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Review: Remy Bumppo Theatre Brings Art to Life and Life to Art with Yazmina Reza’s Comic Drama

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iO’s Improvised Shakespeare Company Makes Magic; Art Institute’s Supernatural Shakespeare Manifests Mystery

The Bard’s magic and mystery manifests itself in three and two dimensions as part of the ongoing Shakespeare 400 Chicago celebration: a talented ensemble harnesses the power of Will’s theatrical conventions to frame and […]

  • Karin McKie
  • May 17, 2016
    • Art & Museums , Installation , Photography , Sculpture

    Sangria and Meryl Streep Close Relocating Techniques at Corner

    Puerto Rican artist, Edra Soto’s recent exhibition at Corner, an experimental gallery space located in Avondale, has filled the windows of the space and referenced post-war architecture and the cultural […]

  • Nicole Lane
  • May 16, 2016
    • Film & TV , Film fest , Uncategorized

    Chicago Critics Film Festival Opens Friday With 26 Features, 2 Shorts Programs

    I’ve been very fortunate in the 18 years I’ve been a film critic to be a part of some truly great events. But never in my time as a critic […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 16, 2016
    • Classical , Music

    Music Institute of Chicago Academy Displays Student Talent, Training in Concert

    The students from the Music Institute of Chicago’s Academy showed off their talent on Saturday night in a performance celebrating the academy’s 10 years of training in musical excellence. The […]

  • Louis Harris
  • May 16, 2016
    • Stages , Theater

    Northlight Offers Up Intellectual Delights with The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord

    There’s just a rectangular metal table, two chairs—and intelligent discussion. An electronic screen high up on the back wall blinks us through the 13 scenes. One door. No color, no […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 16, 2016
    • Comedy , Stages , Theater

    Writers Theatre and Second City Skewer American Classics in Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf: A Parody.

    This is the funniest play ever written. For anyone in any aspect of theater, for anyone who has a season subscription anywhere, for all American high school drama students. This is […]

  • Karin McKie
  • May 16, 2016
    • Music , Reviews

    Chance The Rapper Mixtape Review: A Jackson Pollock-Style Coloring Book

    Carefree and optimistic despite the odds is 23-year-old Chance the Rapper. That’s been his message since his first appearances around Chicago only a few years ago, and he continues to […]

  • Elif Geris
  • May 14, 2016
    • Lit , Live lit events

    Stuart Dybek Reads Poetry Amongst the Art

      If Rahm Emanuel solved all his critical problems and had time to think about something really important, he might decide Chicago needs a poet laureate. If so, there would […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 14, 2016
    • Film , Film & TV

    Money Monster, A Bigger Splash, High-Rise, Last Days in the Desert, Viktoria, Here Come the Videofreex

    MONEY MONSTER There’s a brief set of shots near the end of director Jodie Foster’s Money Monster that are chilling. They almost seem like an afterthought, and one might assume […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 13, 2016
    • Front page

    Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 5/12-15

    What a time to be alive in the city of Chicago. The following are the two best teams in Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs (25-7) Chicago White Sox (23-12) You […]

  • Zach Blumenfeld
  • May 12, 2016
    • Classical , Music

    Preview: Chicago Music Academy to Celebrate 10 Years of Musical Excellence

    The Music Institute of Chicago’s Academy celebrates its 10th anniversary with a performance of its student orchestra featuring alumni Rachel Barton Pine and Matthew Lipman. The concert will take place […]

  • Louis Harris
  • May 11, 2016
    • Music , Previews

    Preview: Patti Smith & Family at Old Town School of Folk May 14-15

    Oh gosh, I feel like I’ve been anticipating this weekend and the chance to hear Patti Smith perform her poetry and music for my whole life. Well, I only found […]

  • Emma Terhaar
  • May 11, 2016
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