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Flights of fancy: New bird show at Brookfield Zoo and other summer events

April 6, 2019 at 12:09 a.m.

Brookfield Zoo's latest show with animals is "Festival of Flight" and features avian stars — from everyday chickens to endangered blue-throated macaws. During the 30-minute performance, senior trainer Jose Bello...

Horrors of Montreal shooting live on in ‘December Man’

May 9, 2019 at 5:20 a.m.

Given the ever-expanding and soul-numbing roll call of spree-shooting massacres in the United States — Columbine to Aurora to Sandy Hook — the name "Marc Lepine" probably barely registers. But...

Untold Irish history in “Belfast Girls” by Artemisia Theatre

May 9, 2019 at 5:20 a.m.

The story of the Irish potato famine has been recounted exhaustively, but in America we mostly hear about it as the opening of the floodgates of Irish immigration to the...

David Martinez works on his bird puppet at Swift Elementary School in Chicago in preparation for the Pivot Art Festival. The work will be used in the festival's parade May 30, beginning at 1 p.m. at Loyola's St. Ignatius Plaza.

Pivot Arts, a fest for those who mix their mediums

May 23, 2019 at 9:39 p.m.

Pivot Arts Festival enters its third year on Thursday with a 10-day line-up of events spread throughout the Uptown, Edgewater and Rogers Park neighborhoods — puppetry to dance, spoken word...

Summer Theater Guide: 40 essential shows for the 2015 season

May 25, 2019 at 12:39 p.m.

We get it. Between all the outdoor festivals and the sporting events and replenishing your supply of Vitamin D at the beach, it's tough to find time to go to...

Hilariously tasteless ‘Miracle!’ by Hell in a Handbag

May 9, 2019 at 5:20 a.m.

The Savages of Chicago get fictionalized next season on ABC as "The Real O'Neals," in which a close-knit Catholic family turns topsy-turvy when the youngest son — based on author...

All-girl rock mythology in ‘Another Kind of Love: A Punk Rock Play’

May 9, 2019 at 5:20 a.m.

The recent HBO documentary "Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck" gave a piquant and forlorn glimpse into the tortured soul of the Nirvana frontman. But though Cobain and Courtney Love's daughter,...

‘Ghost Gardens’: A Detroit neighborhood’s hopes

May 9, 2019 at 5:20 a.m.

Earlier this week, a team of biologists and social researchers released a study that suggests being poor literally ages people at the cellular level. And of course they found their...

‘The Drowning Girls’: Wives get a chance to tell their stories

May 9, 2019 at 5:20 a.m.

Dr. Crippen and H.H. Holmes, have you met George Joseph Smith? Perhaps you might know him as Henry Williams. Or John Lloyd. Whatever you call him, you must recognize him...

Grief and memories in ‘Divine Order of Becoming’

May 9, 2019 at 5:20 a.m.

As anyone who has lost a loved one can attest, memories are both friend and foe. We want to remember and fear forgetting. After all, if we can't find them...

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