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Prince of the Mag Mile
“Prince: the Immersive Experience” begins with purple light through stained glass. Guests in groups of ten to 15 are led through double doors to a replica of the “When Doves Cry” music video set:...
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Ghost of drive-ins past?
From the comfort of your car or on a picnic with friends, Chicago’s outdoor movie screenings have resuscitated the alluring drive-in experience, so screentime can be spent with others all summer long....
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Tap into your inner street artist and receive a special Pride discount when you book a workshop at their Chicago or Evanston location this June. Street art is a familiar sight around Chicago, but the...
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Showcasing Black actors in foreign cinema
Floyd Webb is the curator of the Black Actors in Foreign Cinema screening series, co-presented by nonprofit media arts organization Chicago Filmmakers and his company, the Blacknuss Network. The post...
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Taking the drama and dance outdoors
I spent most of the 90s in the Bay Area, where outdoor theater in the summer is a given, and the weather generally cooperates (if you’re not facing the threat of forest fires, that is). But in...
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Mother Nature ascend a queenly throne
The hip-hop duo’s latest EP, Nature’s World, dropped June 10. The post Mother Nature ascend a queenly throne appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Lead in the water
I hardly ever start reviews this way, but trust me: stop reading this and hop online to get tickets for Erika Dickerson-Despenza’s cullud wattah, now in its local premiere at Victory Gardens under...
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What Cézanne saw
“Cézanne, he’s the greatest of us all.”—Claude Monet to Georges Clemenceau in conversation, cited in translation in The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné (trans. John Rewald, Abrams,...
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Psych-rock icon Arthur Brown celebrates his 80th birthday with a new album
If I were forced to subscribe to any wild theory circulating on the Internet right now (we won’t say the c-word), it wouldn’t be about lizard people, a flat Earth, anything “secretly staged by crisis...
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Pleasant posies
My daughter tells me she likes the 1989 movie version of Steel Magnolias because you can have it running in the background while you do other things, and still more or less follow the plot. The 1987...
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Shameless nostalgia
We all remember where we were when we saw Cruel Intentions. Its iconic soundtrack (anyone else melt to Counting Crows’ “Colorblind”?) and “shameless perversity” (thank you, Buzzfeed, for this spot-on...
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Big-box blues
On the wall of the big-box retail warehouse that forms the setting for Eboni Booth’s Paris, now in a midwest premiere at Steep Theatre under Jonathan Berry’s direction, there’s a sign reading: NOBODY...
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The celluloid closet
The Chicago premiere of British playwright Chris Woodley’s Tommy on Top, now playing at Pride Arts Center, is a witty farce that elevates crucial questions about representation and authenticity in...
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The magic is gone
Every piece of art has a timeliness. When it is born and put into the world, it becomes part of its identity for better or worse. For Godspell, that time has come and gone. First staged in 1971, this...
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Siah Berlatsky shakes up Shakespeare
Siah Berlatsky just graduated this month from ChiArts, but though she’s taking a gap year before college, the 18-year-old playwright-director-actor isn’t letting the grass grow under her feet. In...
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Method and madness
“My dear boy, why don’t you try acting?” Laurence Olivier’s quippy response to Dustin Hoffman’s story of how he stayed up three nights to fully inhabit the sleepless state of his character in the 1976...
View Article60 Best Phone Sex Numbers with Free Trials in 2022
It's late and you're itching to get naughty. Pick up the phone and call one of these top phone sex numbers. They offer free trials and are sure to do the trick. The post 60 Best Phone Sex Numbers with...
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100 Best Phone Chat Line Numbers With Free Trials in 2022
Who wants to swipe when you can just talk? Here's a list of the top 10 chat lines with free trials you can call to meet someone over the phone. The post 100 Best Phone Chat Line Numbers With Free...
View Article20 Best Porn Games, Adult Sex Games, and Hentai Games to Play Online in 2022
Looking for the best online porn games in 2021? From multiplayer games to Hentai fantasies, this list has the hottest online sex games. The post 20 Best Porn Games, Adult Sex Games, and Hentai Games to...
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Cult emo experimentalist Weatherday arrives in Chicago
In February, teenage Chicago indie rockers Dwaal Troupe contributed a tender, dusty tune called “Everyone Forgot but You” to Porcelain Songs, a 30-track compilation made by fans of enigmatic Swedish...
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