Meet Luna Negra Dance Theater’s Gustavo Ramírez Sansano
RAGING BULL: The Spanish native premieres a new adaptation of ‘Carmen’ in March at the Harris Theater
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Top 5 Things to Do This Week
On your agenda: The Seldoms dance their way through Harris Theater … a Southern-style tragedy strikes Stage 773 … CSO’s composers in residence premiere works inspired by a farm, Fermilab, and Franz Schubert … plus, what the Chicago Dramatists resident playwright and actor-about-town Jon Steinhagen is doing this weekend
RIP Don Cornelius, "Soul Train" Host
The creator of television’s longest-running nationally-syndicated show is a Chicago broadcasting legend, but he had to head for Hollywood for “Soul Train” to become what it was. Plus: James Brown, David Bowie, and Gladys Knight on the Soul Train stage.
Puppet Plays Take Chicago
With marionettes multiplying on local stages, we rank the kid friendliness of four strings-attached works
Five Best Things to Do in February
THE SHORTLIST: Five musts from our February culture calendar
Studs Terkel and Other Greats Reading Nelson Algren
A find from the Terkel archives: the radio legend reading “How the Devil Came Down Division Street” and “Chicago: City on the Make” from a tribute to his friend.
Top Five Things to Do This Week
On the agenda: Football, bachelorette parties take a dramatic turn … Sundance lands at the Music Box … free Schubert … plus, what ICE’s Claire Chase is doing this weekend
This Week in Chicago Architecture
Dirk Lohan on his grandfather’s houses; Thomas Heatherwick at IIT; the plans for Navy Pier go on display; and more.
RIP Etta James, Genius of Chicago Crossover Soul
The Los Angeles native marked a major turn for Chicago’s Chess Records, bringing the city’s blues-jazz-pop crossover sound to the biggest audience it had ever reached.
Top 5 Things to Do This Week
On your agenda: You and Rosie talk Trump at the Siskel … Invisible Man makes its stage debut at the Court … dudes in tutus take over the Harris … plus, what the two-time National Poetry Slam champ Roger Bonair-Agard is doing this weekend