Exact numbers vary, but there are well over a billion people around the world who celebrate the Lunar New Year. China’s so identified with the festival that it’s often referred to as the Chinese New Year. But Indonesia, the Philippines, Viet Nam, South Korea and Malaysia are among the legion of countries who include it …
Theater for One: Here We Are is a lot more than you think. A concept that flew into New Yorker Christine Jones’ mind after attending a wedding reception in 2002, it all began with an illusion. Roaming through the gathering while entertaining guests, a magician beguiled Jones with a magic trick performed just for her. …
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Artists nurturing artists is a phenomenon that may extend as far back as the first cave painters. And it likely includes those early humans who discovered you could create melody, harmony and song through voice. Chicago Artist Workshop (CAW) wears that mantle today as it fosters, helps to produce and presents the work of gifted …
You don’t ordinarily think of an art event as bracing but that’s the first impression you get when you walk into Immersive van Gogh; a new breed of art display now in residence on Germania Place in Old Town. An entertainment hybrid presented by Lighthouse Immersive, Inc., the van Gogh show is the first of …
Despite being born and raised in the country’s second largest city, Lar Lubovitch, one of Chicago’s most esteemed dancer/choreographers, grew up in a desert. “Growing up in Chicago, there was no dance culture in the city at all,” he confided recently as he talked to Jenai Cutcher, Chicago Dance History Project’s (CDHP) Executive/Artistic Director. He …
With the latest change in America’s Executive Office, the United States assumes a new, much more cosmopolitan stance in the world. Hothouse’s 4-day musical extravaganza ending Sunday, January 24th seems tailor made to embody all that this momentous change represents. Celebrating its 34th year as an incubator, conduit and promoter of primarily musical art forms …
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Until you understand its context within the play, you might consider the title both unimaginative and disparaging. In that sense, Some Old Black Man sets you up for the unexpected. Beautifully effective, in the end the ploy delivers a resonant message about people in conflict who find healing resolution. It does not come easy. So …
News of a vaccine has given the world an encouraging glimpse to an end of this relentless wait. Still, projections for a return to even a semblance of normalcy remain distant. The suffering, death and damage will persist for months to come. For those in industries and fields flattened by the economic toll of this …
Everybody can feel it. These last 10 months have been excruciating. For far too many of us, staying in the game is proving so endlessly demanding that it’s taking on the feel of perilousness. That’s why you just can’t knock a guy for trying, even if the result of their efforts may not be what …
The arts have a way of transforming expectations. What’s astonishing is how well they sometimes succeed in refashioning the familiar into the spectacular and the beautiful. Glencoe’s Writer’s Theatre likely did this twice with its Two Scrooges: A Christmas Carol, Two Ways. Both productions opened on December 8th and will run through January 3rd, 2021. …