More in Chicago:
- Dancing alone togetherDancers figure out how to create in isolation. Dances are made in time and space, a minute or an hour in a dancer’s life never to be seen again.…
- Lyric, Goodman, Steppenwolf, and CSO face the musicMajor performing arts organizations recalibrate for COVID-19. After the crushing decision last month to cancel its long-awaited Ring Cycle, Lyric Opera today announced that the rest of its 2019/20 season has been postponed. The annual spring musical, this year slated to be 42nd Street (scheduled for May 29-June 21), will dance two years forward, into […]
- Holding it together during the quarantineThe Quarantine Times is virtually helping folks keep their cool. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been overwhelmed with the creativity of Chicagoans spreading news, arts, music, and wellness. Staying sane and healthy during these precarious times has become a virtually spearheaded community effort.…
- Social Distance Gallery highlights student artistsHow canceled BFA and MFA shows are persisting during the COVID crisis. It’s been more than a week since the shelter-in-place order was given.…
- Chicago History Museum keeps the virtual lights onDeparting president Gary Johnson talks about going digital in a pandemic. At this outlier moment in our history, every story is about coronavirus—even last week’s perfectly staid announcement that Chicago History Museum president Gary T. Johnson will be retiring at the end of the year. It followed, by ten days, the announcement that the museum, […]
