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Mandala Festival’s Artist Showcase Celebrates South Asia
Summer translates to festival season and their variety keeps growing with every cycle of the calendar. From colossal neighborhood bashes featuring live bands and copious …
Ensemble Espanol’s Dazzling Dance Feast
Because of its power, there must be an untold or unknown story behind flamenco. Rarely do you get a satisfying explanation on the true source …
Life After Stretches the Power of Musicals
Opening last week at the Goodman, Life After proves musical theater can tell serious stories just as compellingly as straight drama. Musicals with sober or …
Family Rules in Grandma’s Jukebox
Grandma’s Jukebox, playing now at Black Ensemble Theatre (BET), deserves a lot of love for the way it prizes a shero we never meet. One …
AIDS Garden Chicago Dedicated in Sunshine
On a glorious spring morning along Chicago’s magnificent lakefront, a touching ribbon cutting tied a location to a movement. AIDS Garden Chicago, a 2.5 acre …
Where to Go
New Zealand, one of the most closed countries on earth during the height of the pandemic, has once again laid out its welcome mat. Europe, …
Summer Series Reinforces Hubbard Street’s Impressive Creds
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) may be approaching 45 years young, but it’s still very much a dance company to watch. Always on the lookout …
Excellence Runs Rampant in Athena
Live theater owns many wonders. One of them is its uncommon ability to slip the audience into the skin and minds of the characters you …
Three New Shows Compound the Pleasure at Wrightwood 659
We have specific notions about what a thinker is. Because of the intellectual gifts we associate with those engaged with pursuits of the mind, we …