Photo is a popular meme format, the original by disturbingbookclub.tumblr.com With Chicago’s mayor Rahm Emanuel announcing today that he won’t be seeking re-election, I’m reminded with help of an older…
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Chicago has a privatization problem. For every social-work driven Tent City or homeless driven newspaper (shout out Streetwise,) there’s a multi-million dollar investment project propped up by the city through…
Above Picture from Robyn Lambird’s Instagram When YouTube first became popular, it was mainly used to post random, silly videos that you hoped would go viral (remember Charlie Bit My Finger?).…
Wacky Wednesday is back! Each Thursday, we select a group of DIY theater artists, performers and creatives in Chicago and ask them a question completely unrelated to theater or performance.…
Pictured above: Wheelchair Accessibility Icon/Photo: MabelAmber I read the email over and over again. Tears formed in my eyes as the words of rejection echoed in my head—I really wanted that…
Pictured above: Tarina Bradshaw as Cyn and Alicia Jade as Nat/Photo: Travyon C. Printis/TCPhotography Editor’s Note: This is an expression by Felix Abidor in response to “Throat Punch” from Nothing Without…
Pictured above: Schantelle Alonzo (center) and other ensemble members of Albany Park Theater Project in Ofrenda/ Photo: Liz Lauren Editor’s Note: This is an expression in response to Ofrenda in the…
Pictured above: A capture from a performance by The Runaways/Photo: Attributed to the Runaways Every other week we ask DIY theater artists and creatives around Chicago a question about what’s going…
Each Thursday, we select a group of DIY theater artists, performers and creatives in Chicago and ask them a question completely unrelated to theater or performance. Welcome to Wacky Wednesday.…
Pictured above: Mari DeOleo/Photo provided by Mari DeOleo Every other week we ask DIY theater artists and creatives around Chicago a question about what’s going on in the DIY theater…
Each Thursday, we select a group of DIY theater artists, performers and creatives in Chicago and ask them a question completely unrelated to theater or performance. Welcome to Wacky Wednesday.…
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…