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63 Things to Do in Chicago in August

July 2, 2026 at 3:51 p.m.

Windy City Rubber Duck Derby Photo: Anthony Souffle/baiduhai Aug. 1–29 Art Floating Museum Chicago River Hyde Park sculptor Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford and South Shore multimedia artist Faheem Majeed launch their...

Woody introduces the gang to a homemade spork toy with self-esteem issues in "Toy Story 4."
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Chicago Dance Crash tries on ‘Oz’ for its 15th birthday

July 2, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

It feels like a long time ago that a band of dance misfits formed Chicago Dance Crash — smooshing dance forms together to create a unique fusion style that has...

‘New Dances’ is end of the beginning, the final performance for Thodos Dance

July 2, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

Thodos Dance Chicago's performance in the "Made in Chicago" series at the Auditorium Theatre in March marked the end of the group's run as an ensemble company, after artistic director...

Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Head to SummerDance, you’ll be a needed ‘citizen dancer’

July 2, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

"I think it's fair to say that dance in Chicago will not suffer under the new commissioner's work," said Mark Kelly just before we ended our phone conversation. After more...

Review: Chicago Tap’s spacey ‘Changes’ has big themes, daffy plot, Bowie and lasers

May 22, 2019 at 9:54 a.m.

Chicago Tap Theatre's "Changes," now at Stage 773, is a full-length narrative tap dance set to the music of David Bowie. There's not nearly enough space on Stage 773's tiny...

63 Great Things to Do in Chicago in July

July 2, 2026 at 3:56 p.m.

The best things to do in Chicago this month, selected by our critics

Ensemble Espanol’s ‘Raices’ shows flamenco’s roots and mostly moves beyond the fans and ruffles

May 22, 2019 at 9:54 a.m.

Flamenco is a quintessential element of Spanish culture: the women's long, ruffled skirts, the men's machismo, the fans, the scarves and the ferociously fast rhythms of Spanish dancers' feet are...

‘Going Dutch’ fest for female artistry ends up in Elgin

May 22, 2019 at 9:54 a.m.

There's a running joke at Side Street Studio Arts that every time Erin Rehberg hears a good idea, Elgin gets a new arts festival. Rehberg, an Elgin native, opened Side...

Dancing the beauty of utility in site-specific works at Pivot Arts Fest

May 22, 2019 at 9:53 a.m.

For two weeks in June, the Pivot Arts Festival presents artists of all disciplines in unconventional spaces throughout the North Side. Director Julieanne Ehre created the festival to bring attention...

Review: Stomping Grounds at its best when it’s dancing out in the neighborhoods

May 22, 2019 at 9:53 a.m.

Friday marked the conclusion of Chicago Human Rhythm Project's two-month-long rhythmic dance festival called Stomping Grounds. A celebratory performance at the newly renovated Studebaker Theater inside the Fine Arts Building...

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