Lauren Warnecke

Review: Joffrey Ballet’s magical ‘Nutcracker’ is now at the Lyric and better than ever

December 5, 2021 at 12:55 p.m.

For those who make "The Nutcracker" an annual pilgrimage, 2020 threw yet another curveball as ballet companies nationwide were forced to cancel their beloved holiday tradition. So, a particularly palpable...

Andrew Murdock during rehearsal for "Busk", part of Hubbard Street Dance's "Re/Turn" at their rehearsal space at C5 Studios in Chicago on Nov. 10, 2021.

Hubbard Street’s ‘RE/TURN’ to live dance has something old, something new and Barton’s tour de force ‘Busk’

November 17, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.

"I need more groove," said artistic director Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell to the company members of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She's referring to the tiny, improvised dance parties injected into the powerful...

MCA announces new top curators to lead the museum

May 22, 2026 at 7:56 p.m.

The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago on Wednesday announced the appointment of two top new curators, René Morales as the James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator and Jamillah James as Manilow...

Mariachi Herencia de Mexico brings its "Very Merry Christmas Concert" to the Old Town School of Folk Music.

What to do for the 2021 holidays: Our Top 40 list of shows and entertainment around Chicago

November 19, 2021 at 9:46 a.m.

With performance venues now awakened from their pandemic slumbers, there's no shortage of holiday cheer all over town. Whether Tiny Tim and George Bailey are your speed, or you prefer...

Mortimer Snerd, from left, Charlie McCarthy, and Effie Klinker are on display at "A Century of Radio" at the Museum of Broadcast Communications.

John Oliver’s ‘Last Week Tonight’ paintings welcome back visitors to the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago

May 22, 2026 at 7:56 p.m.

A re-imagined Museum of Broadcast Communications is now reopened and free to the public — including, for a limited time, a micro-gallery of three ridiculous artworks courtesy of John Oliver...

Review: At last! Joffrey Ballet dances at the Lyric Opera, an emotional opening night

October 14, 2021 at 6:45 p.m.

The American ballet took root in its opera, stewarded by Russian and European transplants stationed as ballet masters within newly formed opera companies at the dusk of the 19th century...

The Sneetches room at the Dr. Seuss Experience.

Dr. Seuss Experience opens at Water Tower Place, with ‘Horton Hears a Who’ games and a chance to meet the famous hat-wearing cat

October 11, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

In what used to be the ground floor of Macy's at Water Tower Place, a vacant department store has been transformed into the Dr. Seuss Experience, a winding journey through...

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