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The Last Victim

No amount of cowboy bravado could pump life into director Naveen Chathappuram’s debut film. On paper, The Last Victim should…

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Loving, repeating, collaborating, and intimacy

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

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Bewjeweled butt plugs and the war on abortion

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

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

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

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

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

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London label Touch brings its 40th-anniversary celebration to the International Museum of Surgical Science

London-based Touch isn’t a record label in the traditional sense; it’s far more multifaceted. It might be more accurate to…

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Porchlight puts Passing Strange in the spotlight

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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