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We’re all getting used to cutting loose and having fun again. We've got you covered with the best things to eat, drink and do in Chicago.
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TwoSet Violin pulls a young, enthusiastic audience to Symphony Center: ‘Classical music can compete with brainrot’
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Brett Yang and Eddy Chen said when they started out, everyone was skeptical they could pull off live concerts blending comedy with classical music. They now have millions of YouTube subscribers.
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Column: Say hello to the latest Netflix ‘Monster,’ the creepy Ed Gein of Wisconsin
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Like some, I knew the basics of Gein’s life and crimes, a lonely and shy Wisconsin farm boy with an alcoholic father. Watch if you like, but be aware that the story is heavily fictionalized.
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Nick Offerman’s life is a circus. It’s also a rousing manifesto against AI.
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His busy schedule includes a new book that is “guide to tools and tomfoolery,” plus a Netflix miniseries about a presidential assassination
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Broadway musicians vote to authorize strike, following Actors’ Equity
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The Great White Way will surely go dark if a deal isn’t struck between Broadway producers and another one of its most important labor unions.
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Review: A child of radicals creates ‘Revolution(s)’ at Goodman Theatre with a Tom Morello score
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This groundbreaking new musical veers between paying tribute to the radical activists of Chicago’s past and probing their impact on today’s generation.
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Review: Slow-burning ‘Prodigal Son’ introduces a new company
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The John Patrick Shanley play, now by JK Entertainment at the Athenaeum Center, centers on the relationships between a student and the adults he gets to know at school.
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Hyde Park music venue The Promontory will close
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The entertainment venue on Chicago’s South Side is set to host its last performance New Year’s Eve
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Ron Dean, who turned to acting after a prison sentence and starred in ‘The Fugitive,’ dies at 87
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Along with “The Fugitive,” his screen credits include “The Breakfast Club” and many others, along with memorable Chicago stage productions.
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Aurora’s Lumenaura Festival lights up the night
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Visitors to Aurora’s downtown this October can interact with light-based art displays and sculptures, from illuminated snakes to LED bonfires.
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Review: In ‘Veal’ at A Red Orchid Theatre, a dictator queen confronts her friend group
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Jojo Jones’ entertaining world premiere is a play about ratcheting up the stakes of adolescent angst.
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Taylor Swift announces new ‘Eras Tour’ docuseries and concert film for Disney+: How to watch
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Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” has come to a close — but the show must go on.
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For some Chicago bars and restaurants, reality TV watch parties are a new way to build community
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Watch parties, to some, are a thing of the past. Pizza Lobo’s director of operations makes sure his restaurant keeps the spirit and life of the party alive.
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Review: At Lyric Opera, Sondra Radvanovsky sings a ‘Medea’ for the ages
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In director David McVicar’s unnerving production, Radvanovsky’s Medea is a roaring force from the underworld.
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‘Tron: Ares’ tops box office but falls short of expectations with $33.5 million debut
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“Tron: Ares” powered up the box office grid in the top spot this weekend, but Disney’s third entry in the sci-fi franchise fell short of expectations.
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On a tour in Chicago, state reps hear from museum leaders in an uncertain cultural funding landscape
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Rep. Kimberly DuBuclet organized the Thursday tour, which began at the DuSable Black History Museum, in response to federal cuts to the cultural sector.
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Review: ‘Ugly Lies the Bone,’ a play about pain, is explored by Shattered Globe Theatre
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The story follows a wounded veteran of the war in Afghanistan and her attempts at rehabilitation and to return to, for want of a better word, normalcy.
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Speaking truth to power: Tom Morello on his Goodman debut, activist art and growing up in Libertyville
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“Revolution(s),” by Chicago playwright Zayd Ayers Dohrn, has music by the Rage Against the Machine guitarist and was inspired by his legacy of musical bomb-throwing.
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Today in History: Beach Boys release ‘Good Vibrations’
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On Oct. 10, 1966, the Beach Boys’ single “Good Vibrations,” written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, was released by Capitol Records.
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Fall Fun Fest returns to Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn after 5 year hiatus
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The Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn is bringing back its Fall Fun Fest, a “perfect outdoor activity,” for the first time since 2019.
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