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<i>Nasty, Brutish & Short</i> showcases work from the Puppeteers of Color Incubator

Nasty, Brutish & Short showcases work from the Puppeteers of Color Incubator

“Puppeteers make inanimate things into sentient beings.”

By Catey Sullivan

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Theater Review

Familiar finds the pulsing, beating heart of a Zimbabwean-American family in Minnesota

In Danai Gurira’s new play, characters cling to their culture, even as they assimilate into America.

By Sheri Flanders
Arts

See it now: 'The Many Hats of Ralph Arnold'

There's time to catch "The Many Hats of Ralph Arnold" at the Museum of Contemporary Photography

By Deanna Isaacs
Theater Review

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More than a century after its Paris premiere, Cendrillon comes to the Lyric

The archly sophisticated production was worth the wait.

By Deanna Isaacs

Columns

On Culture

Columbia College’s part-time faculty union goes after its own, summoning members to appear before a mysterious tribunal

It’s also been without a contract for more than a year.

By Deanna Isaacs | 12.10.18
On Culture

A peek behind the orange door into the Thoma Art Foundation’s dazzling stash

Or the perks of having your own private museum.

By Deanna Isaacs | 11.23.18

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Performing Arts

SnowGirls puts the X back in Xmas 4

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Theater & Performance

The Infinite Wrench Neo-Futurarium
Stand-Up

Lincoln Lodge Lincoln Lodge 2
Theater & Performance

Peter Pan Mercury Theater Chicago

Galleries & Museums

'African-American Designers in Chicago' is an important corrective to art history 1

More Visual Arts Reviews

Museums

The Forced Transfer National Cambodian Heritage Museum

Lit & Lectures

The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt tells the story of the philosopher’s life and thoughts in pictures 2

More Lit Reviews

From the Archive

Performing Arts Sidebar

Faded Glory

Yuragi: In A Space of Perpetual Motion/Sankai Juku at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, November 26 and 27

By Joseph Houseal | 12.05.96
Book Review

Martin Amis confronts Saul Bellow's Chicago

The British novelist discusses the ‘loud, brilliant, and mean’ city of his literary hero

By J.C. Gabel | 10.27.11

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Inside SAIC’s Bio Art Lab, where art is life—literally

By Paul Dailing | 05.00 PM
A lot goes right in The Play That Goes Wrong

By Jack Helbig | 06.00 AM
The Santaland Diaries hilariously exposes the ugly underbelly of the holiday season

By Sheri Flanders | 06.00 AM
The cleverest part of Bite Size Broadway is the title

By Jack Helbig | 12.11.18
The Chicago hat is definitely the best part of The Princess Switch

By Brianna Wellen and Leor Galil | 12.11.18
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The Joffrey’s Nutcracker abandons plot, pathos, and palatable choreography in favor of special effects

By Irene Hsiao | 12.10.18
Lit (and food) recs for the politically minded Chicagoan

By Kate Schmidt | 12.10.18
The Field Museum's Native North American Hall starts to ask who it represents

By Josh Rios | 12.07.18
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Two years after Greg Allen pulled Too Much Light, the Neo-Futurists continue with The Infinite Wrench

By Justin Hayford | 12.07.18
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The Book of Merman won't win many converts

By Albert Williams | 12.07.18
2
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins gives Jewish kids their own inispid holiday show

By Max Maller | 12.07.18
2
Midsommer Flight makes its annual Twelfth Night excursion to the Lincoln Park Conservatory

By Irene Hsiao | 12.06.18

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Art Feature

Inside SAIC’s Bio Art Lab, where art is life—literally

In a basement below Michigan Avenue, poetry turns into viruses and yeast into music.

By Paul Dailing | 12.12.18
Theater Review

Recommended
A lot goes right in The Play That Goes Wrong

But it's the set that steals the show.

By Jack Helbig | 12.12.18
Dance

The Joffrey’s Nutcracker abandons plot, pathos, and palatable choreography in favor of special effects

The most memorable dances, unfortunately, are the most offensive.

By Irene Hsiao | 12.10.18
On Culture

Columbia College’s part-time faculty union goes after its own, summoning members to appear before a mysterious tribunal 5

It’s also been without a contract for more than a year.

By Deanna Isaacs | 12.10.18
Theater Review

Recommended
The Santaland Diaries hilariously exposes the ugly underbelly of the holiday season

Though maybe the script could stand a few updates.

By Sheri Flanders | 12.12.18

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