All the City’s a Stage
A non-comprehensive guide to South Side theater
Land of the Free
Free Street Theater celebrates fifty years with the world premiere of its new documentary
Hyde Park Community Players in Its Tenth Year
The group gives its actors the long-term chance to grow
We Tell: States of Violence
A traveling exhibition of community-made documentaries
Death and Rebirth at Big Marsh Park
Dancers and musicians invite the audience to meditate on ecological restoration
Court Theatre Sings a Black Girl’s Song
Ntozake Shange’s classic choreopoem finds new audiences who love it “fiercely”
Between Reform and Retribution
Stateville Calling looks at one man’s fight against a failed justice system
The Meter of the Blues
With the Oscar Brown Jr. Archive Project, artists Maggie and Africa Brown have finally come home
Facing Fate
‘The Area’ is a complex, issue-driven documentary analyzing the erasure of a neighborhood, and shining a light on the meaning of community