Sid Smith

Bold, diverse and busy, the fall dance season boasts everything from tailored tutus (the Joffrey, the Bolshoi) to macho men in workboots ("Tap Dogs Rebooted"). Choreographic styles are similarly eclectic,...

The head of a Michigan arts center will take over as managing director of the 1-year-old Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance beginning Oct. 15....

ART `I'LL JUST HAVE ONE' A one-night interactive exhibition that asks: "If you could have just one thing, what would it be?"; 6-8 p.m. Friday only; School of the Art...

From Mexico City to the shores of Hawaii, the recording studio to Chinese battlefields, the world of cinema yielded rich film discoveries this summer--proving there was more to this season...

The Chicago Theatre will host four major dance troupes during the 2004-05 season, including the return of the ever-popular Pilobolus Dance Theatre, doubly celebrated for its innovative artistry and penchant...

CLASSICAL CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH Ravinia's former music director conducts his first Chicago Symphony Orchestra concerts of the Ravinia season next weekend. His program at 8 p.m. Friday holds the Brahms Double...

CLASSICAL KRONOS QUARTET America's hippest string foursome returns to the Ravinia Festival for a typically provocative program that holds a premiere by Kevin Volans along with works by Felipe Perez...

ARCHITECTURE SUPER-TALL STRUCTURES Adrian Smith, a partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill of Chicago and the architect of the planned Trump Tower Chicago, will lecture on "Trump Tower and Other...

The Cedar Lake Ensemble, a 1 1/2-year-old group, is a last-minute addition to the downtown dance schedule and will make its Chicago debut April 9 and 10 at the Ford...