Culture
‘The Twilight Zone’: ‘The Comedian’ and the price of success
April 5, 2019Editor’s note: A review and analysis of Jordan Peele’s “The Twilight Zone” episode one. Spoilers ahead. “If you don’t make people think, then your comedy is never going to matter.” - The Twilight Zone The anthology...
Read moreFascist-like attack hits Highlander Center
April 4, 2019The attack is significant for those aspects of the story identifying hate attacks in the United States as part of a dangerous international movement.
Read morePlays ‘Faith Healer’ and ‘Rotterdam’ demand rigorous self-examination
April 3, 2019Now haunting and mystical, now bawdy and besotted, now full of bravado and then abasement, Faith Healer questions both faith and healing.
Read more‘The Mother of Henry’: An anti-war play in 1960s East L.A.
April 3, 2019While not groundbreaking theatre, it does relate an important and effective story that a lot of people can relate to.
Read moreChicago Symphony musicians perform free during their strike
April 3, 2019One of the most unusual and beautiful things that I have ever seen took place on March 23, 2019.
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