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- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Jun 17, 2020
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Summer camp is back—online and in person
Storytelling, circus arts, and social justice all find a place in youth training programs.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Feb 25, 2020
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Trinity Irish Dance Company plays at the intersection of American Traffic
A new work at the Auditorium combines Irish and African American dance traditions.
- City Life, Sightseeing Nov 20, 2019
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A trip back in time to the World’s Columbian Exposition
Travel tips for Chicago from 1893 (yes, you should tip your servers).
- Arts & Culture, Architecture Oct 16, 2019
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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.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Oct 2, 2019
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Roosevelt’s revolving door
In: a new Auditorium Theatre CEO; out: 16 board members, an associate dean, and the Joffrey Ballet
- Arts & Culture, Dance May 16, 2019
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The Pygmalion Effect takes the classic makeover myth to the ballroom
Eifman Ballet views the transformation through the lens of dance.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Nov 14, 2018
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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.
- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 19, 2018
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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.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Aug 17, 2018
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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.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jul 25, 2018
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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.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture May 8, 2018
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 20, 2018
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 9, 2018
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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
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Nov 21, 2017
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 16, 2017
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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
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Oct 5, 2017
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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?
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 11, 2017
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 14, 2017
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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.
- Best of Chicago, Arts & Culture Jun 22, 2017
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Best venue for dance
- Blogs, Bleader May 19, 2017
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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
- Blogs, Bleader May 8, 2017
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‘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
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 24, 2017
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 20, 2017
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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
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 10, 2017
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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
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 18, 2016
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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.
