• ‘Puppetry and puppets speak all languages’

    The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival turned an invisible corner last year, leaping from biannual to annual mode, signaling a worldwide abundance in puppet theater. Now embarking on its sixth iteration, the expansion of programming, venues, and workshops is dizzying but wholly appropriate for their expanding audience. Now considered the largest festival dedicated to puppet […]
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  • Chicago Eatery Goes From Few Guests to Soaring Success After Keith Lee Visit

    Lincoln Park’s Soul Prime Chicago restaurant is seeing success months after having little traffic following its grand opening on Mother’s Day last year.
    Chef Royce details how the restaurant’s soul food menu didn’t resonate with the surrounding community. 
    She recalled one day in September having such low reservations that she decided to close. But that’s when a guest told her that famous social media food critic Keith Lee was in town.
    Soul Prime was tagged amo

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