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Chicago may not be hosting any games, but its diasporas are carrying the Cup's real meaning. bit.ly/3Qmhf1N
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The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago's independent and underground film scene has to offer. bit.ly/49VBFoS
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Tacos de cabeza and quesabirria cubano sliders are on the menu when Milo's Market returns to the next Monday Night Foodball at Thattu. bit.ly/3Q1CFkJ
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The Goodman's new musical comedy brings together three vets of Chicago's storefront scene: Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman, and Mark Hollmann. bit.ly/4aIxnkY
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âDancing the Revolution: From Dancehall to ReggaetĂłnâ at the MCA Chicago shows the joy and resistance of Caribbean culture. bit.ly/4ehXbp1
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The North American premiere of this play with music, based on Annie Proulx's short story, shows that you don't need cinematic landscapes. bit.ly/4xmkOFN
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Open Space Arts presents the North American English-language premiere of Guillem Clua's queer romantic comedy. bit.ly/4aLdI3V
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DIY company Split Lip Theater offers a bare-bones but effective staging of Anton Chekhov's masterpiece at United Church of Rogers Park. bit.ly/442qV4B
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Promethean Theatre Ensemble revives Jean Anouilh's 1944 take on Sophocles's tragedy, but it doesn't quite reach contemporary relevance. bit.ly/4vK9Atb
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Terry Guest's newest work provides a sardonic and sorrowful alt-history of Warhol and the psychic price of seeking celebrity and fortune. bit.ly/4uvwOSU
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Yuri Possokhov's ballet based on Alexander Pushkin's 1831 novel entrances with a story of longing and regret. bit.ly/447x7s0
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Retired steelworker Tom Wells documented Chicago's 60 miles of freight train tunnels under the city--it was just a matter of finding the photographs. bit.ly/4vfnJOY
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As Illinois communities fight hyperscale data center projects from Joliet to Coal City, a group of Yorkville residents is finding unlikely common ground across party lines. bit.ly/3RVm42B
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In late May, a small contingent of the group Preserve Our Yorkville met in a room on the grounds of an equestrian center. Multicolored ribbons, presumably from previous competition winners, filled the room, which featured a large window overlooking an e... bit.ly/3QfgtDI
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âChicano Camera Culture: A Photographic History, 1966â2026â explores the connection between Chicano photographers across the U.S. bit.ly/4umxppL
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Plus: Roving underground party Trench drops its own debut comp, Bookclub hosts a benefit for two of the Broadview Six, and more. bit.ly/4gaPxPZ
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Hard Scrabble Sky by James Turrell was not only the first free, public Skyspace, but also the first in an urban environment. bit.ly/4ebIsw6
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We've put together staff-recommended Pride events from the return of Chicago's Dyke March to a variety show put on by Brave Space Alliance. bit.ly/3RUHahu
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In âBetween Usâ at Project Onward, sister cities Chicago and Osaka come alive in works made collaboratively by neurodiverse artists. bit.ly/4evnsS4
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