Nancy Maes

It's not easy finding plays for an African-American children's theater, so when Nora Brooks Blakely, the artistic director and producer for Chocolate Chips Theatre Company, came across a book called...

THE NAJWA DANCE CORPS will bring dance history to the stage when its members present a pieces from various West African ethnic groups at the Du Sable Museum of African...

Chicago-area parents can show children what fun was like when they were kids at RIVERVIEW REMEMBERED: A NIGHT OF NOSTALGIA at the Gateway Theater. There, Riverview fans can watch slides...

More than a dozen alumni of the Piven Theatre's Young People's Company, including John Cusack and his sister Joan, are involved in the film "Grosse Point Blank." Audiences can see...

As part the Chicago Public Library's celebration of ASIAN/PACIFIC HERITAGE MONTH, Lea Atiq will tell stories and talk about the masks she's made, including a frightening Balinese clown mask. Atiq...

The Art Institute of Chicago has a famous painting of St. George and the dragon in its permanent collection, so Beth Horner will come to tell the story of this...

"Hansel and Gretel," in the production by the Children's Theatre Fantasy Orchard, is the traditional Grimm Brothers' story told with dramatic flair. It is a fascinating illustration of the varied...

When a group of four children and four adults got together to create a show called "Land of the Stage," inspired by the art of improvisation, the kids had some...

To be 40 years old may seem quite ancient to children, but when the OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF fOLK MUSIC celebrates its 40th anniversary with a birthday party for families,...

The Grimm Brothers' fairy tale "THE GOLDEN GOOSE" is a familiar one. It tells about a simpleton whose generosity helps him win the hand of the princess. It will be...