She has a global history and resume, born in Lagos and raised in London. She’s also a local, as a curator at the University of Chicago. She’ll bring both experiences, along with her curator’s eye, to the CAB.
Ahead of a residency at the Den Theatre, the stand-up talks her TV career and carving out a space for queer comics.
Six Chicago comedians walk into a bar … and have a frank (and funny) discussion about harassment, patriarchy, creepy men, and other things no one’s supposed to joke about.
“To sit with the piece in a live setting is to become unsettled that these conversations are still so relevant.”
The organizers of Murder and Mayhem in Chicago discuss the city’s role in an overlooked literary genre.
Coming off an ACL tear, the numbers are grim. But amid the career-enders are some miraculous comebacks.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Crossing, Mark Morris Dance Group, Margot Bergman, and more
The Glenwood native’s world premiere upends the lynching-story stereotype.
The Lincoln Park writer, whose novel Census is out this week, talks morality, mortality, and writing Down syndrome with dignity.
