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Feature: Miss Spoken Keeps Women’s Stories Alive With Monthly “Lady Live Lit” Events

Live lit is alive and well in Chicago, with many iterations and variations. There’s the weekly Paper Machete at the Green Mill. The Moth continues at various locations. There’s Tenx9 […]

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    Preview: Tony-Award-Winning American Players Theatre Prepares Season of Classic and Contemporary Plays in Wisconsin

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  • May 27, 2026
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    Review: Into the Trees—Her Place in the Woods: The Life of Helen Hoover, by David Hakensen

    I restrict my relationship with Nature to short forest preserve visits. I prefer my body sheltered, my water tapped, and my immediate environment free from things that might kill, injure, […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • May 26, 2026
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    Photos: Warm Love Cool Dreams Makes the Salt Shed Feel Special

    This past weekend Warm Love Cool Dreams took over the entire Salt Shed campus for two days of incredible music. The festival, whose first edition took place back in 2024, […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • May 26, 2026
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    Preview: Inside Conrad Tao’s Expanding Musical World

    There is an old home video of Conrad Tao that captures the modest beginnings of a prodigy. In the footage, a very young Tao sits at the piano, pawing out […]

  • Zach Carstensen
  • May 26, 2026
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    After 50 seasons, one would be forgiven for assuming that, outside of convoluted twists, there would never be another Survivor first. Most of the noteworthy records occurred during the show’s […]

  • Anthony Cusumano
  • May 25, 2026
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: Survivor 50 Episode 12: And Now For Something Completely Unsatisfying

    What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago, heading into the finale of her first season, Aubry Bracco was the fan favorite, beginning Survivor: Kaoh Rong as an unstable […]

  • Anthony Cusumano
  • May 25, 2026
    • Classical , Music , Reviews

    Review: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Concludes Their Season with Music from France and France Adjacent

    The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center ended their season at the Harris Theater on Wednesday evening with music from “France or France Adjacent,” as violist and Chicago native Matthew […]

  • Louis Harris
  • May 22, 2026
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    Review: Silent Friend Weaves Three Lives Into a Quietly Mesmerizing Meditation on Nature

    From Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi (On Body and Soul, The Story of My Wife), Silent Friend presents us with three very different stories, all exploring the natural world as it […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 22, 2026
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    Apparently, I like what writer/director Boots Riley is laying down. In his previous film, Sorry to Bother You, he found an inspired way to attack racism and gross capitalism through […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 22, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Star Wars Returns to the Big Screen With The Mandalorian and Grogu, Feeling More Like a Few New Episodes Than a Cinematic Epic

    A great deal of your appreciation of the first new Star Wars film since 2019’s limp Rise of Skywalker is going to depend on what you bring into it. In […]

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