It’s hard to imagine a world without music. We run to it for too many reasons not to recognize its influence in and on our lives. No matter how it’s arranged or played, whether its new, old, classical, contemporary or comes to us in any of its myriad iterations, the legions around the world who …
No matter how universal a story is, place can be as important as the story’s people. Caryl Churchill’s Fen takes us to a part of the United Kingdom whose existence is virtually unknown beyond the British Isles. On England’s eastern coast, the Fenlands, before being developed, were over 1000 square miles of wetlands. Soaked by …
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Orchids. When did they capture our attention and eventually take their place as one of the most desired flowers in the world? Questions like that are nearly impossible to answer but there’s no question that this ancient flower still captures our unwavering fascination. This year’s orchid show at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe goes …
In the 1920s, there wasn’t a lot of “if you can dream it, you can be it” going around. Boxes defining what people could do with their lives were much more rigid a hundred years ago, making it very difficult for some children to even dream of dreaming. Little girls and kids who didn’t have …
It’s not unusual for it to take a pretty massive overhaul to make something old new again. In the world of opera, a recent reinterpretation of the Barber of Seville stands as one of the most resounding redo successes you can imagine. The Factotum, a glitteringly fresh take on Rossini’s classic lifts the original 19th …
During the first few days on the Hawaiian Islands, you don’t notice it’s prevalence. After that, you feel as if you’ve encountered it at least once before the clock strikes midnight. Over the Rainbow might as well be Hawaii’s state song. Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, better known as Iz, came up with his own very lovely version …