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Music, Music Feature Aug 6, 2019
Who is Lollapalooza for?

The megafestival brought the big names on its 2019 lineup, but could it do more to engage the Chicago fans and artists who make this such a great city for music?
- By Aaron Allen
- Tags: Music Feature, Lollapalooza, Grant Park, Calboy, 21 Savage, Smino, Saba, Childish Gambino, J Balvin, Tierra Whack, Lil Wayne, Lil Baby, Chance the Rapper, The Big Day, Envy Me, Bucket List Project, Care for Me, Monster, Whack World, Gloria, Wisin y Yandel, Vibras, J.I.D, Dreamville Records, Earthgang, Masego, Meek Mill, Rosalía, ComplexCon Chicago, Polo G

Arts & Culture, Theater Review May 22, 2019
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a bombastic retelling of the original monster novel

This is the fourth adaptation this year, if you're still keeping track.
- By Irene Hsiao
- Tags: Theater Review, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Lookingglass Theatre, David Catlin, Mary Shelley, Romantic writers, Percy Bysshe Shelley, monster

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Sep 20, 2018
Lifeline Theatre’s Frankenstein reduces Mary Shelley’s cosmic struggle to a therapy session

It fails to pay tribute to the big questions raised by the classic novel celebrating its bicentennial this year.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Theater Review, Frankenstein, Lifeline Theatre, Mary Shelley, Robert Kauzlaric, Paul S. Holmquist, Ann Sonneville, Blake Edwards, Victor/Victoria, Chris Hainsworth, grief, monster, Frankenstein bicentennial, year of Frankenstein

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Feb 22, 2017
The Invention of Morel, Monster, and 13 more new stage shows

A world-premiere opera by Stewart Copeland and a Steppenwolf for Young Adults production are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, At the Table, Michael Perlman, Spencer Davis, Broken Nose Theatre, By the Bog of Cats, John Mossman, Marina Carr, Kristin Collins, Elise Wolf, Tim Musachio, Caroline Dodge Latta, The Artistic Home, The Fantasticks, Quest Theatre Ensemble, Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt, Kent Joseph, Sara Cate Langham, The Invention of Morel, Stewart Copeland, the Police, Jonathan Moore, Chicago Opera Theater, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Andrew Wilkowske, Lee Gregory, Fulcrum Point New Music Project, Andreas Mitisek, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Shakespeare, Love's Labors Lost, Marti Maraden, Kevin Depinet, Allen Gilmore, Shakespeare All-Stars Theatre Company, Macbeth, Ellen Cribbs, Erika Lebby, Maggie Miller, Arin Mulvaney, Chris Lesy, Merrick Robison, Clark Bender, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus—Live!, Amadeo Fusca, John Gray, Steppenwolf for Young Adults, Monster, Walter Dean Myers, Aaron Carter, Hallie Gordon, Daniel Kyri, Black Ensemble, My Brother's Keeper: The Story of the Nicholas Brothers, Rueben D. Echoles, Shari Adams, Vincent Jordan, Accomplice Theatre, Nameless Mountains, Megan Donahue, Courtney Abbott, Jake Kaufman, Laura Coleman, Chelsea David, Nevermind, It's Nothing, Chicago Slam Works, Teagan Walsh-Davis, Kyla Norton, Shelley Elaine Geiszler, First Floor Theater, Hutch Pimentel, Peerless, Jiehae Park, William Boles, Arnel Sancianco, the Gift Theatre, Unseen, Mona Mansour, Maureen Payne-Hahner, Alexandra Main, Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett, Tympanic Theatre Company, Aaron Mays, Christopher Acevedo, Felipe Carrasco, Christian Castro, Endgame

Film, Movie Review Jan 28, 2015
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Jennifer Aniston finds her inner ugly in Cake

The veteran comic actress takes the dramatic plunge as a woman incapacitated by pain.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Cake, drama, Jennifer Aniston, Daniel Barnz I Frances, Monster, The Hours, Jessica Lange, Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Dec 8, 2010
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Kanye's Beautiful Dark Twisted Rape Fantasy

Kanye's upcoming video for "Monster" appears to have a serious problem.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Kanye, Kanye West, Monster, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, hip-hop, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, Julian Assange, video, politics, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 7, 2008
The sickness unto election day: That monster in you makes me retch

Samantha Power: "You just look at [Hillary] and think: ergh."
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Politics, Barack Obama, Cass Sunstein, Monster, Hillary Clinton, Martha Nussbaum, Samantha Power, Austan Goolsbee

Blogs, Bleader Sep 22, 2006
Meg & Dia & My Disappointment

Meg & Dia are not so good
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Crickets, Meg & Dia, Emo, Monster

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Who is Lollapalooza for?

The megafestival brought the big names on its 2019 lineup, but could it do more to engage the Chicago fans and artists who make this such a great city for music?

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a bombastic retelling of the original monster novel

This is the fourth adaptation this year, if you're still keeping track.

Lifeline Theatre’s Frankenstein reduces Mary Shelley’s cosmic struggle to a therapy session

It fails to pay tribute to the big questions raised by the classic novel celebrating its bicentennial this year.

The Invention of Morel, Monster, and 13 more new stage shows

A world-premiere opera by Stewart Copeland and a Steppenwolf for Young Adults production are among this week's best bets.

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Jennifer Aniston finds her inner ugly in Cake

The veteran comic actress takes the dramatic plunge as a woman incapacitated by pain.

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Kanye's Beautiful Dark Twisted Rape Fantasy

Kanye's upcoming video for "Monster" appears to have a serious problem.

The sickness unto election day: That monster in you makes me retch

Samantha Power: "You just look at [Hillary] and think: ergh."

Meg & Dia & My Disappointment

Meg & Dia are not so good

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The megafestival brought the big names on its 2019 lineup, but could it do more to engage the Chicago fans and artists who make this such a great city for music?

This is the fourth adaptation this year, if you're still keeping track.

It fails to pay tribute to the big questions raised by the classic novel celebrating its bicentennial this year.

A world-premiere opera by Stewart Copeland and a Steppenwolf for Young Adults production are among this week's best bets.

The veteran comic actress takes the dramatic plunge as a woman incapacitated by pain.

Kanye's upcoming video for "Monster" appears to have a serious problem.

Samantha Power: "You just look at [Hillary] and think: ergh."

Meg & Dia are not so good

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