True biz? There’s a lot to learn in Sara Nović’s new book.

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“Eyeth—get it? In the Deaf storytelling tradition, utopia is called Eyeth because it’s a society that centers the eye, not…

Elastic Arts’ AfriClassical Futures series continues with the Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker

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Since January 2020, vocalist Julian Otis and Elastic Arts executive director Adam Zanolini have programmed AfriClassical Futures, a series offering…

Bewjeweled butt plugs and the war on abortion

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Q: I’m a straight guy, married to a straight woman for 15 years. Several years back, I opened up to…

Loving, repeating, collaborating, and intimacy

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Credit: Coco Picard In a new exhibition, longtime collaborators Dutes Miller and Stan Shellabarger created an immersive multimedia installation that…

Porchlight puts Passing Strange in the spotlight

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For Chicago-based director Donterrio, the late-00s musical Passing Strange represents a road map for how an artist—no matter the medium…

Susan Nussbaum, 1953-2022Mike Ervinon May 12, 2022 at 6:41 pm

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Editor’s note: Chicago playwright, novelist, actor, director, and disability rights activist Susan Nussbaum died April 28 of pneumonia at 68.…

The glowing citizenIsa Giallorenzoon May 12, 2022 at 7:14 pm

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Walking down North Avenue with his bulky Home Depot purchases in tow, George Blakemore sparkled in a glistening metallic-toned ensemble…

In defense of subtitlesJanaya Greeneon May 12, 2022 at 7:42 pm

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As a child I hated subtitles. The words constantly multiplying and changing on the bottom of TV screens distracted me…

Horror is a sound you can’t stop sayingNoah Berlatskyon May 12, 2022 at 8:25 pm

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“Candyman. Candyman. Candyman. Candyman. Candyman.” The repetition is a summoning spell which repeats the past in the present. Horror is…

The sweet sound of silentsKathleen Sachson May 12, 2022 at 8:41 pm

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Several decades after the metamorphic transition from silent to sound, a 1981 article in the New York Times observed that…