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Woman with a Camera – Catch it While You Can at MCA

Everyone possesses the capacity to imagine.  Artists are blessed with the ability to use their imaginations to create.  At the top of the stairs on …

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Stellar Tribute Performance at Pritzker Theater

No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks played to a packed house Saturday night.  The play, commissioned by the Poetry Foundation to commemorate Gwendolyn’s …

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Breath, Boom Glows at the Athenaeum

You don’t need a Gatesian bankroll to make exceptional theater as Eclipse Theatre Company is proving with its current production of Breath Boom at the …

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Gladius James – Too Bad

If you’re approaching or firmly entrenched in your teens; or just have an acute weakness for romance, you’ll probably dig Gladius James’ upcoming release Revelation.  …

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Choir Boy Uncommon Hero

Curious minds love the unexpected. Visiting a new story is chance to be surprised. If you’re lucky you’ll even be moved. If you’re exceptionally lucky, …

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Bonci Spittin’ Pizza Fire

A pizza town always has room for one more player; especially one with bona fides directly from Rome.  Bonci arrives with tons of cred, a …

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New Orleans Enchantment on Michigan Ave.

Despite the long association the Symphony Center has had with the jazz community, Friday night’s bill seemed particularly unique.  Perhaps because the style of jazz …

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Santiago Sessions Soars

It’s hard to imagine a style of music so big and embracive that it can consume whole cultures and nations.  Latin dance music is one …

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Goodman’s A View from the Bridge a Pinnacle of Performance

The Goodman’s production of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge fits a lot of bills.  Typical of Miller, the writing is exceptional.  Then you …

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