Ah, the sweet smell of Mercury in Retrograde. Smells like delayed trains, broken phones, lost personal items, and texts to your exes. But what is it, really? Mercury In Retrograde…
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Pictured above: Production photo from Filament Theatre’s Snow Queen, based on the fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen. The production continues through December 23/Photo: Provided by Filament Theatre Editor’s Note: If…
Pictured above: Frank Okay on the set of Earth Motel/Photo: Courtesy of Frank Okay “Art Director, Touring Musician, Creative Director, Toy Store Manager, Sr. Design Consultant, Illustrator, Talk Show Host,…
We sit down with Kelsey McGrath from The Newness Salon and Trans Voices Cabaret to talk about curating inclusivity, unpacking the buzzword of accessibility, what makes Chicago unique, the politics…
Pictured above: Katie Gonzalez, Julian Stroop, Henry Greenberg and Anne Smith in Strawdog Theatre’s recent new work, Masque Macabre, co-directed by Anderson Lawfer with Eli Newell and Janet Howe/Photo: Clark…
Pictured above: Photo of Melissa DuPrey mid-performance/Photo: Provided by Melissa DuPrey When I sit down with Melissa DuPrey, a modern-day renaissance woman of the arts, I realize this is the…
Quantity Producing, or producing monthly, weekly, or even daily for long stretches of time, is a goal more and more creatives are setting for themselves to fine-tune their skills while…
Pictured above: Promotional image for Fight Night/Photo: Provided by Chicago Shakespeare Theater Editor’s Note: This is a poetic expression in response to Onroerend Goed’s Fight Night. The piece will take…
We sit down with Nire Nah and Alex Palma to talk about Everything Stands back Up, An Exclusive Online Concert, knowing your artistry well enough to build a multi-layered platform,…
Pictured above: Free Street Theater’s original 1969 company ensemble/Photo: Provided by Free Street Theater Turn to the news and it’s sometimes unclear what decade we are living in. Racism continues…
On Friday sitting Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced he would be continuing his plans to build a new police academy in the West side’s West Garfield Park, a move that has received…
photo by Charles Edward Miller, Chicago Teachers Union Members and Allies Picket Outside Chicago Public Schools Headquarters Downtown Chicago Illinois 9-26-18 4105 Earlier this week the Chicago Teachers Union members at 15…