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Rick Stone The Blues Man at BET
The Blues Man: Review Summary “Rick Stone The Blues Man” at the Black Ensemble Theater is a jukebox musical starring Rick Stone and six seasoned blues singers backed-up by an awesome house band led by the very talented Robert Reddrick on drums. You feel like …
“The End of TV” Theater Review | Manual Cinema | Chicago
Review Summary:
An inspired performance art meets multi-media entertainment extravaganza probably unlike anything you might have seen before.
The combination of live action, shadow puppetry, and video centers around a chance encounter between a meals-on-wheels driver and a QVC home shopping obsessed elderly woman that explores themes of isolation and human connection.
“The End of TV” is playing through August 5, 2018, at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division, in Chicago. Runs 75 minutes with no intermission. Tickets are available at Manual Cinema.
Reviewer Reno Lovison, executive producer at ChicagoBroadcastingNetwork.com. Read more Chicago area theater reviews at http://chicagotheaterandarts.com
(Production publicity photos: Judy Sirota Rosenthal)
Here’s the official trailer:
The End of TV at the Chopin Theatre July 19 – August 5 from Manual Cinema on Vimeo.
Pete Wentz Favorite Chicago Spots
Pete Wentz shows and tells you what to do if you have 48 hours in Chicago.
Mandolin Virtuoso
In case you thought the mandolin was just for slicing vegetables or playing bluegrass. Here is a cool piece from the Chicago Symphony of Israeli mandolinist Avi Avital playing Bach Gigue from second partita in D minor.
Activity on Chicago’s Bloomingdale Trail
Ten minutes on the “606” or Chicago’s Bloomingdale Trail will give you a glimpse into the sights and sounds of summer in the city with background music and dance by a local samba school.
“Haymarket” Extended Run Moves to The Wit | Chicago
The energetic cast of twelve talented actor/musicians, tell the story of four ill-fated so-called “anarchists” and their wives through approximately 19 bluegrass/folk songs with limited dialogue. “Haymarket” original run through July 22, 2018 at The Den Theatre’s Heath Main Stage, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. …
Art, Music and Fun at Rogers Park Beach in Chicago 2018
Every year since 1993 artists of all kinds gather to decorate the wall at Loyola Park near Jarvis Beach in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. Rogers Park which includes the campus of Loyola University is perhaps one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the …
Authors Showcase
This is a series of several roughly 30-minute video episodes about books and authors mostly from the Chicago area. Many of these episodes have aired on Chicago cable channel 25.
The concept of the show is to expose readers to new books and authors that they might not otherwise encounter. The effect should be much like visiting a bookstore where you see something and think, “Hey that looks interesting.”
So please sit back and enjoy Authors Showcase.
To learn more visit AuthorsBroadCast.com
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1969 Retro Chicago Images
Here’s a cool retro super 8mm film of someone’s trip to Chicago in 1969. Take trip in our time machine and rewind 50 years to see what has changed and what has not in the Windy City.
Merla’s Kitchen in North Park Neighborhood of Chicago
Awesome Filipino food in Chicago’s North Park neighborhood at Foster and Kimball. Great lumpia and possibly the best empanada’s in the city.
Skatterplot
Featured Profile with pianist and pop composer Chicago native, Steven Solomon a/k/a “Skatterplot”.