After Moonlight
Oscar-winning screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney returns to Chicago — and to acting — for his new Steppenwolf play.
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Giving Ghost Signs New Life
Bronzeville artist Carris Adams, who mounts Double-Talk May 11 at Goldfinch gallery, draws inspiration from faded billboards and logos.
Is Yoko Ono Overlooked as a Poet?
In Yoko Ono: Poetry, Painting, Music, Objects, Events, and Wish Trees (May 10 to August 22), the Poetry Foundation spotlights Grapefruit, a lyrical book of life instructions that the artist and musician published in 1964. Visitors can read the text in its entirety, then go to the courtyard for the installation Wish Trees, where they … Read more
Sara Maslanka Takes on Sexual Violence Through Dance
The Chicago Danztheatre artistic director premieres I Bet You Think This Dance Is About You May 3 to 18 at Andersonville’s Ebenezer Lutheran Church.
Hamlet’s on Trial, Kim Foxx Is the Prosecutor, and You’re the Jury
Chicago Humanities Festival artistic director Alison Cuddy discusses the making of Please, Continue (Hamlet).
The Two-Minute Guide to Hamilton: The Exhibition
For those who can’t get enough Hamilton, the creators of the blockbuster musical open an exhibit this month on the history that inspired it.
See Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford’s Eight-Foot-Tall Hercules
The Hyde Park–based artist’s solo show runs April 14 to June 22 at the Arts Club of Chicago.
Here’s Every Free Movie in Millennium Park This Summer
On the roster: Black Panther, 10 Things I Hate About You, The Muppet Movie, and more
Live Your Paleontology Fantasy on Michigan Avenue
Bring the kids to this free Field Museum pop-up, which simulates an archaeological dig.
Steve Albini and the Life of the Iconoclast
On the 25th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death, we revisit a profile of the producer of Nirvana’s final record.