By Lori Dana The “dog days” of summer have arrived in Chicago bringing with them some unique challenges for our city’s premiere outdoor music event. The Grant Park Music Festival has garnered press and public[…]
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Luftwerk | solarise: a sea of all colors @ Garfield Park Conservatory ~ New Light meets Classic Landscapes
Luftwerk | solarise: a sea of all colors Photo Essay by Venus Zarris Art is storytelling and Luftwerk, the collaborative creations of Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero, takes the architecturally organic story created in the[…]
The Grant Park Music Festival ~ 80th Anniversary Season
As Its 80th Anniversary Season Winds Down, The Grant Park Music Festival Still Has Some “Wow Factor” For Late Season Audiences By Lori Dana Since Chicago labor organizer James C. Petrillo first envisioned it, as[…]
Offenbach’s La Vie Parisienne @ NEIU
By Lori Dana There has been much commentary in the press lately on the vibrant state of opera in Chicago. In a time when smaller regional opera companies are closing their doors, and major national[…]
79th Grant Park Music Festival Opens Tonight!
79th Grant Park Music Festival Opens Tonight! By Lori Dana A dramatic program, culminating in the dark sweep of Peter Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36, should prove a suitably grand outing[…]
Polish Bar – Now Available VOD!
Polish Bar – Now Available VOD! A brilliant team of filmmakers and actors, including a great deal of Chicago’s best talent, join writer/director Ben Berkowitz for his powerful feature film Polish Bar. Set and filmed exclusively[…]
Sex, Death and Two Nights at the Opera
By Lori Dana We are incredibly lucky to have not one, but two world-class opera companies in the city of Chicago. With the recent demise of the New York City Opera, not even the home[…]
Sandy Hook Benefit Silent Art Auction – Through January 9, 2013
(“Tiana, Salton Sea” (Silver Gelatin Print) Limited Edition of 25 (signed and numbered by artist) Size: 8″ x 10″ By: Bj Formento) Sandy Hook Benefit Silent Art Auction – Through January 9, 2013 Shortly after[…]
DEATHSCRIBE 2012: FEAR creates the BEST Holiday CHEER!
Feature and Photo Essay by Venus Zarris Once again, WildClaw Theatre saves the best of the year for the end of the year and gives us something to be happy about, other than the over-hyped[…]
Ringling Brothers Circus – The Saddest Show on Earth
Ringling Brothers Circus – The Saddest Show on Earth By Venus Zarris As a theater writer in Chicago for the past ten years, I have seen actors endure a great deal of sacrifice and even[…]