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A regular at Saint Hyacinth Basilica in Avondale, Godawiec demonstrates great style daily—even at the 6 AM masses she often ...

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer.

An upcoming series at the Music Box Theatre explores the work of pioneering queer filmmaker Arthur J. Bressan Jr.

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Plus: Chicago fails to notify residents of contaminated drinking water and Alderperson Walter Burnett is stepping down.

Tyler Anthony Smith's high-concept Queen for a Day with Hell in a Handbag is a darkly goofy comedy about fame and isolation.

Split Lip's "absurdly entertaining" second production, Merry We: An Elite Comedy, marks the DIY company as one to watch.

Wit, warmth, style, and charm are the enduring hallmarks of this show, and it’s good to see it back in all its glory for the ...

Ethiopian Dreams brings an autobiographical exploration of Ethiopian culture and circus arts to Chicago Shakespeare.

I wish I had seen just a few minutes of a circus art performed, especially juggling, because clowns often do juggle, and our villain, Jimmy Knives himself (played with main-character panache by Quinn ...

"Steelmakers" is an accessible entry point to the environmental, industrial, immigrant, and labor histories of the Calumet region.