Preview: Joffrey Ballet to Premiere New Work Adapted from Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men
The Joffrey Ballet’s spring program will combine an iconic John Steinbeck story transformed into a modern ballet with Serenade, a classic George Balanchine ballet first performed in the 1930s. The program […]
Review: The Business of Beauty at the Art Institute Displays William Morris’ Genius in Home Textiles and Design
“Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” English textile designer William Morris said in 1880. The statement represented his […]
EXPO Chicago 2022: Our Reflections on the Annual Art Fair at Navy Pier
The 2022 EXPO Chicago took place April 7-10 in Festival Hall at Navy Pier with 140 leading galleries from 25 countries and 65 cities from around the world. As in […]
Review: It’s Magic With Cocktails in Sean Masterson’s Message in a Bottle at Chicago Magic Lounge
To sit in a beautiful, bustling lounge, surrounded by plush art deco fixings and dolled-up people, while sipping a cocktail (called Smoke and Mirrors) is a luxe experience indeed. But […]
Review: Far From Being Forgotten, Six Returns as an International Sensation
Guest review by Anne Siegel. Make no mistake; while most of the real-life wives of Henry VIII ended their days in misery (or worse), their 21st century counterparts are wiser, […]
Review: We’re All Going to the World’s Fair Unlocks an Interesting New Approach to Coming-of-Age Narratives
Twenty-two years into the millennium, there is an entire generation (and counting) of young people who’ve grown up in an entirely online age. Now young adults, they’ve never known a […]
Interview: Filmmaking Duo Daniels on the Multiverse, Working with Film Royalty and As Much As They Could Fit Into Everything, Everywhere, All At Once
For those who have been lucky enough to experience the year’s first truly great filmgoing experience, Everything Everywhere All at Once, interest level in the filmmakers “Daniels” is likely piqued. […]
Retrospective: Music Box Theatre Presents a Week of All Things Weird, Wonderful and Totally Lynchian
Five years (and one pandemic) after its first go-round with an all-David-Lynch, all-the-time program, Chicago’s Music Box Theatre again presents a week-long retrospective on “one of the greatest and most […]
Review: Anti-Racist and More, The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop, by Felicia Rose Chavez
The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom by Felicia Rose Chavez Haymarket Books, 216 pages, $14.97 Chicago’s Haymarket Books promotes The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize […]
Preview: Chicago Circus and Performing Arts Festival Premieres April 21-24
Life’s been a circus over the last two years, so we might as well lean into it. Welcome to the Chicago Circus & Performing Arts Festival, the Windy City’s newest multidisciplinary […]
Review: Chronicling Skateboarder Tony Hawk’s Epic Career, Until the Wheels Fall Off Sticks the Landing
Knowing a bit of the of journey of supreme professional skateboarder Tony Hawk would probably go a long way toward appreciating the new documentary about his life and career, Tony […]
Review: Trixie and Katya Go Above and Beyond at Auditorium Theatre
Sometimes, there’s nothing better than a good show on a Monday night. Walking into the Auditorium Theatre, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from drag queens Trixie Mattel and […]