60 Things to Do in Chicago in February
Feb. 1 Pop Cashmere Cat Uptown This Norwegian producer and DJ counts Malia Obama among his fans (many spotted the former first daughter at his 2016 Lollapalooza set). Born Magnus...
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‘Blue’ production inspired by Evanston playwright’s health, life journey
At age 13, Skokie native Daniel Noonan says he was diagnosed HIV positive, infected by a blood transfusion he'd received to combat hemophilia. "In the 1980s, it seemed like everyone...
New Play Tackles 1960s Cold War Fears from a Queer Perspective
The artistic director of American Theater Company and the We’re Gonna Be Okay playwright discuss bomb shelters, handsome drifters, and more.
58 Things to Do in Chicago in January
Jan. 1 Recreation New Year’s Day 5K Lincoln Park Consider this rain-or-shine jaunt through Lincoln Park a down payment on your lofty New Year’s resolutions. The breakfast buffet at the...
How to Make a Scrooge Fly
Flight director Andrea Gentry gives the Goodman's Christmas Carol wings.
Skokie theater director’s ‘Red Velvet’ on stage at Chicago Shakespeare
Barely five years out of college, Skokie resident Tyrone Phillips has had the kind of impact on Chicago's "theatrosphere" that usually takes artists a decade or more to make. When...
Skokie theater director gets Chicago Shakespeare experience with ‘Red Velvet’
Barely five years out of college, Skokie resident Tyrone Phillips has had the kind of impact on Chicago's "theatrosphere" that usually takes artists a decade or more to make. When...
58 Things to Do in Chicago in December
Chicago Elite Classic Photo: Nuccio DiNuzzo/baiduhai Dec. 1 Rock Bitchin Bajas Lake View After an extended stint working on collaborative albums (one with Joshua Abrams’s Natural Information Society and...
An Intimacy Designer Ensures Fake Sex Is Safe Sex
How do you fake an intimate massage? An on-stage orgasm? We spoke with the woman behind In the Next Room: The Vibrator Play.
Shout Out: Austin Tichenor
For six-year Glencoe resident Austin Tichenor, Shakespeare is a way of life. A managing partner of the Reduced Shakespeare Company along with Reed Martin, Tichenor moves from the stage to...