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The Q Brothers' 'Funk' Returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Chicago Shakespeare Theater announced a couple of additions to its 2010-11 World’s Stage series this morning, one of which is National Theatre of Scotland’s critically-acclaimed Black Watch. But, it’s the much frothier Funk It Up About Nothin’, a hip-hop adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, we’re especially interested in today…
Sailing Above Belmont Harbor
List Price: $1.65 million
The Property: A 65-foot span of windows on the ninth floor of an ornate Beaux-Arts building frames an extraordinary view of the boats, runners, and trees that make Belmont Harbor a summertime jewel…
Zayd Dohrn, the Son of Bill Ayers, Pens Short, Sweet Obama Play
Tonight, American Theater Company (ATC), a stalwart off-Loop house in North Center, will present part one of its ambitious Silver Project, a series of plays that attempts, one year at a time, to chronicle the 25 years since the theatre company was founded. If you go tonight, you can catch a quirky gem titled ‘cause I know you got soul…
Five for Free
Our top five picks for things to do this week: What do Tinariwen, Mos Def, Califone, and The Books have in common? Click to find out.
Chicago Magazine's 'Best Pizzas' Issue Hits Newsstands June 17th
Story highlights from the July 2010 issue of Chicago magazine, including a comprehensive list of the top 25 pizzas in Chicago, the city’s most eligible singles, and more.
Weekend Fun: Drinking & Writing Festival Honors Mike Royko
Over the weekend, a number of Chicago editors will be manning a booth (and handing out the magazine’s fun list of Top 40 Chicago Novels) at the Printers Row Lit Fest. Good for them. I’ll be heading to the 6th annual Drinking & Writing Festival…
Top 40 Chicago Novels
As much as Chicago is a metropolis built of glass, brick, and steel, it’s also a city whose glory rests on a foundation of books. Writers have flocked here from the moment Chicago began to take its place on the world’s stage—in the decades following the great fire—and their collective stories provide a vivid portrait of the city and its citizens. It’s a record for the ages.
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'Killer Joe' and 'Chess' Sweep Last Night's Non-Equity Jeff Awards
A year after stepping down from the committee for the Jeff Awards, the local organization that vets and gives out annual excellence awards for Chicagoland theatre productions, I was worried they’d get it all wrong at last night’s ceremony for non-Equity theatre, what with my all-important vote no longer counting…