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Listen to The Ben Joravsky Show

Reader senior writer Ben Joravsky riffs on the day’s stories with his celebrated humor, insight, and honesty, and interviews politicians, activists, journalists…

3 years ago

Pedals, petals, and pandemic

Shepsu Aakhu, a founding member of MPAACT (Ma’at Production Association of Afrikan Centered Theatre) has crafted many of the company’s…

3 years ago

Seeing the crab

Six weeks after my mother died of colon cancer in 2008 (which was almost eight years after my dad died…

3 years ago

Listen to The Ben Joravsky ShowBen Joravskyon October 20, 2022 at 9:04 pm

Reader senior writer Ben Joravsky riffs on the day’s stories with his celebrated humor, insight, and honesty, and interviews politicians, activists, journalists…

3 years ago

Pedals, petals, and pandemicKerry Reidon October 20, 2022 at 9:07 pm

Shepsu Aakhu, a founding member of MPAACT (Ma’at Production Association of Afrikan Centered Theatre) has crafted many of the company’s…

3 years ago

Seeing the crabKerry Reidon October 20, 2022 at 9:32 pm

Six weeks after my mother died of colon cancer in 2008 (which was almost eight years after my dad died…

3 years ago

Sex Demon: pornographic camp and long-lost queer history

J.C. Cricket’s Sex Demonis not for the faint of heart—it’s for the depraved of mind, and Chicago is blessed to…

3 years ago

Painting, poetry, and patriarchy

Last fall for the Destinos: Chicago International Latino Theater Festival, Aguijón Theater (the oldest Latinx company in the city) unveiled…

3 years ago

Sex Demon: pornographic camp and long-lost queer historyMicco Caporaleon October 20, 2022 at 8:06 pm

J.C. Cricket’s Sex Demonis not for the faint of heart—it’s for the depraved of mind, and Chicago is blessed to…

3 years ago

Painting, poetry, and patriarchyKerry Reidon October 20, 2022 at 8:34 pm

Last fall for the Destinos: Chicago International Latino Theater Festival, Aguijón Theater (the oldest Latinx company in the city) unveiled…

3 years ago