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MCA’s Hubbard Street Dance Chicago danc(e)volve: New Works Festival Review: Crisp Choreography that Keeps You Wide-Eyed
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago dance(e)volve: New Works Festival was well named. Audiences were delighted by a living demonstration of intriguing movement vocabularies being developed and massaged
WEST SIDE STORY Review - A Truly Different Side
The youthful cast of 'West Side Story' does its best, but many of them are unable to give the story the focus it deserves
Collaboraction 13th Annual Sketchbook Review – Doing That “Crazy” Chicago Storefront Theater Thing
Collaboraction's 13th Annual Sketchbook Festival includes 14 World premieres--most very short. This festival pays homage to the creative spirit-- and especially those of theatrical bent in Chicago
Chicago Architecture Foundation Special Pivot Arts Festival Tour of Uptown – Imagining a Paris on the Prairie
Chicago Architecture Foundation gives an Uptown tour as part of the Pivot Arts Festival-- explaining the area's posh beginnings steeped in Vaudeville and prohibition history
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Review – Haydn, Martinů, Scriabin at the Flawless CSO Standard
Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Music Director Riccardo Muti grabs the baton to lead memorable performances of Haydn, an oboe concerto by Martinu, and Scriabin's "The Divine Poem"
Rivendell Theatre’s “The Electric Baby” Review - For Those Who Savor Metaphors
A car accident brings a long mourning middle aged couple into the world of parents of a baby who literally lights up the room, among others, in this folklore-laden tale of loss and recovery
Rush Hour Concerts presents Make Music Chicago | Friday, June 21 2013 | Schedule and Events | 98.7WFMT Broadcasts
Make Music Chicago! A completely free Musical Celebration across Chicago. Taking place on the first day of summer, Friday, June 21. 98.7WFMT Broadcasts throughout the Day. Bring your instruments or just watch and enjoy. Plenty of fun for everyone
An Evening With Herb Alpert & Lani Hall Review – An Evening of Memories and More
Herb Alpert and Lani Hall one-night only (June 2, 2013) performance at the Park West was terrific
MCA's Whisper Opera Review - A Bold Experiment in "Fragile" Music
The Whisper Opera is an experiment in "fragile" music commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art and reported by the composer to be part of his rumination on live performance vs. recordings
Par for the Corpse Review – You Won't Guess Who Did It
"Par for the Corpse", a homicidal comedy, by Jack Markey, is playing at the charming Oil Lamp Theater, in Glenview, Illinois
Francesca Anderegg and Brent Funderburk Dame Myra Hess Concert Review - Ravel, Maya and Bártok in Vibrant Musical Colors
Francesca Anderegg (Violin) and Brent Funderburk (Piano) perform Ravel, Moya, and Bartok at the Dame Myra Hess Simulcast with WFMT last Wednesday May 29, 2014 in Preston Bradley Hall of the Chicago Cultural Center
The Invasion of Skokie Review – Not What You Think
The Invasion of Skokie by Steven Peterson has its North Shore premiere at the Mayer Kaplan JCC of the Jewish Community Center of Chicago and plays through June 23, 2013
Pivot Multi-Arts Festival Preview - Cutting Edge and Fun Spirit of Vaudeville Can Be All Yours
Uptown and Edgewater are filled with fun and cutting edge entertainment in diverse venues from June 6 - 22, 2013 as part of Pivot Arts organization's community outreach
Ka-Tet Theatre Company’s “Smudge” Review - Provoking You to Re-Think Definitions of Life in Our Time
Ka-Tet Theater's "Smudge" Gives Everyone's Pre-Held Notions and Convictions About What Defines Life a Jolt
Cirque Shanghai Dragon's Thunder Review - Awesome Family Fun
Cirque Shanghai's Dragon's Thunder is nerve wracking, death defying family fun
Jazz-Play Studio Opening Party/Jam Review - Jazzin’- em in Evanston
On Sunday May 26th between 4 and 7pm, the opening jam session/party celebration of Jazz-Play Studio at Space 900 took place in Evanston and was a swinging event
City Winery Memorial Day Blue Grass Festival Review - Country Fun in the West Loop
The City Winery’s Memorial Day Blue Grass Festival brought to Chicago enough toe tapping yodeling fun to lighten the spirits of the most hardened music critic
Chicago Dramatists’ “Homecoming 1972” Review – Dissecting Stuck Lives
In "Homecoming 1972" we revisit a time when returning Vietnam Veterans could not find a place or way to feel normal.
Safety Last Review – Don’t Miss It
My husband and I just had to see Harold Lloyd's "Safety Last" playing only until May 27th at the Music Box Theatre. What a treat! Don't miss it
Striding Lion’s Dada Gert Review - Moving the Dada Zeitgeist to a Contemporary Context
Relive the Dada times in a multimedia performance inspired by the renegade German dance-theater-film artist Valeska Gert
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