After the death of their “First Friday” events in 2014, the MCA adopted a new style of event called Prime Time which would occur a few times a year and be more expansive and high profile than their monthly events.Read more…
Protected: King of the Grumps: Childhood Dreams in The Grumpiest Boy in the World
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One World at the Shedd Aquarium
Surrounded by tourists and families I embraced myself for the Shedd Aquarium’s aquatic show: One World. The uncomfortable pebbly concrete seating of the theatre stretched itself in a grand semi-circle across the aquatic pool’s length. The stair style seating flowedRead more…
No Trouble for the Treblemakers
A large banner strung between two trees just inside the Northwestern Arch was my only indication that the Treble Makers, an acapella group, would be performing Saturday night. Usually I prefer recommendations from trusted sources before I reserve an eveningRead more…
Protected: ODB Returns with Smarter Laughs
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You Can’t Fake Good Dance
To review a dance as a once-professional-dancer-aspirer is tricky business. On one hand, while my wonky spine, full legs and hips, and lack of dedication prevented me from moving too far down the path of a professional dancer, I stillRead more…
Algorithmic Empathy?
As dusk settled over the MCA, whispers and quiet jokes mingled with the passing lights and reflected glass, humming across Chicago. A piano sat at the small crowd’s center, its still, wooden body pronounced against the spectators’ static flutterings andRead more…
Princess Nokia and the Emancipated Spectator
When Princess Nokia entered, the lights went dark and the audience cheered as they rushed towards her. But for the hours of other performances before that, the expansive room was bright. From my place in the crowd, I could turnRead more…
Kingston Mines
I waited outside Kingston Mines, one of the most popular blues clubs in Chicago, in a long line on an unseasonably warm night in October. As I stood and waited with my friend, a man screamed in a raspy voiceRead more…
Protected: Two Vignettes: The Arts Post-Election
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German Requiem: An Inquiry into Life Through Death
To Accept Death as Part of Life When Grandpa passed away, the family took out the battery from the clock, and sat at the table in front of it for twenty-four hours until they restarted it. To me, it wasRead more…
Out on a limb
My life is fairly boring, and I have learned to accept that, and instead take advantage of the stories of others to fill those holes in my life. That is one of the reasons why I constantly fill my earsRead more…