‘Hansel and Gretel’ review: Lyric Opera production lightens the gloom with beautiful music, eye-opening imagery

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Faceless tree creatures wearing black suits and ties. Fourteen winged and masked chefs complete with white uniforms and toques and…

Deadly Kenwood high-rise fire started in apartment bedroom, caused by ‘careless use of smoking materials’

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The fatal extra-alarm fire in a Kenwood high-rise started in an apartment bedroom and was caused by "careless use of…

Chicago Bulls are on the way to the top this 2023

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The Chicago Bulls are always one of the most polarizing teams in the NBA. It makes sense. At one time,…

Torture by any other name

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Solitary confinement has long been the punishment of choice for prisoners who draw the ire of prison officials. Its roots…

The Lyric Theater is a family affair

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For most high schoolers, a part-time job is a way to make a little money, get out of the house,…

Torture by any other name

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Solitary confinement has long been the punishment of choice for prisoners who draw the ire of prison officials. Its roots…

The Lyric Theater is a family affair

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For most high schoolers, a part-time job is a way to make a little money, get out of the house,…

Gary Peters, two-time White Sox All-Star, dies at 85

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Gary Peters, the American League Rookie of the Year in 1963 and an All-Star pitcher for the White Sox in…

Chicago’s Oozing Wound change pace with their first grunge record

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Lots of bands emerged from the lockdown era writing material with a darker tone than their pre-pandemic work. Local thrashers…

Albert Herring balances indie aesthetic with traditional music

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Benjamin Britten’s 1947 opera Albert Herring (set in 1900) has been a perennial production for Chicago Opera Theater. But the…