The arts have a way of remaining transcendent even when they indulge in the specific. The four artists currently on display in the Spertus Institute’s Ground Level Arts Lab are all captivating. That they share a common heritage may be instrumental in what and how they create, but what they produce is a gift to …
Who wouldn’t want to see a masterpiece in a masterpiece? The prospect had movie goers streaming into The Auditorium Saturday night to see Jordan Peele’s master work Get Out in the palatial splendor of one of the city’s most beautiful landmarks. For almost a decade and across the country, screening movies with a live orchestra …
It’s surprising what can result from realized passions. For the past ten years, Melissa Mallinson and Nicole Gifford have pooled their creative energy to build and mount the Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival. Both have extensive backgrounds in dance and their annual event gives Chicago a chance to see trailblazing work being created both locally …
Approach matters when it comes to a restaurant crawl. Now in its eighth year, the Wicker Park-Bucktown Fall Dinner Crawl can consider itself a veteran of this kind of dining sport. With the neighborhoods’ dense restaurant proliferation and a broad spatial footprint, splitting the crawl into two routes made perfect sense. Held last Tuesday night, …
We often forget, especially when considering a single individual, that genius can have many dimensions. Although Chicago can boast of being home to some of famed Mies van der Rohe’s most important architectural contributions, there was another side to this modernist master. Known for the sleek majesty of masterpieces like 860/880 N. Lake Shore Drive …
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Jazz lovers have long memories and pride themselves on their loyalty to trusted music resources. That dedication explains why the Jazz Showcase was bulging at the seams Tuesday night with fans honoring retiring 90.9 WDCB radio host Barry Winograd. Winograd will be leaving his daily 10am to 2pm slot September 20th with early morning host …
Why ramen? It’s just broth, noodles and toppings, so what’s the fuss? Fortunately, more of us are discovering the irresistible appeal of one of Japan’s most generous gifts to the world. There are lots of reasons why one of Japan’s most popular soul food/fast food wonders is gaining in popularity. The main one is taste. …
Whether it’s on a wall or on a stage, altering expectations of what creative imagination can look like is what contemporary art is all about. Interested in celebrating how such transformations might manifest from the vantage point of black creativity, the Museum of Contemporary Art’s associate curator Tara Aisha Willis organized a dazzling trilogy of …
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Since they mounted their first exhibit in 2016, movin’ in the right direction sums up the boldly ambitious goals of an arts collective known as the Floating Museum. The group sees the entire city as a museum and treats each neighborhood as a potential gallery. For the past three years they’ve collaborated with communities and …