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At the Perry Mansion Cultural Center, Sam Smith wants to reshape the narrative of black life in America

At the Perry Mansion Cultural Center, Sam Smith wants to reshape the narrative of black life in America

The culmination of his project will be a reconstruction of a slave ship in the museum’s basement.

By Tyra Nicole Triche

Top Stories

Art Review

Chicago artist Mika Horibuchi paints oil trompe-l’oeil replicas of her grandma’s watercolors

The result is an experiment in looking at the world through someone else’s eyes.

By Kate Sierzputowski
Art Feature

Brian Wells has quietly spent decades documenting the south side in oil paintings

The McKinley Park artist’s work will be on display at the Rainbo Club in September.

By Dmitry Samarov
On Culture

A lawsuit to prevent the Obama Presidential Center's ‘illegal land grab’ in Jackson Park is moving forward 3

The activist group Protect Our Parks claims that the city’s plan to turn 19 acres of Jackson Park over to the Obama Foundation is unconstitutional.

By Deanna Isaacs

Columns

On Culture

Was it socialism or a capitalist conspiracy that tanked Venezuela’s economy?

And why did Trump want to invade?

By Deanna Isaacs | 08.01.18
On Culture

Charles White finally gets his due with a retrospective at the Art Institute

His work was a corrective to the rampant misrepresentation of African-Americans in art and history.

By Deanna Isaacs | 07.03.18

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Event Search

Performing Arts

Bliss transports Greek tragedy to midcentury suburban America 1

More Performing Arts Reviews

Theater & Performance

The Infinite Wrench Neo-Futurarium
Stand-Up

The Blackout Diaries Lincoln Lodge 1
Improv/Sketch

The Armando Diaz Theatrical Experience & Hootennany iO Theater

Galleries & Museums

How we got those cute dogs to pose for our Road Trips Issue (hint: it involved broccoli)

More Visual Arts Reviews

Museums

The Forced Transfer National Cambodian Heritage Museum

Lit & Lectures

Fatimah Asghar’s first collection of poetry, If They Come for Us, is a warning about the consequences of ignoring history 1

More Lit Reviews

From the Archive

What Are You Wearing?

It's a Watch

Just Curious

By Kim Soss | 07.21.05
Performing Arts Sidebar

Moved by the Spirit

The Crossing

By Maura Troester | 04.18.96

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ThoughtPoet is on a mission to capture the beauty in black Chicago

By Matt Harvey | 08.17.18
Music, movement, and politics take root at the MCA Dance Fest

By Irene Hsiao | 08.17.18
Queen Key at Summer Smash and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

By Katie Powers | 08.17.18
Once a performer at Dance for Life, Hanna Brictson returns with her own company

By Oliver Sava | 08.17.18
With a confused Richard III, Muse of Fire goes out with a flicker

By Tony Adler | 08.17.18
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Yippie Fest, the successor to the dear departed Abbie Fest, comes back for a second year

By Jack Helbig | 08.17.18
The Fly Honey Show promises something for everyone—except minimalists

By Irene Hsiao | 08.16.18
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The inconsequential first half of Holding the Man is as hard to swallow as its devastating conclusion

By Justin Hayford | 08.16.18
Getting dizzy at Ravinia when the CSO plays Bernard Herrmann's Vertigo score

By Deanna Isaacs | 08.15.18
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How this got made: the award-winning 2017 Best of Chicago issue cover

By Sue Kwong and Danielle A. Scruggs | 08.14.18
Confest 2018 and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week

By Katie Powers | 08.13.18
BlacKkKlansman and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

By Tyra Nicole Triche | 08.10.18

Staff

Popular Stories

Feature

Meet Resurrection Mary, the ghost of Archer Avenue

Chet's Melody Lounge still pours a Bloody Mary for her every Sunday.

By Edward McClelland | 06.26.18
On Culture

A lawsuit to prevent the Obama Presidential Center's ‘illegal land grab’ in Jackson Park is moving forward 3

The activist group Protect Our Parks claims that the city’s plan to turn 19 acres of Jackson Park over to the Obama Foundation is unconstitutional.

By Deanna Isaacs | 08.17.18
Theater Review

The Fly Honey Show promises something for everyone—except minimalists

There's sex-positivity, body-positivity, whooping, hollering, and convulsing, all loud and proud.

By Irene Hsiao | 08.16.18
Art Feature

At the Perry Mansion Cultural Center, Sam Smith wants to reshape the narrative of black life in America

The culmination of his project will be a reconstruction of a slave ship in the museum’s basement.

By Tyra Nicole Triche | 08.17.18
Theater Review

With a confused Richard III, Muse of Fire goes out with a flicker 3

The company's attempts to play with gender dynamics just create confusion.

By Tony Adler | 08.17.18

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