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Vile Mind scream hardcore truths about the opioid epidemic

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:28:00 +0200

Vile Mind Fri 11/6 at Subterranean
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All the young emo fans are into P.E.E.

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:28:00 +0200

P.E.E. Sat 11/7 at Logan Square Auditorium
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The 32nd Black Harvest Film Festival contributes to the continuum of Black cinema

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0200

The 32nd edition of the Black Harvest Film Festival returns to the Siskel Film Center this November. Programmed by Chicago-based artist, curator, cultural worker, and independent scholar jada-amina and coordinated by Nick Leffel, the event showcases more than 75 films—including 60 Chicago premieres—across nine features and ten shorts programs. The festival runs from Friday, November […]
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Review: Ken Russell’s The Devils

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:48:00 +0200

Ken Russell’s The Devils in limited release in theaters
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An Avondale night market pops up at the next Monday Night Foodball

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:50:00 +0200

This past spring, Kathy Vega Hardy was recovering from breast cancer surgery during her busiest time of the year. “I was out of commission for a good two and a half months,” says Vega Hardy, the chef and owner behind Jefferson Park’s A Taste of the Philippines. “March has International Women’s Day. April is Filipino […]
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Any Rebellion of Will upends the tropes of Angry Young Man dramas

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:17:00 +0200

Any Rebellion of Will, through 11/1, Trap Door Theatre
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I.A. Inteligencia Actoral asks if a robot can play Hamlet

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:09:00 +0200

I.A. Inteligencia Actoral, through 11/15 at Aguijón Theater Company
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Sugar Plum Fairy, P.I. gives a noir twist to fairy tales

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:58:00 +0200

Sugar Plum Fairy, P.I., through 11/8 at Lifeline Theatre
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Zombie-ie-ie

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:55:00 +0200

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer. Zombie movies are my favorite of the horror genre—they sit just outside the realm of verisimilitude while still providing the terror of plausibility. Furthermore, much of their appeal to cinephiles lies […]
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4000 Miles crosses the generation gap

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:46:00 +0200

4000 Miles, through 10/24, A Short Leap Theatre Company at the Den Theatre
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Mayhem and malarkey at Moidah Manor

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:39:00 +0200

Murder at Moidah Manor, through 11/5 at Annoyance Theatre
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Escape to Margaritaville is slight but enjoyable for Parrotheads

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:34:00 +0200

Escape to Margaritaville, through 11/1, Music Theater Works at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie
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Vladimir needs to get beyond headlines to find the drama

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:16:00 +0200

Vladimir, through 11/14, Shattered Globe Theatre at Theater Wit
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House of the Exquisite Corpse VI: Lullabies welcomes us to the nightmare

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:45:00 +0200

House of the Exquisite Corpse VI: Lullabies, through 11/1, Rough House Puppet Arts at Merle Reskin Garage at Steppenwolf Theatre
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‘Coyote Time’ reimagines civic renewal

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0200

“Coyote Time" through 12/12 in Saint Louis, various locations
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Cooking traditions

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200

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Chicago-France improvised-music exchange the Bridge taps into the city’s diverse venues for its final iteration

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:28:00 +0200

ConstelNation Multiple dates from Fri 10/30—Sun 11/5 at various locations
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Indulge in pawpaw season

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:36:00 +0200

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Nosferatu (1922) screens in Chicago with a newly composed score by Circuit des Yeux

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:18:00 +0200

When Haley Fohr began working on a score for Nosferatu (1922) more than a year ago, she was thinking about parasitic love. All-consuming love. Identity-surrendering love. Fohr, better known as her avant-pop project Circuit des Yeux, had just released Halo on the Inside (Matador) and was touring while pregnant. After more than a decade in […]
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Review: Naza

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:31:00 +0200

Naza in limited release in theaters
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