Just off the main hall of the Art Institute’s Modern Wing, a bold reimagining of the past has resulted in a beautiful collection of photographs that keep you trying to unlock their secrets. Created by Dawoud Bey, a highly-regarded Chicago artist and now a recent MacArthur genius grant awardee, the artist takes a detour from …
About 90 seconds into Sneaky Pete, Giordano Dance Chicago’s opening piece in its 56th Spring season Saturday night, you knew the evening was going be solid. The sleek machine founder Gus Giordano created over half a century ago is still purring like a Ferrari as it continues to capitalize on the company’s many strengths. Listing …
Often called infinitely fascinating, Africa is unexpected and exciting in a million different ways. If you’ve finally decided to go on a safari and live your fantasy, there’s many ways to do so. Most people choose conventional accommodations that include a comfortable bed, hot meals and showering facilities when they book their lodging. More intrepid …
In 1958, sixty years ago, the United States military had only been integrated for 12 years and the nation was beginning to convulse under the demands of a burgeoning civil rights movement. In 1958, it would be another seven years for the voting rights act to become law. It’s also when a little black boy …
Nothing beats a great creative partnership. When two exceptional talents join forces, wonderful results flow in torrents. Veteran contemporary dance stalwart Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and six-year-old Malpaso Dance Company of Cuba went into a huddle last year to immerse themselves in each other’s work. The objective; learning through sharing. In the end, their …
There are places in the world that let you know immediately how closely we’re connected and Cape Town is one of them. Seventeen hours by air from the United States, three-quarters of an entire day, it is on the surface very much like what a large American city looks like with its solid infrastructure and …
It’s a play I never expected to see on the Goodman stage. And maybe if it weren’t so well written, it would not be there. Ultimately a story about personal fulfillment, How to Catch Creation chooses to tell its story the way real life works with characters who usually aren’t seen on such august stages. …
When boarding takes place in cities whose renown rests in a storied history, adventure or exoticism, many cruise lines will offer excursions that brings travelers closer to the distinguishing aspects of the locale. They also provide opportunities to explore cities freestyle by selecting hotel accommodations well situated for walking and discovering. Even more strategically, business …
The age of elegant cruising when women hopped on board beautiful ocean liners with ten steamer trunks stuffed with gowns and men never went to dinner without a tux are long gone. But fashion evolution is about the only thing that’s changed about cruising. Its popularity remains immense now that the cost to meander on …
The great museums of the world also function as incredible and vast store houses. The amount of art that rests in the possession of some museums can sometimes eclipse the number of works in permanent exhibition. Periodically portions of archived collections are reintroduced to the public and mounted as exhibitions to highlight an artist or …