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Bring the Binoculars
Binoculars are for sightseeing or the cheap seats at the opera house, but an exhibition at the Elmhurst Art Museum would be even more pleasurable with a pair of field glasses.Tags: Elmhurst Art...
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When “The Who” Played Kane County – Part 2
Related Links: When "The Who" Played Kane County - Part 1Rick Giles remembers tickets were $4, and the owner of the teen club wasn’t going to let his dad in because he was “too old, over 21.”Tags: the...
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The Ghost with the Most
An ideal play for the Halloween season, The Woman in Black relies on Gothic ghosts instead of gore.Tags: woman in blackTheatre of Western Springsgothic horrorrick snyder
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Buon Giordano!
Giordano Dance Chicago promises something extraordinary when Escape Ordinary opens their fall season at The Harris Theater at Millennium Park this weekend.Tags: giordano dance chicagoHarris Theaterroni...
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Pool of Talent
One of the more daring highlights of the fall arts season promises to be Chicago Opera Theater’s staging of the mythical romance “Orpheus and Eurydice.”Tags: Chicago Opera TheaterOperapark district pool
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A British Knight's Chicago Sculpture
English sculptor Sir Anthony Caro died last week at the age of 89. This was big news in the art world, where his abstract works created a new language for the medium. In Chicago, it wasn't news.Tags:...
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Get off the Couch and Go to SOFA
SOFA CHICAGO is the exceptional art fair devoted to design, and this year marks its 20th anniversary. It fills Festival Hall at Navy Pier through Sunday.Tags: SOFA Chicagoart fairDesign
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The Art of the Terrorist
It’s profane to even call it “art.” Art usually inspires a viewer to think deeply. But this art wasn’t about inspiring -- it was about conspiring.Tags: nazi propagandaField Museum
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Exuberant “Rascals” Return to the Spotlight
You get the distinct feeling that this is a band that a) wants to make up for lost time and b) has something to prove. They accomplish both in the feel-good show of the season.Tags: Once Upon a...
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Ship Shape
A Chicago painter pays tribute to ships lost at sea.Tags: paintingshipsrenee mcginnisspacker schopf gallery
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Children’s Author or Dirty Old Man?
The Three Robbers is a children’s book to cherish. The story revolves around fierce bandits who threaten violence and kidnap a little girl. But that’s OK with her – she doesn’t want to live with her...
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The Modern Wing is Currently Clipped
Visitors to the Art Institute hoping to see Picasso and Matisse masterworks in the Modern Wing must wait until spring. That’s when the third floor galleries of European modern art reopen.Tags: modern...
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Hungry for Art
The curator of Art and Appetite dishes on one of her favorite pop art pieces in the show, Tom Wesselman's "Four Roses."Tags: Art and AppetiteArt Institutejudy bartertom wesselmann
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Bo Knows More Than Diddley
Yes, he was a legendary songwriter and storyteller, but recent evidence shows Bo Diddley could have had a second career as an advice columnist if he wanted.Tags: bo diddleyrock and roll pioneer
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Theater of Desire and Doom
Once or twice a year, a show is so breathtaking that it must be seen a second time. And you really have to see it in the theater -- once it closes, it’s gone. DVDs or on-demand cannot capture the live...
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Pencil Him In
Besides the main arteries of museums and galleries, the Chicago area has endless capillaries of creativity.
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Peaceful, Uneasy Feeling
Cass McCombs returns to Chicago on Friday, December 6 to play The Empty Bottle on Western Avenue.Tags: cass mccombssinger songwriterempty bottledomino records
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Stocking Full of Fond Memories
Here is a list of the most memorable art I saw and heard this year. From opera in a swimming pool to barn-blazing bluegrass and forgotten artists, 2013 was a very good year for enthusiams old and...
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Big Country in the Big City
One of the finest singer-songwriters of country music is based in the Chicago area.Tags: Robbie Fulkscountry musicsinger-songwriterBloodshot Records
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Fred Rogers, Artist (and Superhero)
Fred Rogers was a friend to every child -- he was also an artist and a brave citizen.Tags: Mister Rogerspiano-playingcomposing
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