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As a music fan that always aims to catch the opening acts of shows, I can safely say that those performers have a lot of pressure on them. Not only […]

The Museum of Contemporary Art hosted a 50-minute performance of Edgar Arceneaux’s Until, Until, Until… for three performances in October. The LA-based writer/director/producer/performer devised the production 10 years ago to […]

Something very wonderful is on stage at the Studebaker Theater this pre-Halloween weekend. A haunting affair, one part horror and another strange beauty, the Chicago-based Emmy-award-winning performance collective Manual Cinema […]

Our coverage of the Chicago International Film Festival continues; remember to follow along for all the latest updates. Armand Although uneven and even head-scratching at times, the sheer weight and […]

Billy Wilder’s 1959 Some Like It Hot is widely considered a perfect film: witty and surprising, silly and sexy—a culmination of Wilder’s brilliant career and a showcase for its stars […]

Chicago is the premier city for the arts. Our musical scene is to be envied. We have two wonderful orchestras that play traditional classical music and a wealth of new […]

Chicago was treated to a marvelous double-featured evening last weekend with electro funk gurus Chromeo and synth-pop band The Midnight. Venturing on their soon to be legendary Chrome Nights Tour, […]

Remember to follow our Chicago International Film Festival tag for all our latest news. Hard Truths One of the recent best from master filmmaker Mike Leigh (Naked, Vera Drake, Happy-Go-Lucky), […]

It’s the final weekend before Halloween! That means all the fantastic and frightening events are crammed in the next few days. So enjoy the costume-filled fun at all the markets, […]

Here’s a thought: Somewhere in the American Southwest—the exact location is a highly guarded secret—is a Great Basin bristlecone that botanists and foresters estimate to be 4,500 years old. It […]

A pair of poets, in love with words, are sort of, possibly, in love with each other. Or not. That’s the theme of Dear Elizabeth, an epistolary play by Sarah Ruhl. […]

This year marks the 7th Destinos International Latino Theater Festival, which brings a variety of performances from as far as Spain and Argentina to the Back of the Yards neighborhood […]