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Strawdog Theatre Company's immersive season opener is a bold choice though one that stops short of creating a communal experience.

At American Blues Theater, Pearl Cleage's stunning historical melodrama remains an essential addendum to the history of American expansion.

A redux of Terrance McNally's less-than-successful "Broadway, Broadway," Pride Films and Plays' production reminds us just what's in a name: quite a lot.

A vital exhibition of photographs offering an unparalleled look at Chicago's coming of age.

A diverse array of works reveal the hidden histories of revolutionary women.

Porchlight Music Theatre launches its 2018/19 season with the dazzle and awe of a shooting star.

Fake's architectonic abstractions lay bare our inveterate insides.

Libra: You have been waiting and waiting to understand a project that you set in motion many moons ago. Soon you will finally formulate the question your project has been the answer to.

This handsome tome boasts an expansive array scholarship on the art history of Chicago and interviews with artists, curators, historians and other cultural workers.

Tere O'Connor's new work finds its thematic roots in complexity, and tenders a paired down, aesthetic sparsity that concurrently riles and calms through carefully cultivated structures and forms.

Six pics from the Film Fest, with local filmmaker highlights.

Make Room, T'Challa: Jimmy de las Rosas is coming to town (and Free Street Theater)!

Trap Door Theatre’s staging of “Naked” by Luigi Pirandello is a little bit too close to reality to warrant production.

As far as I can tell, this place has never been reviewed by any of Chicago’s major print publications. It has, however, been praised by many people online. Grubhub, for instance, gives it the top rating of five stars based on almost 3500 individual reviews. People like it; publications ignore it.

The most arresting moments in “Odeon” were the most intimate, with direct play between the music and movement.

The discreet charm of the nerdoisie.

The cumulative power of Gosling’s performance, of Chazelle’s determination, smothered me.

Paul Greengrass again shows a community battling together against a shared threat.

A chronicle of Chicago’s racial segregation and the resistance of students, parents, educators and activists who refuse to be silenced in the face of injustice.

A young immigrant's odyssey toward adulthood.

Libra: Give more power to what you can imagine than to what you already know.

Just two people looking at each other in tender, grateful terror.

Good movie. Here you go! Good movie!

As ARC Gallery turns forty-five this fall, current and former members reflect on the legacy and present of Chicago's longest-running feminist alternative space.

Subtle gestures and silent citations attempt to make meaning from the vagaries of neoliberal labor and commerce.

Short stories like literary baklava—a layered pleasure.

Sculpture and installation flourish as Chicago welcomes cooler climes.

In a gallery-wide installation, a resident artist weaves disposable plastics into markers of time and materials of intimacy

Libra: The most successful people in life recognize they create their own love. You're primed for a breakthrough in your ability to create your own fate.

The message here is clear: you can't stay high forever. Humor ultimately gives way to sadness and vice versa.

How bored are you? Lots. Here are five cures for that in October.

Chicago International turns fifty-four; David Gordon Green (and Danny McBride) retool Halloween; snapping Garry Winogrand; Robert Greene confronts historical documentary; "Wanda" is a one-off for the ages.

There's a new generation of celluloid savants in town.

A handful of the many great events going on in October.

There's a lot happening in Chicago's design scene this October—here's our Top 5.

Teen Dream on an Insane Clown outing

The Weaving Mill: Local textiles hand-made with natural fibers and great attention to detail.

Dreams do to the subconscious what poetry does to the waking mind: it unlocks parts of our souls that we might not otherwise know about.

FoodShare, the Greater Chicago Food Depository, Food Lifeline and City Harvest are just a few of the intermediaries between those who prepare food and those who need it. There are many out there.

Libra: Biologists are constantly unearthing new species. You'll be making metaphorically comparable discoveries in the coming weeks.