Category: Chicago
Rebecca Rego channels Lucia Berlin in new album, ‘Songs for Cleaning Women, Part 1’
CHICAGO—So far, Eighth Blackbird’s attempts at live-streaming a virtual concert series from their production house in Horner Park have not gone well. The series—called Chicago…
When life imitates art: George Floyd, RBG and ‘We’re Gonna Die’
CHICAGO—Ten minutes before the scheduled virtual opening of Theatre Y’s “We’re Gonna Die,” I heard that Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died. I didn’t want to go,…
Queer Dancer Profiles: Dee Alaba
CHICAGO — This post is part of a series of conversations with trans/genderqueer dancers to give you a broader idea of where we come from,…
Queer Dancer Profiles: Jess Martin
CHICAGO—This post is part of a series of conversations with trans/genderqueer dancers to give you a broader idea of where we come from, what we’re…
Dance weaves a thread through 2019 Chicago International Film Festival
CHICAGO—A triptych of films screened Thursday to Sunday, collectively marketed under the header In Focus: Dance, forms an anchor point of the 2019 Chicago International…
Interviews On Dance: J e l l o 6/12
This post is part of a series cataloging and responding to interviews I’m having with people across Chicago (artists, non artists, art enthusiasts, art un-enthusiasts)…
Interviews On Dance: Elysia Banks
This post is the first in a series cataloging and responding to interviews I’m having with people across Chicago (artists, non artists, art enthusiasts, art…
Queer Dancer Profiles: A. Raheim White
CHICAGO — This post is part of a series of conversations with trans/genderqueer dancers to give you a broader idea of where we come from,…
At Physical Theater Festival, Aura CuriAtlas’s acrobats act out Steven Hawking’s story
CHICAGO — Two festivals which ran simultaneously this month — the Pivot Arts Festival in Uptown and Edgewater and the Physical Theater Festival in Lakeview…
First weekend of Pivot Arts Fest challenges Euro-centrism with multidisciplinary forays
CHICAGO — Summer is just beginning, and Chicago is itching to hit the beach. Last Sunday was sunny, but deceptively cold. The chill in the…
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