Clifford Terry

A concert reading dedicated to the works of a popular contemporary writer who died in her prime-plus culinary offerings inspired by her Gourmet magazine column-will mark the 1993-94 season's final...

One of the small gems in Chicago entertainment circles these days is a performance-arts production called "I'm Sweating Under My Breasts." Since early November, the first venture for Pretzelrod Productions...

Three set designers chosen as the first recipients of the Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration will be honored April 18. The winners are Linda Buchanan, who...

Thirty years ago, Orson Welles wrote and directed "The Trial," a starkly photographed adaptation of Franz Kafka's posthumously published 1925 novel. It was, Welles proclaimed, "the best film I have...

A modest motion picture, "Twenty Bucks," marks the very modest feature directorial debut of Keva Rosenfeld, a veteran documentary filmmaker who perhaps should just stick to the facts. Touted as...

As parents who have recently visited a son or daughter can well attest, a college dormitory can be a frightening place, serving up all kinds of sounds and, especially, smells....

Ballet Chicago will present "An Inside Look at `Hansel and Gretel,' " a sneak preview of a classic full-length story ballet, at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday in the auditorium of the...

"Monkey Trouble" is one of the those movies that matches up a child and an animal-the old W.C. Fieldsian double-dip from hell. In this case, it is the story of...

A series of photographs focusing on the buildings of esteemed 19th Century New England architect Henry Hobson Richardson has been put on display at the Arts Club of Chicago. Included...

Staged readings of George Bernard Shaw's comedy-tragedy "The Doctor's Dilemma" will be offered the next three Sunday afternoons by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. The idea goes back to...