Kerry Reid
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Chicago, IL, United States
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Performance art on film, 1919, and more
Steppenwolf for Young Adults brings its acclaimed production of 1919, J. Nicole Brooks’s stage adaptation of Eve L. Ewing’s poems about the “Red Summer” race riots and white supremacy in […] → Read More
Survivor stories
Theatre Above the Law offers a second round of fractured Grimm Brother fairy tales focusing on loss and redemption. → Read More
Cookies, dancing, Louder Than a Mom
Things to do in Chicago including Louder Than a Mom storytelling event at Martyrs, a cookie competition in Garfield Ridge, and more. → Read More
Soul food, International Voices Project, Perturbator, Glassing
Shows and activities tonight in Chicago including Monday Night Foodball soul food pop-up at Kedzie Inn and noise at Park West and Beat Kitchen. → Read More
Ableton demos, Sweeney Todd, and more
Chicago events for Thursday 9/8 including audio production, Sweeney Todd at the Chopin, and Mexican wrestler films from the 60s. → Read More
Ballet, salsa, and trivia
SummerDance at Portage Park, Hideout Trivia, and Ballet 5:8 at Colvin House are some of our suggestions for Chicago things to do. → Read More
Otro Ritmo, Jazz Fest, and more
Kick off the weekend with these Chicago things to do: punk rock in Bridgeport, Babes With Blades, and Jazz Fest. → Read More
Sapphire and Crystals, Funeral Potatoes, and more
Monday's events in Chicago include art from the longtime African American women artists collective Sapphire and Crystals at Bridgeport Art Center. → Read More
Chinatown hip-hop, Summer Skate, Dracula, and dance
Events to add to your calendar on Friday night including a skating party at McKinley Park, Hip Hop in Chinatown festival, and more. → Read More
Youth art, Slo ’Mo, and more
Things to do today in Chicago: youth art in Little Village, Slo 'Mo, reggaeton and industrial at Empty Bottle, and plays at Jimmy Beans. → Read More
Jail support, political consultants, and The Bat
Things to do this week in Chicago including a teach-in from Chicago Community Jail Support, silent films at Comfort Station, and more. → Read More
Blasian March, Laughing Song, Dummy, and Giallo Gelato
Blasian March in downtown Chicago plus outdoor theater in Lawndale and more to do this weekend. → Read More
Queens of the road
There's some narrative dust in the gears, but Mercury Theater's Priscilla Queen of the Desert still offers many roadworthy moments. → Read More
Taste, watch, and find your homeland
Recommended Chicago events and activities for the next seven days including plays, music festivals, dance performances, and more. → Read More
Out of this world fun
A classic sci-fi film is transformed into a tongue-in-cheek musical with Chicago Shakespeare's It Came From Outer Space. → Read More
Siah Berlatsky shakes up Shakespeare
Siah Berlatsky makes her professional debut as a playwright with Malapert Love at Artistic Home. → Read More
Taking the drama and dance outdoors
Great performances in the great outdoors are a perk of the summer theater and dance season. → Read More
Tonys, tech awards, and terpsichore
Lots of behind-the-scenes news in Chicago theater, and some well-deserved plaudits to note as well this week! At the Tony Awards this past Sunday, longtime Chicago sound designer and composer Mikhail Fiksel took home the top prize for his work on Lucas Hnath’s drama Dana H., which ran locally at the Goodman in fall of […] → Read More
Get on the bus
Free Street envisions an alternative to the school-to-prison pipeline in their latest ensemble-created show. → Read More
The incredible journey
Brian Quijada's world premiere musical views his mother's immigration story through the lens of The Wizard of Oz. → Read More