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3 days ago · Today in Chicago culture: Thursday, March 6, 2025. Christian Holder “brought his elegance and power to boundary-pushing ballets in the 1960s and seventies, and he was a …

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4 days ago · Court Theatre’s seventy-first season will feature Theodore Ward’s “Big White Fog,” directed by resident artist Ron OJ Parson; Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” directed …

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Feb 12, 2025 · Lou Raizin's big idea is to create cultural projects in and around the Loop. Many of them. As sports teams ask for subsidies to build singular behemoths, he envisions downtown …

Feb 12, 2025 · Downtown Chicago’s two most iconic shopping streets are flagging, struggling to reinvent themselves in the wake of the pandemic and the rise of ecommerce. While Team …

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Apr 2, 2024 · Related Stories. Editor's Letter: April 2023 This is the twentieth time we've published a Breakout Artist edition and we'll have the companion public exhibition of Breakout Artists, …

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