An Avondale night market pops up at the next Monday Night Foodball
This past spring, Kathy Vega Hardy was recovering from breast cancer surgery during her busiest time of the year. “I was out of commission for a good two and a half months,” says Vega Hardy, the chef...
View ArticleAny Rebellion of Will upends the tropes of Angry Young Man dramas
Any Rebellion of Will, through 11/1, Trap Door Theatre The post <i>Any Rebellion of Will</i> upends the tropes of Angry Young Man dramas appeared first on Chicago Reader.
View ArticleI.A. Inteligencia Actoral asks if a robot can play Hamlet
I.A. Inteligencia Actoral, through 11/15 at Aguijón Theater Company The post <i>I.A. Inteligencia Actoral</i> asks if a robot can play Hamlet appeared first on Chicago Reader.
View ArticleSugar Plum Fairy, P.I. gives a noir twist to fairy tales
Sugar Plum Fairy, P.I., through 11/8 at Lifeline Theatre The post <i>Sugar Plum Fairy, P.I.</i> gives a noir twist to fairy tales appeared first on Chicago Reader.
View ArticleZombie-ie-ie
The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer. Zombie movies are my favorite of the horror genre—they sit...
View Article4000 Miles crosses the generation gap
4000 Miles, through 10/24, A Short Leap Theatre Company at the Den Theatre The post <i>4000 Miles</i> crosses the generation gap appeared first on Chicago Reader.
View ArticleMayhem and malarkey at Moidah Manor
Murder at Moidah Manor, through 11/5 at Annoyance Theatre The post Mayhem and malarkey at Moidah Manor appeared first on Chicago Reader.
View ArticleEscape to Margaritaville is slight but enjoyable for Parrotheads
Escape to Margaritaville, through 11/1, Music Theater Works at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie The post <i>Escape to Margaritaville</i> is slight but enjoyable for...
View ArticleVladimir needs to get beyond headlines to find the drama
Vladimir, through 11/14, Shattered Globe Theatre at Theater Wit The post <i>Vladimir</i> needs to get beyond headlines to find the drama appeared first on Chicago Reader.
View ArticleHouse of the Exquisite Corpse VI: Lullabies welcomes us to the nightmare
House of the Exquisite Corpse VI: Lullabies, through 11/1, Rough House Puppet Arts at Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage The post <i>House of the Exquisite Corpse VI: Lullabies</i> welcomes...
View Article‘Coyote Time’ reimagines civic renewal
“Coyote Time" through 12/12 in Saint Louis, various locations The post ‘Coyote Time’ reimagines civic renewal appeared first on Chicago Reader.
View ArticleChicago-France improvised-music exchange the Bridge taps into the city’s...
ConstelNation Multiple dates from Fri 10/30—Sun 11/5 at various locations The post Chicago-France improvised-music exchange the Bridge taps into the city’s diverse venues for its final iteration...
View ArticleIndulge in pawpaw season
The post Indulge in pawpaw season appeared first on Chicago Reader.
View ArticleNosferatu (1922) screens in Chicago with a newly composed score by Circuit...
When Haley Fohr began working on a score for Nosferatu (1922) more than a year ago, she was thinking about parasitic love. All-consuming love. Identity-surrendering love. Fohr, better known as her...
View ArticleReview: Naza
Naza in limited release in theaters The post Review: <i>Naza</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
View ArticleDon Giovanni returns to the Lyric
Don Giovanni, through 11/1 at Lyric Opera House The post <i>Don Giovanni</i> returns to the Lyric appeared first on Chicago Reader.
View ArticleYido relaunches Chicago’s craft makgeolli movement
Peter Chung is labeling bottles of his first official batch of Yido makgeolli. He quickly determines it takes five and a half turns of the crank on the machine to properly attach the adhesives. He’s...
View ArticleAn oral history of Chicago nightlife’s most beloved visitor
No one has been to as many Chicago shows this century as Claudio Velez. For decades, he visited between 20 and 50 bars and venues each night (his own estimates have varied), mostly on the northwest...
View ArticleChicago champion of storefront theater passes away at 63
I first saw Wm. Bullion (as he was known professionally) onstage in 2005. He was playing Polonius in the now-gone Building Stage’s inaugural production of Hamlet. As I wrote in my review for the...
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