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Respectable Omakase and Guilt

Given the short time sushi has been around, it’s startling how prevalent and entrenched it’s become.  True, depending on where you live may determine how …

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BTE’s Naperville Celebrates the Ties that Bind

Place stamps us more than we realize.  It influences the kind of people we encounter and the values we develop.  Where we’re from has the …

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Moulin Rouge Has it All

Despite its eight Academy Awards nominations, a lot of people didn’t really care for the film version of Moulin Rouge starring Nicole Kidman twenty years …

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Goodman Theatre Takes on Unstable Genius

Good Night, Oscar, soon to close at the Goodman, feels like something of another age when theater carried the air of grand.  The set, the …

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Identity, Discord and Acceptance Give In Every Generation its Power

Will we ever completely grasp the power of identity?  Works like In Every Generation, now playing at Victory Gardens until May 1st, at least allow …

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Music Institute of Chicago Celebrates Guitar Legend

Perfect evenings of entertainment can come in many forms.  The Music Institute of Chicago’s jazz tribute to guitarist Les Paul easily qualifies as one of …

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Alvin Ailey Dance Company Makes Dazzling Return

Masks or no masks, returning to the Auditorium Theater to see live performance felt like being reborn.  The venue still requires proof of vaccination and …

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Exploration and Skill Define Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s Spring Series

Dance companies of every stripe deserve our admiration simply for celebrating an art form that’s been evolving since the dawn of humankind.   Some are led …

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Gem of the Ocean’s Genius Returns to the Goodman

August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean just wrapped up at Chicago’s Goodman theater and counts among the most impressive examples of theater excellence seen in …

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