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The Floating Museum Rides the Green Line

Since they mounted their first exhibit in 2016, movin’ in the right direction sums up the boldly ambitious goals of an arts collective known as …

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This is Our Youth an End of Summer Treat

Against the backdrop of today, seeing Kenneth Lonergan’s story about young people adrift in Reagan era America probably made this play darker than intended.  Or …

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Dance for Life Radiant at the Auditorium

Born out of crisis 28 years ago, Dance for Life has become a beloved and perhaps even indispensable Chicago institution. Created to raise funds that …

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Bronzeville at the Top of the Food Bowl

One of the jewels of this year’s Chicago Tribune Food Bowl settled in Bronzeville Sunday afternoon. The Food Bowl is one of the city’s newest …

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Schwingin’ at the Black Harvest Film Festival

It’s hard to say whether the story of Blue Note Records is the most implausible of love stories or an incredible and fascinating odyssey.  The …

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A Tale of Two ‘Ques (part 2)

About 30 blocks south of The Full Slab and just west of Western is a whole new breed of BBQ oasis.  Loaded with quaint charm …

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A Tale of Two ‘Ques

BBQ’s like bacon.  It enjoys a natural allure.  Maybe it’s the primitivism of its origins.  Something about the pure honesty of meat on flame and …

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Summer Elegance on Chicago’s Great Lawn

All’s forgiven if it slipped your mind that we have a National Picnic Month.  It’s July of course, the most appropriate month of all when …

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Renée Taylor Brings a Taste of Vintage Hollywood to the North Shore

Autobiography as performance art can be dangerous territory.  Keeping an audience’s rapt attention while recounting the events of one’s life is not the habitat of …

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