Trust and obey: “Choir Boy”
Residents of Greater Los Angeles are lucky to have the West Coast premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney's play "Choir Boy" currently running at the Geffen Playhouse.
“Go Figure,” a poem about war and peace
"Gotta operate to heal, incarcerate the bastille, make it schools to jobs, not the iron heal. Gotta make it real."
"The Liberator" generates some thinking
My movie buddy went to see "Gone Girl" with her book club, so I recruited a professor friend of mine to see "The Liberator" with.
Ink, Paper, Politics: WPA-era printmaking exhibit
Images of city life, labor, and the workplace, and protests against social injustice are among the fine-art prints in an exhibition at the DePaul Art Museum.
Kartemquin Films announces two world premieres
Chicago's documentary powerhouse, Kartemquin Films announced that two of their films will hold world premiere screenings in October.
Old And New Dreams Festival celebrates return of HotHouse and more
On October 17, the acclaimed non-profit arts organization HotHouse will kick off its Old And New Dreams Festival at a brand new club in Hyde Park on 53rd.
"The Trip To Bountiful" in review
The entire house rose at the premiere to give Cicely Tyson and the cast a well-deserved standing ovation.
“To Be Takei”: Love, diversity, and Star Trek
A new documentary chronicling the life of activist and actor George Takei is currently screening, to the delight of his many admirers.
A playwright named "Shagspeare" in Bill Cain's "Equivocation"
"Shag" for short receives a royal commission to write about Guy Fawkes and England's 1605 Gunpowder Plot.
"Persians" theater review: War is Hades
"Outrage, once ripened, yields a bumper crop of retribution."
