Achy Obejas

At first, you might not notice the absence of voices: There are bursts of laughter, the clicking of silverware, popping noises from beer cans opening and the slapping of glasses...

We have a smattering of things this week that we don't think you should miss: - The Nights of the Blue Rider, the marathon performance series in Pilsen, continues this...

Gloria Estefan Abriendo Puertas (Epic) (star) (star) (star) (star) Though "Abriendo Puertas" is nominally a Christmas album, Estefan embraces her Latino identity and creates brand new music--combining vallenato, son, cumbia,...

`I think of David Hauptschein as Chicago's best unproduced playwright," says Dan Sauer, who's putting his money where his mouth is: He's producing the Annual David Hauptschein Theatre Festival, which...

For the longest time, says Mario Siperman, the keyboardist with Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, all that rock bands in Latin America really did were covers of American and British hits. "They...

Luther Allison Blue Streak (Alligator) (star) (star) (star) (star) Ensconced in France for more than a decade--certainly long enough to erode his once-formidable stateside profile--former Chicago blues guitarist Luther Allison...

Don't look for any exotic drums or weird percussion instruments around Yuval Gabay when Soul Coughing returns to the Metro Friday night. Not even a DUMBEK, the only drum Gabay...

Matthew Owens often fantasizes about what life would be like without pets. "I could stay out all night," he says with a laugh, "and not worry." Owens, best known around...

Mathew Wilson and Eduardo Martinez-Almaral have about two or three hours worth of material for "Liberty," their new show. For most performers that would suffice--in fact, it might be too...

Pablo Milanes Origenes (PM) (star) (star) (star) (star) This--the last recording project for PM Records--is a thing of beauty. Written, produced and sung by Pablo Milanes, probably the Cuban Revolution's...