After being gob smacked by the televised production of Kate Prince’s Message in a Bottle, one thing’s certain. Dance has taken a giant leap forward in the way its presented and in the way its perceived. That Prince’s dance tour de force was inspired by a chance “I bet…” moment makes its reality all the …
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Even young kids can’t wait until they’re old enough to stay up ‘til midnight and usher in the new year. Unfortunately, this year the world is caught up in a bout of Groundhog’s day. We desperately wanted 2020 to be over with the hope that Covid would recede in our rearview mirrors. Now we want …
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Billie Tsien considers architecture a verb; something you experience and stimulates a response. She, along with her husband, Tod Williams, won the commission to design Barack Obama’s presidential center. When it comes to presidential libraries, architecture can also tell you something about the person it’s commemorating. Personal attributes can be projected into the lines, contours …
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Staycation. Depending on who you believe, the word’s only been around for the last 13 or 15 years and has lots of supposed fathers. Originally meant to describe time off from work that you spend at home rather than someplace else, staycation as a concept has matured. For quite a while now it includes getaways …
Simplicity may not always be considered a selling point when it comes to restaurants. Which is why it’s good to remember that elegance and simplicity have long been very close cousins. Both can be found co-mingling nicely at Bistro Campagne, a small French restaurant that’s been keeping Lincoln Square happy and well fed since 2002. …
Depending on where you are in life can determine how well you understand the dilemma facing people so much in love they want to marry. The traditional progression has not completely disappeared. Two people meet, get married, rent until they can afford their first home and continue to build a life together from there. Netflix’s …
As maddening as life has been since March of 2020, there have also been some bright moments when the weight of these past several months briefly melted away and our hearts became a little lighter and freer. Many of those times, it was the arts and the people who conceive, develop and perform creative expression …
There was a natural bond there somewhere. And it was probably in the voice. They both have that kind of rolling soothing tenor that wraps you up and whisks you away on silken sonorous wings. Which highlights one of the reasons Chicago was so disappointed in last year in March when the Jose James concert …
Chance encounters can remind you of things you’ve lost. They can also seem like gifts. One of those chance finds, For the Love of Lyric, a concert presented by Chicago’s esteemed Lyric Opera house was both. Conceived by the Lyric’s creative consultant and project’s advisor, celebrated soprano Renée Fleming, and slipped on line earlier this …
With the torrent of the love raining on Beyoncé’s latest triumph, Black is King, few linger on the message filling nearly every minute of her paean to Black identity. “We have always been wonderful”, a lyric from one of the album’s songs, summarizes that message nicely. Black is King is the visual and musical odyssey …