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Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Jun 17, 2020
Summer camp is back—online and in person
Storytelling, circus arts, and social justice all find a place in youth training programs.
By Kerry Reid
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Performing Arts Feature
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Theater and performance
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summer camps
,
About Face
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Actors Gymnasium
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Auditorium Theatre
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Chicago Children's Theatre
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Collaboraction
,
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater
,
Filament Theatre
,
Mandala South Asian Performing Arts
,
Mudlark
,
Northwestern University
,
Otherworld Theat
Arts & Culture
,
Dance
Feb 25, 2020
Trinity Irish Dance Company plays at the intersection of
American Traffic
A new work at the Auditorium combines Irish and African American dance traditions.
By Irene Hsiao
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Dance
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Trinity Irish Dance Company
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Auditorium Theatre
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Michelle Dorrance
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American Traffic
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John Diamond
,
William Henry Lane
,
Melinda Sullivan
,
Chelsea Hoy
,
Mark Howard
,
Dennehy School of Irish Dance
,
Michael Flatley
City Life
,
Sightseeing
Nov 20, 2019
A trip back in time to the World’s Columbian Exposition
Travel tips for Chicago from 1893 (yes, you should tip your servers).
By Jeff Nichols
Tags:
Sightseeing
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World's Columbian Exposition
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World's Fair
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Ida B. Wells
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Auditorium Theatre
Arts & Culture
,
Architecture
Oct 16, 2019
See the Bronzeville church that is the real birthplace of gospel
Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, one of more than 350 Open House Chicago sites this weekend, is significant musically and architecturally.
By Deanna Isaacs
Tags:
Architecture
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Open House Chicago
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Chicago Architecture Center
,
Bronzeville
,
Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church
,
Pilgrim Baptist
,
Dankmar Adler
,
Adler & Sullivan
,
Louis Sullivan
,
Auditorium Building
,
Auditorium Theatre
,
Adler and Sullivan
,
K.A.M. Temple
,
Garrick Theater
,
Chicago Stock Exchange
,
Temple Isaiah
,
Theodore Frye
,
Reverend James Howard Lorenzo Smith
,
Thomas A. Dorsey
,
Robert A. Marovich
,
A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music
,
Patricia Butts
,
Darryl N. Person
,
gospel music
,
Ma Rainey
Columns & Opinion
,
On Culture
Oct 2, 2019
Roosevelt’s revolving door
In: a new Auditorium Theatre CEO; out: 16 board members, an associate dean, and the Joffrey Ballet
By Deanna Isaacs
Tags:
On Culture
,
Roosevelt University
,
Auditorium Theatre
,
Rich Regan
,
Lyric Opera of Chicago
,
Joffrey Ballet
,
the Nutcracker
,
Netta Walker
,
Chicago College of Performing Arts
,
Jeff Awards
,
Yen
,
Raven Theatre
,
Sean Kelley
,
Tania Castroverde Moskalenko
,
Ali Malekzadeh
,
John Svoboda
Arts & Culture
,
Dance
May 16, 2019
The Pygmalion Effect
takes the classic makeover myth to the ballroom
Eifman Ballet views the transformation through the lens of dance.
By Irene Hsiao
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Dance
,
The Pygmalion Effect
,
Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg
,
Auditorium Theatre
,
Boris Eifman
,
Pygmalion
,
ballet
,
psychological ballet
Arts & Culture
,
Dance
Nov 14, 2018
The Auditorium Theatre’s ‘Made in Chicago’ series highlights some of the city’s best dance companies—and Glenn Kotche of Wilco
Ate9, Visceral, and Deeply Rooted all perform on Friday night.
By Irene Hsiao
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Ate9 Dance Company
,
Visceral Dance Chicago
,
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater
,
Made In Chicago 312
,
Danielle Agami
,
Glenn Kotche
,
Wilco
,
calling glenn
,
C.J. Dillon
,
Auditorium Theatre
Arts & Culture
,
Fall Preview
Sep 19, 2018
The Auditorium’s ‘Made in Chicago’ dance series plays tribute to Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche
LA troupe Ate9 pairs with skilled local companies Visceral and Deeply Rooted for a triple-header.
By Oliver Sava
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Ate9
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Auditorium Theatre
,
Made in Chicago
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312 Dance Serise
,
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater
,
Visceral Dance Chicago
,
Glenn Kotche
,
Wilco
,
Danielle Agami
,
Nicole Clarke-Springer
,
dance
,
fall preview
,
fall preview 2018
Arts & Culture
,
Dance
Aug 17, 2018
Once a performer at Dance for Life, Hanna Brictson returns with her own company
Chicago dancers unite to raise money to support their colleagues with health issues.
By Oliver Sava
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,
Dance for Life
,
charity
,
Hanna Brictson
,
Hanna Brictson and Dancers
,
Auditorium Theatre
,
Dancers’ Fund
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Jul 25, 2018
Recommended
Adrianna Hicks’s Celie owns the musical adaptation of
The Color Purple
This Broadway in Chicago production fills the Auditorium Theatre with intimacy, authenticity, and power.
By Marissa Oberlander
Tags:
Theater Review
,
The Color Purple: The Musical
,
Auditorium Theatre
,
Broadway in Chicago
,
Alice Walker
,
Marsha Norman
,
Brenda Russell
,
Allee Willis
,
Stephen Bray
,
John Doyle
,
Adrianna Hicks
,
Carla R. Stewart
,
Carrie Compere
,
Recommended
Columns & Opinion
,
On Culture
May 8, 2018
Ai Weiwei’s new Chicago exhibition ‘Trace’ features portraits of his fellow dissidents and political prisoners—all done in Legos
The comedy routine, alas, has already left town.
By Deanna Isaacs
Tags:
On Culture
,
Ai Weiwei
,
Trace
,
Alphawood Exhibitions
,
China
,
Alcatraz
,
Hirshhorn Museum
,
Melissa Chiu
,
Auditorium Theatre
,
Anti-Rightist Campaign
,
Mao
,
Cultural Revolution
,
Legos
,
undocumented immigrants
,
dissident
,
anti-totalitarianism
,
blogging
,
protest art
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 20, 2018
Alejandro Cerrudo kindles light in the darkness at Hubbard Street Dance
The company returns to the Auditorium Theatre this weekend for a retrospective of the resident choreographer’s work.
By Oliver Sava
Tags:
Arts
,
Dance
,
Alejandro Cerrudo
,
Hubbard Street Dance
,
Auditorium Theatre
,
Out of My Mind
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 9, 2018
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Comedian Tom Papa and more goings-on March 9-11
By Rachel Yang
Tags:
Arts
,
Do This
,
Atra Asdou
,
A Poodle in People Clothes
,
iO Theater
,
Tom Papa
,
City Winery
,
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
,
Auditorium Theatre
,
Alvin Ailey
,
Michael Weber
,
Stephen Sondheim
,
Merrily We Roll Along
,
Ruth Page Center for the Arts
,
William Blake and the Age of Aquarius
,
Block Museum of Art
,
Good Food and Bad Decisions
Columns & Opinion
,
On Culture
Nov 21, 2017
With the Joffrey leaving, what’s the future of the Auditorium Theatre?
The ballet company will head for a new home in 2020, and the historic venue needs to figure out how to replace it.
By Deanna Isaacs
Tags:
On Culture
,
Auditorium Theatre
,
Joffrey Ballet
,
Dankmar Adler
,
Louis Sullivan
,
Tania Castroverde Moskalenko
,
Roosevelt University
,
Beatrice Spachner
,
Edward Villella
,
Lyric Opera
,
Stephanie Meeks
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 16, 2017
The Daily Show
live, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
The Amazing Acro-Cats, architect Kaneji Domoto, the Joffrey’s
Giselle
, and more goings-on about town from October 16-19
By Steve Heisler
Tags:
Arts
,
Do This
,
the daily show
,
athenaeum
,
joffrey ballet
,
giselle
,
auditorium theatre
,
Madeleine O'dea
,
columbia college library
,
lit & Luz festival
,
mexico city
,
steve carell
,
nancy carell
,
stephen colbert
,
jordan klepper
,
Kaneji Domoto
,
acro cats
,
vittum theater
,
vic mensa
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Oct 5, 2017
Can Ashley Wheater sustain the Joffrey’s success?
The choreographer celebrates ten years as artistic director of the dance company. What might the next decade have in store?
By Miriam Finder Annenberg
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Ashley Wheater
,
Joffrey Ballet
,
Robert Joffrey
,
Gerald Arpino
,
Lyric Opera
,
Auditorium Theatre
,
Giselle
,
Royal Ballet School London
,
Lola de Ávila
,
Alexander Ekman
,
Jerome Robbins
,
Glass Pieces
,
Philip Glass
,
Jon Teeuwissen
,
Sid Smith
,
Hedy Weiss
,
Christopher Wheeldon
,
April Daly
,
Greg Cameron
,
Winning Works Choreographer Competition
,
Cleveland Orchestra
,
Cal Performances
Blogs
,
Bleader
Sep 11, 2017
Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Auditorium Theatre, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Greetings from Logan Square, the Customer is Always Right, Pinocchio, and more of the best things to do in Chicago the week of 9/11-9/14.
By Steve Heisler
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,
Do This
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ruth bader ginsburg
,
auditorium theatre
,
pinocchio
,
gene siskel film center
,
greetings from logan square
,
comfort station
,
karl ove Knausgaard
,
seminary co-op
,
having it all
,
9/11
,
howling
,
shane campbell gallery
,
tony lewis
,
customer is always right
,
annoyance theatre
Blogs
,
Bleader
Aug 14, 2017
Video
Illinois senate overrides Rauner's amendatory veto of the school funding bill, and other news
Also, hundreds of Chicagoans gathered Sunday to denounce racism and bigotry after the violence at a white supremacist march in Charlottesville.
By Kate Shepherd
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,
Did You Read __________?
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Chicago
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Illinois
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Illinois senate
,
Illinois house
,
Illinois General Assembly
,
Chicago Public Schools
,
Bruce Rauner
,
Illinois State Board of Education
,
Sam McCann
,
Election 2018
,
neo-Nazis
,
white nationalists
,
Charlottesville
,
Virginia
,
white supremacists
,
racism
,
bigotry
,
Ku Klux Klan
,
Nazis
,
Donald Trump
,
Don Harmon
,
Chance the Rapper
,
Bud Billiken Parade
,
Auditorium Theatre
,
Chicago Transit Authority
,
Rahm Emanuel
,
Andrew Warren
,
Wyndham Lathem
,
Trenton Cornell-Duranleau
,
Chicago Police Department
,
solar eclipse
,
Amtrak
,
Champaign
,
Carbondale
,
Video
Best of Chicago
,
Arts & Culture
Jun 22, 2017
Readers' Poll
Best venue for dance
Tags:
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Auditorium Theatre
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Readers' Poll
Blogs
,
Bleader
May 19, 2017
South Side Craft Beer Festival, Andersonville Wine Walk, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Prom-A-Llama 2017, Cheap Thrills market, and more happenings from May 19-21
By Brianna Wellen
Tags:
Arts
,
Do This
,
Prom-A-Llama 2017
,
1st Ward
,
Space
,
the Revival
,
Red Giselle
,
Auditorium Theatre
,
Cheap Thrills
,
Emporium Arcade Bar
,
South Side Craft Beer Festival
,
Baderbräu Brewing Company
,
Make X
,
MAke Magazine
,
Hideout
,
Norah Jones
,
Chicago Theatre
,
Turbulent Constellations
,
Andersonville Wine Walk
,
Sunday Salon Chicago
,
Riverview Tavern
Blogs
,
Bleader
May 8, 2017
‘Robot Revolution’ at MSI, Michelle Alexander and Naomi Klein in conversation, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Indie Boots Theater Festival, Bit Bash Takeover, and more happenings from May 8-11
By Brianna Wellen
Tags:
Arts
,
Do This
,
Feminist Happy Hour
,
Whistler
,
Indie Boots Theater Festival
,
Stage 773
,
Michelle Alexander
,
Naomi Klein
,
Auditorium Theatre
,
The Martian
,
Music Box
,
Jaimie Branch
,
Hideout
,
Farm to Table Dinner
,
Travelle
,
Scott Hesse's From the Inside Out
,
Fulton Street Collective
,
Robot Revolution
,
Museum of Science and Industry
,
Bit Bash Takeover
,
Emporium Arcade Bar
Blogs
,
Bleader
Apr 24, 2017
Welcome to Night Vale
, the Wine Stroll, and more things to do in Chicago this week
The Girl Talk, Chicago Cocktail Social, and more happenings from April 24-27.
By Brianna Wellen
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Arts
,
Do This
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Skepta
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Concord Music Hall
,
It's Happening
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Constellation
,
the Girl Talk
,
Hideout
,
Julia James
,
Lady Gregory's
,
Dressy Bessy
,
Subterranean
,
Welcome to Night Vale
,
Thalia Hall
,
Global Visionaries
,
Auditorium Theatre
,
Joffrey Ballet
,
Wine Stroll
,
Chicago Cocktail Social
,
Galleria Marchetti
,
Kiss & Tell
,
the Owl
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 20, 2017
Alvin Ailey, Journalism in the Age of Trump, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Dmitry Samarov's exhibit “In Taverns,”
Hidden Figures
Revealed, Drunk [Redacted] Talks, and more happenings from March 20-23
By Brianna Wellen
Tags:
Arts
,
Do This
,
Hume Chicago
,
In Taverns
,
Dmitry Samarov
,
Astronomy on Tap Chicago
,
Half Acre Tap Room
,
Panorama with Rick Kogan and Michael Miles
,
Hideout
,
Journalism in the Age of Trump
,
Univision News Studios
,
Ausar Bradley
,
Wire
,
Women Behind Bars
,
Women & Children First
,
Jeanette Hurt
,
Chicago Gives Back
,
the Empty Bottle
,
Alvin Ailey
,
Auditorium Theatre
,
Hidden Figures
,
DuSable Museum of African American History
,
Drunk [Redacted] Talks
,
Whistler
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 10, 2017
Avoid Saint Patrick’s Day in Chicago this weekend with works by Larry Clark at the MCA and more things to do
Louder Than a Bomb, the
We Watch Wrestling
podcast, Claudia Pop-Up dinner, and more happenings from March 10-12
By Brianna Wellen
Tags:
Arts
,
Do This
,
Too Much Fun Too
,
Quimby's
,
Strip Joker
,
Uptown Underground
,
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
,
20th anniversary
,
Bucket o Blood
,
Murder and Mayhem in Chicago
,
Roosevelt University
,
We Watch Wrestling
,
Beat Kitchen
,
Full Circle
,
Auditorium Theatre
,
Eternal Youth
,
Museum of Contemporary Art
,
Louder Than a Bomb
,
Metro
,
Young Chicago Authors
,
Claudia Pop-Up
Blogs
,
Bleader
Nov 18, 2016
Book Fort Fair, Hot Heels Club, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Dance Theatre of Harlem, Sub Chroma, and more happenings from November 18-20.
By Brianna Wellen
Tags:
Arts
,
Do This
,
Connect Hyde Park
,
Hot Heels Club
,
Chicago Athletic Association
,
Dance Theater of Harlem
,
Auditorium Theatre
,
Inspired By Social Issues
,
Bridgeport Art Center
,
Punk Then
,
Punk Now
,
Punk Forever
,
Quimby's
,
Book Fort Fair
,
Curbside Books & Records
,
Late Late Breakfast
,
Hideout
,
Sub Chroma
,
Canvas
,
Moonlight Studios
,
Vintage Garage Chicago
,
the Marrow
,
the Whistler
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