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Agency Theater Collective and End of the Line Production Presents “International Falls” by playwright Thomas Ward at the Nox Arca Theater in Chicago near Irving Park and Ravenswood through August 31, 2019. With Sean Higgins as Tim and Marie Weigle as Dee using humor to …
An entertaining show-lounge style cabaret performance. “You Can’t Fake the Funk (A Journey Through Funk Music) presented by Chicago’s Black Ensemble Theater, works hard to “turn this mutha out.” Writer/director Daryl D. Brooks wants us to party and the music aboard the “Mothership” makes …
Chicago has long been considered one of the most integrated and at the same time the most segregated of northern cities in the United States.
July 27, 2019, marks the anniversary of a most shameful and unfortunate event that has left a deep scar in the history of Chicago.
This event that took place one hundred years ago, but unfortunately, sounds all too modern and has set the tone for race relations in the city that resonates even today.
In summary, one hundred years ago an African American teen named Eugene Williams was killed after being struck on the head by a rock thrown at him because he and his friends drifted into a portion of a southside beach near 29th Street that was considered to be “whites only.”
The situation got worse when a white police officer, on duty at the beach, arrested a black man while refusing to arrest the white man allegedly responsible for throwing the rock.
This set off an argument that escalated into a city-wide race riot.
Listen to the entire story presented here by CURIOUS CITY, the radio program that allows you to ask questions, and discover answers about Chicago, the region and its people. From WBEZ Radio.
Learn more about the 1919 Race Riots at WTTW Chicago.
There is also a small section at the Chicago History Musem with photos dedicated to this incident.
The racial riot of this period is an historical element included in the Chicago scify time travel novel The Chronocar.
You can listen to an exclusive interview with the book’s author Steve Bellinger produced and recorded by our sister channel AuthorsBroadCast.com and presented here at Chicago Broadcasting Network.
Newspaper cover photo credit: Timothy Huges Rare and Early Newspapers.
Daniel and Greg meet at a college open mic night and stay together for 42 years. Daniel is an aspiring singer/songwriter while the more pragmatic Greg has aspirations of being a stand-up comedian. “Now and Then” is a play about love and commitment that speaks …
The Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Chicago’s Navy Pier presents the Vegas-like pop-concert musical “Six” by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss featuring the story of the six wives of Henry VIII in song. “Divorced, Beheaded, Died; Divorced, Beheaded, Survived” is the leitmotif of the opening number, …
The West Ridge Nature Preserve unveiled their new children’s play space.
Festivities included live music, fun with dirt and sticks, as well as roasting marshmallows in a fire pit.
When visiting you can watch the ducks, geese, seagulls and other waterfowl cavort in the pond, look for owls in the trees and hawks circling in the sky overhead.
Walk quietly and you will very likely spot a few deer hiding in the trees and shrubs.
Depending on the time of day and time of year you can hear frogs croaking and all manner of birds.
The new children’s play space has several kid-sized tables and tree stump chairs ideal for doing crafts or inspecting small stones or bugs found nearby. There’s a Native American inspired twig shelter and plenty of logs and large rocks to climb on.
This new nature area at Ardmore and Western is one of Chicago’s small treasures and a perfect place for the whole family to take a leisurely stroll.
The path is paved and therefore handicapped accessible but please walk your bike or park it at the entrance.
If you want to gather your friends to see this on the “big screen” in the comfort of their family room, the West Ridge Nature Preserve video will be broadcast in August 2019 on Chicago cable TV Channel 19 CANTV.
Note: Must be in the city limits and have Xfinity/Comcast, RCN, or WOW.
08/07 9:15 PM
08/08 4:15 PM
08/15 6:45 PM
08/16 1:45 PM
Podcast theater review of “The Flower of Hawaii” features tenor Rodel Rosel and soprano Marisa Buchheit. An American premiere presented by “Folks Operetta” as part of their “Reclaimed Voices Series at Stage 773 on Belmont through July 14, 2019.
As part of “Make Music Chicago” celebration, Julie Lovison, Director of The Lake Shore Music Studio and a few of her students performed at Washington Square Park in the Gold Coast area near Rush Street (actually just off Walton). The piano was provided by the …
We are happy to join forces with our sister channel AuthorsBroadcast.com to cover highlights of the 2019 Chicago Printers Row Lit Fest.
In this podcast you can listen to authors give a brief synopsis of their books that include Chicago themes as well as romance, mystery, history, and bizarro.
Romance:
Rebel Nicks O’Dey – The Rockstar Going Down
Melonie Johnson – Hot for the Scot/ Smitten by the Brit
J. Leigh Bailey – Guyliner / Do-Gooder
Mystery:
Pat Camalliere – Mystery of Sag Bridge / Mystery at Black Partridge Woods
Susan Peters – Broken Dolls / Iron Collar
History and Chicago Themes:
William Hazelgrove – Wright Brothers Wrong Story / Al Capone 1933 World’s Fair
Randy Richardson – Cubsessions
D. G. Allen – The Black Ledger
Byung-In Seo – Arcadia Pictorial History of Chicago State University
Francis McNamara – Death in the Selig Studios
Greg Borzo – The Lost Restaurants of Chicago / The Fabulous Fountains of Chicago
Bizzaro:
John Wayne Comunale – Chargeland
Michael Allen Rose – Embry / Hardboiled/ Indifference of Heaven
Caleb Wilson – Polymer
John Bruni – Blood
Organizations:
Sisters in Crime – sincchicago.com
Forever Home Friends – Books and stuffed animals based on real rescue dogs. Kringle’s Christmas / Just me Wrigley
Carey Cranston – American Writers Museum
For those who prefer video, we have more in-depth coverage which includes a segment with Heidi Weiss, theater reviewer for WTTW and members of from the cast of the “Music Man” opening soon at the Goodman Theatre.
This program will be broadcast on Chicago cable channel 21 for those who subscribe to Xfinity/Comcast, RCN or WOW and live within the city limits.
July 13, 2019 at 6 PM
July 15, 2019 at 8 PM
July 27, 2019 at 6 PM
Here is an interesting video interview with Michael Corcoran from our Authors Showcase archive talking about contemporary or “modern” Chicago film history. Chicago tour guide Michael Corcoran co-author with Arnie Bernstein in the book “Hollywood on Lake Michigan” was recently interviewed by the Chicago Reader for …
This video of a dubbed 8mm film was posted on youtube as being Chicago 1960’s but judging by the warm weather clothing and the fact that “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls” was released in June 1970 likely this was shot around that time. This is …
The Organic Theater Company’s presentation of “The Memo” is an absurdist black comedy that might be described as Monty Python meets “Office Space” in the “Twilight Zone.” The show runs through June 16, 2019, at the Greenhouse Theater Center on Lincoln Avenue in Chicago.
“The Memo” is an interesting if not important play written in 1965 by Vaclav Havel a reformer who went on to become the last President of Czechoslovakia during the waning days of the Communist era, then subsequently becoming the first President of the post-Soviet Czech Republic.
Humorously addressing overblown bureaucracy, denial of facts, mistrust, self-serving interests and a general disregard of humanity, its intention was to shine a light on the dystopian dysfunction of Soviet-style Communism, the reality is that it sadly still resonates within the current political climate in America and throughout the world today.
Absurdist theater may not be to everyone’s taste but you might enjoy this as an historical experience or a cautionary tale.
Listen to the podcast theater review above to learn more about the characters and plot or read the entire review at ChicagoTheaterandArts.com.
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