, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Your Name, An Absolute Masterpiece

    Before we get started I should warn you that this review contains potential spoilers. Animation’s latest living master is Japan’s Makoto Shinkai (The Garden of Words), who is frequently (if […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 7, 2017
    • Music , Reviews , Uncategorized

    Song by Song, Adrian Belew Saved My Sanity

    Adrian Belew and his signature Parker Fly guitar (photo courtesy All About Jazz) Toiling in the Trumpocalypse trenches, I needed an infusion of hope. At Chicago’s Old Town School of […]

  • Karin McKie
  • April 6, 2017
    • Front page

    Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 4/6 – 4/9

    The beginning of this month has been a little rainy and overcast, but don’t let that stop you from enjoying our wonderful city! This curated weekend is huge and chock […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • April 6, 2017
    • Circus , Stages

    Cavalia’s Odysseo Transports Us with Mythology

    When a show’s slogan is ‘The Best Show Ever’ I take it as a personal invitation to test that theory with as much skepticism as possible. Still, I went to […]

  • Kim Campbell
  • April 6, 2017
    • Food

    Gefilte Fish vs. Cream-Filled Eggs: The Spring Conundrum

    By Angela Allyn Angela is an artist, cultural observer and a community arts program coordinator and she has always wanted to write about food. This article is adapted from a […]

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  • April 5, 2017
    • Art & Museums , Lit , Photography

    Poetry Foundation Introduces Us to Jun Fujita, Poet, Pioneer Photojournalist

    Jun Fujita thought of himself first as a poet and an artist. He wrote Japanese poetry in the form known as tanka and took exquisite black-and-white landscape and flower photos […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • April 5, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    In to America at Griffin Theatre Tells Our Origin Story, Warts and All

    In to America, the world premiere production by Griffin Theatre, is America’s origin story, a documentary-style production that tells our history of immigration and multiculturalism, in all its glorious and cruel aspects. William […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • April 4, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    Lookingglass’ Beyond Caring Achieves Radical Empathy

    For many individuals just out of college or in their early twenties, particularly young artists, temporary jobs can offer money and flexibility that allow them to pursue other passions. They […]

  • Brent Eickhoff
  • April 3, 2017
    • Stages , Theater

    Meet Billie, a Blonde Bombshell with an Attitude in Remy Bumppo’s Born Yesterday

    It’s been years since I’ve seen the film Born Yesterday starring Judy Holliday as Billie Dawn and Broderick Crawford as Harry, her overbearing boyfriend. My memory of the film is kinda […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • April 2, 2017
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