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Fresh Perspectives at Hyde Park Art Center

Two solo shows at the Hyde Park Art Center (HPAC) showcase the vision of a pair of artists who pay tribute to community in very …

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Pinnacle Tacos at Dr. Murphy’s Food Hall

Something’s missing from the transformation of the Old Cook County Hospital to snazzy mid-tier business hotel and food hall.  It could be the vitality you …

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Two Faces of Love

Even with the light at the end of the tunnel growing brighter and larger, the world’s still grappling with the trauma of Covid. That may …

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Neapolitan Star in Ravenswood

In some neighborhoods, traditional outdoor dining is once again beginning to pop.  With temperatures floating in the low 70’s a few days ago, tables along …

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Sylvie’s Love Hits All the Right Notes

Throughout Eugene Ashe’s subtly exceptional love story, you keep waiting for what never happens.  That one scene where you’re reminded that a movie about Black …

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Pathos Dominates Goodman’s Pedro Páramo

Chicago’s Goodman Theatre has slipped into its archival vaults to develop a free on-demand streaming option dubbed Encore.   For those hungering for theatre and are …

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Marriage or Mortgage Keeps Up with the Times

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.  …

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Strawdog’s How Do We Navigate Space? A Welcome Balm

Could there be as many ways to react to this crazy pandemic as there are people enduring it?  Over the winter, a survey asking how …

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Duchess! Duchess! Duchess! : Nightmare Inside the Fairytale

Sometimes what’s obvious to one person turns out to be an “Oh, yeah!” moment for the rest of us.  Playwright Vivian J. O. Barnes happened …

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