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Interview: Chicago’s Stacy Garrop Does What She Was Destined to Do: Compose Excellent Music on Invictus, a New Release on Cedille Records

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Preview: Neptune’s Core Makes It Easy to Love “Lemon Car”

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Review: City Lit’s New Musical Scaramouche Thrives on Comedy and Theatrical Flair

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Preview: Shedd Aquarium Opens New 4D-Experience Theater Where You Can Visit the World of Penguins, Sharks and Oct opuses

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Review: At Young People’s Theatre, The Hula Hoopin’ Queen Sings With Joy and Energy

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Review: At Jackalope Theatre, Dummy in Diaspora Portrays Post-Millennial and First-Generational Angst

A lot of new work is showing up in the theater world, and mastery of tech allows more productions on stage and streaming. The post-Millennials are possibly the most connected […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • March 6, 2025
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    Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 3/6 and Beyond

    Warm to cold to warm and back again! March is always a temperature rollercoaster but that shouldn’t stop you from enjoying everything the city has to offer! There’s so much […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • March 6, 2025
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: Ballet Folklórico de México Performs a Festival of Passion, Music, and Pride in Traditions

    Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández revives some great memories from my childhood, visiting my grandparents’ neighborhood near Pilsen. The performance last Saturday was greeted with applause and shouts […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • March 5, 2025
    • Cafes and restaurants , Food

    Bites: What Author Cynthia Pelayo Eats in a Day

    Cynthia Pelayo’s latest thriller, Vanishing Daughters, is coming out this month. Filled with nightmarish fairy tales and psychological suspense, her latest novel is set in Chicago and is soon to […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • March 5, 2025
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    Review: Design Museum of Chicago’s Letters Beyond Form: Chicago Types Builds Community Through Style

    The Design Museum of Chicago is a vibrant, compact space just off the Mag Mile and is currently running the vibrant, compact exhibit Letters Beyond Form: Chicago Types through April 4. The […]

  • Karin McKie
  • March 4, 2025
    • Music , Reviews , Venues

    Review: It Was Rock City at the Metro for Horsegirl’s Triumphant Album Release Show

    I’ve been to a fair number of sold-out shows at the Metro but never one so well attended as Horsegirl’s hometown album release show for their new album Phonetics On […]

  • Lorenzo Zenitsky
  • March 4, 2025
    • Beyond , Soapbox

    Dear Cinnamon: The Art of Showing Up

    Dear Cinnamon is a monthly column based on the idea that all of life’s questions can be answered by art, because, after all, art is the spice of life. To […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • March 4, 2025
  • Cover image of The Braille Encyclopedia by Naomi Cohn. A taupe background with the title in all caps and braille characters beneath each letter.
    • Essays , Lit , Nonfiction , Poetry , Reviews

    Review: Learning to Love the Feel of Words in The Braille Encyclopedia

    “I grew up in a nest feathered with words, texts, and books,” Naomi Cohn writes in the first essay of her lyrical debut memoir, The Braille Encyclopedia: Brief Essays on […]

  • Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch
  • March 2, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Based on a True Story, Last Breath Builds Tension and Good Will as Ordinary Men Attempt the Extraordinary

    Based on the 2019 documentary of the same name, Last Breath (directed by Alex Parkinson, who co-directed the doc with Richard da Costa) tells the remarkable story of a trio […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 28, 2025
    • Music , Reviews

    Photos: Phantogram Warms up a Snowy Chicago Night at Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom

    Valentine’s Day this year was a little more special as Phantogram made their way to Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom to warm up the city. With a big smattering of flurries […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • February 28, 2025
    • Music , Reviews

    Review: Filter and Jerry Cantrell Eclipse ’90s Nostalgia at the Vic

    Acclaimed ’90s rockers Jerry Cantrell and Richard Patrick have every reason to rest on their laurels. On Sunday night at the Vic Theatre, they chose not to. Cantrell, best known […]

  • Anthony Cusumano
  • February 27, 2025
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    Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 2/27 and Beyond

    We’re in that miraculous false spring season so let’s take advantage of the warmer temps and brighter days! There’s so much coming up this weekend including all the fun concerts, […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • February 27, 2025
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