Culture
An ‘Othello’ for our time: Was Shakespeare a white supremacist or anti-racist?
February 20, 2019Fresh from that championship season, A Noise Within’s Spring 2019 season blasts off with a must-see modern dress Othello.
Read moreReview: ‘Birds of Passage’ not your ordinary drug war crime film
February 20, 2019At a little over two hours long, Birds of Passage is an expansive tale of a family in the midst of historic upheaval.
Read moreBuzzfeed unionizing shows digital media workers still need unions
February 13, 2019A bout of recent layoffs and fights for proper compensation by the employees of Buzzfeed has led to workers on the job there voting to unionize, showing that new school media still requires the “old school”...
Read moreInterested in Chicago, politics, or Obama? Read ‘Conversations with Abner Mikva’
February 5, 2019CHICAGO—If you’re interested in Chicago, read this book. If you’re interested in politics, read this book. If you’re interested in the more-than-occasional zaniness of Chicago politics, read this book. And if you’re interested in Barack Obama...
Read moreVito Marcantonio, N.Y.’s socialist congressman, the subject of one-man play
February 1, 2019Today Marcantonio, perhaps the most progressive representative to ever hold a congressional seat, has largely been written out of history.
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