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Arts & Culture
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Fall Preview
Sep 10, 2014
Our top picks for fall theater
Playwright Lucas Hnath heats up, Rashid Johnson stages
Dutchman
in a bath house, Larry Yando takes on King Lear, and more must-sees.
Tags:
Fall Arts
,
Lucas Hnath
,
Isaac's Eye
,
Death Tax
,
Dutchman
,
Fail/Safe
,
King Lear
,
Larry Yando
,
La Reunion
,
The Hundred Flowers Project
,
theater
,
fall arts
Arts & Culture
,
Fall Preview
Sep 10, 2014
Our top picks for fall comedy
Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher discuss comedy coupledom. Plus: Tim and Eric, the Petes from
Pete & Pete
, and other recommended funny events
Tags:
Fall Preview
,
Tim and Eric
,
Dr. Steve Brule
,
Cameron Esposito
,
Rhea Butcher
,
Jerrod Carmichael
,
Pete & Pete
,
Polaris
,
Danny Tamberelli
,
Michael Maronna
,
The Adventures of Danny and Mike
,
comedy
,
fall arts
Music
,
Fall Preview
Sep 10, 2014
Our top picks for fall music
A conversation with prolific bassist and composer Matt Ulery. Plus: Lavender Country, King Diamond, and more
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Fall Arts
,
Matt Ulery
,
Wandelweiser Festival
,
King Diamond
,
Banks
,
Lavender Country
,
Red Scare Anniversary Weekend
,
Andre Foisey
,
Liturgy
,
Umbrella Music Festival
,
European Jazz Meets Chicago
,
music
,
fall arts
Arts & Culture
,
Fall Preview
Sep 10, 2014
Our top picks for fall dance
The unlikely collaboration between Hubbard Street and Second City, Christopher Wheeldon's male-centric
Swan Lake
, and more
Tags:
Fall Preview
,
Joffrey Ballet
,
Swan Lake
,
Trade Winds
,
Aires de Cambio
,
Hedwig Dances
,
DanzAbierta
,
Hubbard Street Dance
,
Second City
,
dance
,
fall arts
Arts & Culture
,
Fall Preview
Sep 12, 2013
The Poetry Foundation's new blood
A chat with new president Robert Polito
By Eleni O'Connor
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Fall Preview
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Fall Arts
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Poetry Foundation
,
Robert Polito
,
John Barr
,
Lemony Snicket
,
Robert Pinsky
,
Laurence Hobgood
,
Sarah Ruhl
,
Elizabeth Bishop
,
Robert Lowell
,
Poetry Out Loud
,
Bob Dylan
,
Green Mill
,
Danny's
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 18, 2012
Video
12 O'Clock Track: The XX, "Chained"
London R&B trio the XX release a video to match the romanticized melancholy of "Chained"
By Leor Galil
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12 O'Clock Track
,
Music
,
the XX
,
Coexist
,
Chained
,
12 O'Clock Track
,
Congress Theater
,
Fall Arts
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Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Sep 13, 2012
Fall Arts, Riot Fest, a Tortoise picker's picks, and more on the B Side
A season's worth of music to look out for—and more
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Music
,
Fall Arts
,
Riccardo Muti
,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
,
The-Drum
,
Riot Fest
,
Tortoise
,
Jeff Parker
,
Hideout Block Party and A.V. Fest
,
Antibalas
,
Bob Mould
,
Lightning Bolt
,
D'Angelo
,
Obituary
Film
,
Movie Feature
Sep 12, 2012
Our ten best bets for fall movies
Steven Spielberg's
Lincoln
, plus new movies from Steve James, David O. Russell, and more
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fall arts
Music
,
Music Feature
Sep 12, 2012
Our ten best bets for fall music
Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall, A$AP Rocky with Schoolboy Q and Danny Brown, the Umbrella Music Festival, and more
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Music Feature
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fall arts
,
Carmina Burana
,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
,
Ty Segall
,
Thee Oh Sees
,
Adventures in Modern Music
,
A$AP Rocky
,
Schoolboy Q
,
Danny Brown
,
Keith Rowe
,
Vijay Iyer
,
The XX
,
Crystal Castles
,
Sqsuarepusher
,
Umbrella Music Festival
Arts & Culture
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Calendar
Sep 12, 2012
The
Reader
's fall arts preview 2012
Welcome back to a season of serious theater, dance, music, and visual arts.
Tags:
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,
fall arts
Arts & Culture
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Lit Feature
Sep 12, 2012
Our five best bets for fall books
Ray Bradbury, Chris Ware, and Fran Lebowitz round out the page-turning season
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Lit Feature
,
Fall Arts
,
Ray Bradbury
,
Neil Gaiman
,
Chris Ware
,
Building Stories
,
Chicago Humanities Festival
,
Lilli Carre
,
Heads or Tails
,
Fran Lebowitz
,
Martha Lavey
Arts & Culture
,
Art Feature
Sep 12, 2012
Our six best bets for fall visual arts
Expo Chicago and a look inside Studio Gang Architects highlight a busy season
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Art Feature
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fall arts
,
Edra Soto
,
Imagists
,
Carl Baratta
,
Onsmith
,
Tony Karman
,
Danh Vo
,
Statue of Liberty
,
Jeanne Gang
,
Aqua Tower
,
Studio Gang Architects
,
Jimena Acosta
,
ukiyo-e
,
color printmaking
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Sep 12, 2012
Our ten best bets for fall theater
Trainspotting
: the play, 44 plays for 44 presidents, and more
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Performing Arts Feature
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fall arts
,
The Artistic Home
,
David Cromer
,
Mary Zimmerman
,
Ovid
,
Randal Coburn
,
the Mammals
,
Handspring Puppet Company
,
William Kentridge
,
Neo-Futurists
,
Barack Obama
,
National Theatre of Scotland
,
George Burke
,
Irvine Welsh
,
Tom Mullen
,
Richard Pryor
,
James Murray Jackson Jr.
,
Markus Zusak
,
Hallie Gordon
,
Will Kern
,
Profiles Theatre
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Sep 12, 2012
One to watch this fall: comedian Brian Babylon
Prince of Bronzeville works both sides of Chicago's color line, from Jokes and Notes to
Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me
By Asher Klein
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
fall arts
,
Brian Babylon
,
Bronzeville
,
Vocalo
,
Molly Adams
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Sep 12, 2012
One to watch this fall: Starinah "Star" Dixon has performance in her blood
Tap dancer attributes her hard-hitting style to being taught by men
By Laura Molzahn
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
fall arts
,
Starinah Dixon
,
Better Boys Foundation
,
Bril Barrett
,
Making a Difference Dancing
,
Jabowen Dixon
,
Chicago Human Rhythm Project
Film
,
Movie Feature
Sep 12, 2012
One to watch this fall: filmmaker Mary Fishman combats the culture of looking down on nuns
And she became a better Catholic in the process
By Sam Worley
Tags:
Movie Feature
,
fall arts
,
Mary Fishman
,
Catholic Beverly
,
Catholicism
,
nuns
,
pastoral care
Arts & Culture
,
Lit Feature
Sep 12, 2012
One to watch this fall: Seminary Co-op Bookstore has outlived the superstore assault
Leaving behind the longtime digs graced by Saul Bellow and the president of the Dominican Republic
By Noah Berlatsky
Tags:
Lit Feature
,
fall arts
,
bookstores
,
academica
,
Spencer Turbine Company
,
Jack Cella
,
University of Chicago
,
Jasmine Kwong
,
Megan Doherty
,
Saul Bellow
,
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
Music
,
Music Feature
Sep 12, 2012
One to watch this fall: The-Drum exploit the weirdness bubbling up into radio pop
Prolific beat makers aim to get in on the conversation between mainstream R&B and underground dance music
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Music Feature
,
fall arts
,
The-Drum
,
Clique Talk
,
Jeremiah Chrome
,
Brandon Boom
,
R&B
,
Terius Nash
,
The-Dream
,
Surpeme Cuts
,
Sich Mang
,
Jeremih
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Sep 12, 2012
One to watch this fall: Eric Hoff works the corner of justice and art
The director of
Hit the Wall
stages
The Skriker
, promenade-style, at Red Tape Theatre
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
fall arts
,
Eric Hoff
,
Human Rights Campaign
,
Caryl Churchill
,
Red Tape Theatre
Arts & Culture
,
Art Feature
Sep 12, 2012
One to watch this fall: Offbeat performance collective Lucky Pierre
A hundred artistic acts of torture, right at your fingertips
By Justin Hayford
Tags:
Art Feature
,
fall arts
,
Jon Burge
,
Lucky Pierre
,
Chicago Torture Justice Memorials Project
,
Michael Thomas
Arts & Culture
,
Calendar
Sep 12, 2012
Eighty days of Fall Arts
Something to do every day in the fall arts season
Tags:
Calendar
,
fall arts
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Aug 27, 2009
Fall Arts Guide 2009: Performing Arts Listings
By Tony Adler and Alex Yablon
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Chicago
,
fall preview
,
fall arts
,
theater
,
dance
,
comedy
News & Politics
,
Feature
Aug 27, 2009
Fall Arts Guide 2009
The complete season in theater, dance, comedy, movies, music, lit, and art
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Feature
,
chicago
,
fall arts
,
fall preview
,
theater
,
dance
,
comedy
,
music
,
movies
,
readings
,
lectures
,
art
,
galleries
,
museums
,
2009
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