Until you confront it, it’s sometimes hard to understand what it means to read or listen to the language and voice of a southern writer. Few are as extraordinary as Tennessee Williams whose plays plunge into the human spirit and swirl with delicate words that seduce the ear and can cut with the accuracy of …
Early on during this rocky and perilous crisis, the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts in Hyde Park has been presenting culturally exciting online options for public access. A few weeks ago, they managed to outdo themselves. Like expert tailors dabbling in magic, they wove together a lavish suite of artistic components commemorating …
In this brave new world, you never know what to expect when you venture onto that jam packed digital highway in search of a respite from the Covid harangue. Most of the time, all you’re looking for is some soul satisfying entertainment that both soothes and excites. A semblance of what’s no longer part of …
Struggle and the arts have long been too close for comfort. Peer all the way to the distant past, and stories of artists searching for the right mix of time and place to have their art valued and appreciated run like wildfire throughout history. One of those artists is having his show simmering on hold …
Last week’s (May 8th) Cocktail Hour with jazz vocalist Kurt Elling turned out to be such a joy ride, waiting for this week’s installment is little like looking forward to a birthday present. What on earth is he going to do this week? Perfectly in tune with the times, and through the fortunate sponsorship of …
Dropping into an art museum and having your mind explode in wonder won’t be happening for several more weeks yet if predictions hold. Fortunately, we have an old girl of 150 to thank for taking the splendor and brilliance of a world class art institution and sliding it onto the digital highway. What New …
Soul satisfying comfort pretty much sums up what you’re getting in that brown paper bag restaurants are using for food pick-up and delivery these days. Whether it’s braised ribs at Wherewithal or Pork Chops and whipped potatoes at Funkenhausen, chefs and restauranteurs know the world craves food of solace when the future looks murky. It’s …
Cream rises to the top and so do exceptional kids. GoodKids, MadCity had originally come together to help stem the relentless gun violence terrorizing their neighborhoods of North Lawndale, Austin, Englewood, South Shore and Woodlawn. They have cohorts in Back of the Yards and Humboldt Park. Adopting the philosophy, “if nobody else is going to …