The Return of Ballet
After a year away, the Joffrey is back — online — with Bolero.
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Why the Holocaust Museum Is Tackling Apartheid
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center continues to expand its purview with an exhibition devoted to the South African leader.
These Chicago Bungalow Planters Are to Die For
Katie Lauffenburger’s ceramic creations take the form of workers’ cottages, bungalows, and other iconic types of architecture
The Complicated Record Exec Left Out of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
The Netflix adaptation (and August Wilson’s original play) track Rainey’s abuse at the hands of a white recording industry. But there was also a go-between: J. Mayo Williams, a Chicago talent scout and Paramount’s first Black A&R rep.
Children’s Theater With Bite
A puppet-filled play about a child navigating the COVID pandemic kicks off an initiative by Chicago Children’s Theatre to commission work from diverse writers.
Five Things: The Original Queen B
A new book on Ida B. Wells sheds light on the journalist’s subversive, change-making career — from her great-granddaughter’s perspective. Here’s what we learned.
From the Brush of Torkel Gundel
A chance purchase at a sidewalk sale leads to a curious obsession.
Ask Chicago: Why Is Netflix So Obsessed With Chicago?
Four of the streaming service’s recent original movies (Holidate, Midnight at the Magnolia, and The Princess Switch and its sequel) and one series (Emily in Paris) have major Chicago plot points. Though there is a tax incentive to film in Illinois, that’s not the reason, since most of those works were filmed out of state. … Read more
Illinois Needs a New State Song
The aptly titled “Illinois” was written by a Civil War vet to promote Chicago’s bid for the 1893 World’s Fair. Surely we’ve earned an upgrade.
How ZooLights Is Doing Social Distancing
Lincoln Park Zoo is plugging in the psychedelic light displays again this holiday season, pandemic and all. Here’s how it’s restructuring the annual favorite.