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Why Chicago’s Black Ensemble Theater matters: Creativity in the age of Trump
December 31, 2016Celebrating 40 years of Chicago's Black Ensemble Theater, the only theater in the U.S. whose mission is to eradicate racism.
Read more“El Niño”: John Adams’ radically updated Latino Christmas oratorio
December 20, 2016The work had its world premiere in Paris in December 2000. Los Angeles brought it back in grand style this season.
Read moreThis week in history: Remembering protest singer Phil Ochs
December 19, 2016Phil Ochs was a profound singer/songwriter in the period that bridged the Civil Rights, antiwar and feminist movements.
Read more“The Hip Hop Nutcracker” breaks out across America this season
November 22, 2016This loosely reconstructed version of the classic Tchaikovsky ballet is simply astounding.
Read moreLeonard Cohen, 82: Singer, songwriter and poet
November 17, 2016“I never had the sense that there was an end, that there was a retirement or that there was a jackpot.”
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