On Thursday, Kanye West and Donald Trump sat down in the Oval Office for lunch. Among many things, Kanye spoke a good deal about his hometown of Chicago and his…
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Pictured above: The Walls of Harrow House/Photo: Chrystyne Kozol A week before their opening, I had the opportunity to talk with the co-artistic directors of Rough House Theatre Claire Saxe and…
CW: Body shaming Pictured above: (left to right) Jeff Kurysz and Sasha Smith star in Zürich at Steep Theatre/Photo: Greg Gilman Yesterday, Buzz Center Stage published a review of Steep Theatre’s…
Photo by Joe & Jeanette Archie There are many who believe Chicago has a corrupt journalism problem. I could go on an on about this, but this week, with November elections…
photo by Emily Mathews In an update to the story we published this morning on the Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra’s announced strike this morning, the Marketing and Communications department has…
photo by Emily Mathews On Tuesday morning, the Lyric Opera’s Orchestra announced that it would be going on strike for this season at the Opera House. “Over the past 65…
We sit down with Chicago activist Jose Requena of Pilsen Alliance and much more to talk about working within a community for the needs of that community, balancing the need…
Talk of Spirits, part 2 The learning continues as Ian finishes up the last two categories of spirits; filling our heads with knowledge and our mouths with liquor!
We have Elizabeth Newkirk and Kathryn Satoh of Bow and Hammer back on to talk about programming Beethoven and Prokofiev with access points in mind, multimedia and animating live at…
We have Theater Editor Danielle Levsky on the podcast for our first “Theater Thursdays,” where we talk about our hopes for the recurring segment, the DIY Theater and Performance List…
Pictured above: Logan Hulick as Andrew, an American journalist/Photo: Lindsay Williams Editor’s Note: This is an expression by Danielle Levsky in response to Odessa in a consciousness form; it is…
We sit down with Mar Curran of Choose Your Own Mar Adventure and Burly at Burlington Bar to talk about niche programming and building community from the ground up, being…