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The stories of six famous women, as told through their diets 1
In What She Ate, culinary historian Laura Shapiro finds a novel way of writing a biography.
by Aimee Levitt on August 15, 2017
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Duck and Cover Classroom, Top-Notch Tuesdays, and six more new stage shows
A locked-room experience from Escape Artistry and a foolproof improv show are among this week's best bets.
on August 16, 2017
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At Shane Campbell, another great Japanese art exhibit to see this summer
Painter Yui Yaegashi is the subject of a solo show, and she also curates a charming supplement.
by Tal Rosenberg on August 16, 2017
Do It Today
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Hir
Through 8/20: Wed-Fri 7:30 PM, Sat-Sun 3 and 7:30 PM (3 PM only Sun 8/6, 8/13, and 8/20); also Wed 8/2, 8/9, and 8/16, 2 PM
Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Downstairs Theater - Old Town
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Little Fish
Through 8/20: Thu-Sat 8 PM, Sun 3 PM
Theater Wit - Lakeview
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Megastasis
Through 8/20: Thu-Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 2 PM
Athenaeum Theatre - Lakeview
The Bleader
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Skee-Balling at Slippery Slope on the gig poster of the week
by Luca Cimarusti on August 16, 2017 at 7:00AM
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Broadway in Chicago Summer Concert in Millennium Park, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
by Emily Wasielewski on August 14, 2017 at 12:37PM
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Chance the Rapper at the Bud Billiken Parade and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
by Emily Wasielewski on August 11, 2017 at 12:12PM
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A Central Illinois game developer gambles on Agents of Mayhem
by Ryan Smith on August 9, 2017 at 6:59PM
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Making Mainbocher: The Chicago boy who took Paris fashion by storm
by Deanna Isaacs on August 9, 2017 at 2:31PM
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Shimer College is gone, but the school lives on
The Great Books institution makes a move to North Central College.
by Deanna Isaacs on August 15, 2017 at 10:30PM
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Hair, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and six more new stage shows to see now
"The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" and the unhinged Albee classic are among this week's best bets.
on August 10, 2017 at 10:30AM
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The Neo-Futurists’ latest is too much like Too Much Light . . .
Served in bites, The Food Show supplies just a few good tastes.
by Tony Adler on August 9, 2017 at 4:00PM
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The Floating Museum literally becomes a floating museum
The nonprofit’s latest exhibit “River Assembly” sits atop a barge that will journey up the Chicago River.
by Kate Sierzputowski on August 9, 2017 at 2:30PM
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Immigration: The next wave of craftivism for a Pussyhat Project cofounder
At the Smart Museum of Art, “Jayna Zweiman: Welcome Blanket” crowdsources handmade blankets for incoming migrants.
by Aimee Levitt on August 9, 2017 at 11:30AM
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