Pictured above: Anita Silvert and Vinny Greco in “Coffee Against Capitalism” at Factory Theater/Photo: Vanessa Buholzer Photography When Rachel Silvert first moved to Chicago, she knew very few people within…
Posts published in “Impressions”
Pictured above: Albany Park Theater Project presents world premiere of “OFRENDA”/Credit: Albany Park Theater Project Our DIY theater recommendations for the month of April: “Four by Tenn – A Tennessee Williams…
Pictured above: “Disco Pigs” poster/Graphic: Anna White Walking through Earphoria, one encounters Christmas lights, walls covered in murals of alien landscapes, monstrous junk-sculptures and piles of music equipment and ephemera…
Three years ago filmmaker Coco Wallace had an idea. A concept for a film that finally, after three long years, is coming to fruition. “Scantily Clad,” a short film, follows…
“The show is a ship,” Director and deviser Gina Marie Hayes said. “The director is not the captain, but the cartographer, who sets the map and the course that you’re…
Pictured above: Tyler Zencka/Photo provided by Tyler Zencka Imagine stepping into a found space, and not knowing that you’re in the right place until you see a wooden podium and…
“Psst… Do you know the tale of the creature from the lake?” “Whales & Souls,” a play by Andrew Kramer, has arrived to Chicago to share that very tale.…
Photo: Quincy Jones with Composer Primous Fountain This is a published letter to the editor in response to an editorial in Scapi Magazine. You can find a link to that…
Pictured above: Mariel Harari/Photo: Jasper Goodrich As humanity lumbers through increasing numbers of climate catastrophes, I’ve become interested in how the impending end of life on Earth mediates artistic practice. The…
Pictured above: Lucky Stiff performs their act “All the Happy Endings We Were Promised” at the January HOMESET/Photo: Denise Yvette Serna Drag artist Lucky Stiff entered the packed, studio apartment of…
Photo Lucy Nicholson/ Reuters On the surface, this year’s Oscars was the most inclusive in years. There were a number of history-making nominations, and even a few history-making wins. The…
Pictured above: Jack Schultz in “I’m Falling in Love All The Time”/Photo: Morgan Sosic and Graphic Design by Cody Lucas Lights shine on Jack Schultz surrounded by a varied assortment of…