How to Reboot a Holiday Classic
The tutus are gone, a young girl’s riches are now rags, and a Tony-winning choreographer has a bold new vision: Welcome to Joffrey’s reimagined Nutcracker, nearly 10 years in the making.
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Five Fun Things to Do in Chicago This Week
Eryn Allen Kane, Wonderland Express, Simmer Brown Show, Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera, Be Happy: A Forget-About-The-Election Variety Show, and McDonald’s Thanksgiving Parade
The Best Gifts for Chicago Nerds and Art Lovers
Great local finds for every kind of culture vulture
Five Great Things to Do in Chicago This Week
MusicNow, Chicago Podcast Festival, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Matt Braunger, and Seu Jorge
With Trump's Election, Chicago’s "Donnie Trumpet" Is No More
The Social Experiment producer and musician is killing off his stage name to distance himself from the President-elect.
5 Things You Might Not Know About the Krocs of McDonald’s
Lisa Napoli’s Ray & Joan dives into the lives of the longtime McDonald’s owner and his wife.
Diana Guerrero-Maciá’s New Work Looks to the Future
The artist’s show, Slow Blossoming, opens at Carrie Secrist Gallery this month.
Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, The Fundamentals, The 1975, Khecari, and Pop-Up Magazine
Haunting New Book Revisits Japanese Internment Camps
Richard Cahan and Michael Williams’s Un-American: The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II captures a grim part of American history.
Five Great Local Podcasts You Should Listen To
Chicago is in the midst of an audio boom. Find out which show is right for you.