Bessie and Sadie Delany are centenarian maiden ladies. “Not old maids,” Bessie points out. They’re adorable, well-informed and spry for 100+ years. They’ve been witnesses to a century of U.S. […]

Goodman Theatre’s 2016 production of Roberto Bolaño‘s masterpiece novel, 2666, has been filmed and is now streaming worldwide—you can view it free. The original 15-member all-Chicago cast plays 80 roles. […]

In 2014, unarmed African-American teenager Michael Brown was shot at least six times by a white police officer. His body remained on the street for four hours in Ferguson, Missouri, […]

The blind date actually took place on November 19, 1985, in Geneva. Nothing much happened diplomatically; the world order wasn’t changed. But the two leaders of the U.S. and the […]

The Christkindlmarket has opened, the first weekend of Zoolights has come and gone, the Songs of Good Cheer holiday sing-along shows start at Old Town School of Folk Music next […]

The 39th annual production of A Christmas Carol at Goodman Theatre is upon us, and this year’s production–steeped in Victorian spookiness–is a true redemptive treat. Despite Goodman’s jovial and colorful […]