J. Lindsay Brown Goes for Broke in ‘Spectacle Spectacular’ (review)

  MCL Chicago is a year-old space in Lakeview, great for improv comedy. It’s an intimate setting with little cafe tables interspersed throughout the audience for…

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Bill T. Jones Returns to the Dance Center with “Story/Time” (preview)

70 stories in 70 minutes. Bill T. Jones’ 2012 dance score is strikingly reminiscent of the late Merce Cunningham. Jones attributes the inspiration of Story/Time…

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filthy/mockingbird Plays with Meaning, Interpretation, and a Pile of Clothing (review)

“When the viewer doesn’t “get it”, we treat the subjectivity of art as an imperfection in communication that we must accept… In life we make our own…

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