Nancy Maes

The NEXT DANCE FESTIVAL presents a potpourri of many of the possibilities of the ways the human body can move. Young people can get a sampling of these at two...

It seems almost sacrilegious to fiddle with Saint-Exupery's "The Little Prince," but Jeffrey Lunden and Arthur Perlman have created a delightful stage adaptation with whimsical songs inspired by composers such...

This "Romeo and Juliet" is a humorous, insightful look at the trials and tribulations of contemporary pre-teenagers in love. Jimmy is too shy to tell pretty, popular Abigail that he...

The Chicago International Children's Film Festival celebrates its 16th year with screenings of features, shorts and animated films as well as workshops to teach youngsters the techniques of filmmaking. Here...

Some magical things happen in the life of fictional character Harry Potter, but something else quite marvelous involving the book series about him is happening on the North Shore: The...

When is a plant not a plant? When it is an animal, of course, and the Chicago Botanic Garden has 13 of them plants shaped and trimmed to resemble much-larger-than-life-size...

"I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X," Runamuck Productions' stage adaptation of Bruce Coville's novel, features an array of zany sci-fi characters with tongue-twisting names. The ones on the side...

Karen Cushman's Newbery Honor book, "Catherine Called Birdy," takes place in England during the Middle Ages, but its strong-willed young female protagonist is a good role model for today's assertive...

`Coyote and His Brothers' at Chicago Playworks: In this politically correct era it would seem foolhardy for artists who are not Native Americans to present a play based on that...

In a powerful production by Chicago Playworks of "Steal Away Home," prejudice and a sense of justice collide. The play, by Aurand Harris, depicts the journey of two young slaves...