When most people think about a trio of musicians performing classic holiday tunes, they may imagine delicate harmonies and softly strummed guitars, but Melissa Etheridge has another idea about how to rock an old-fashioned carol. When the legendary singer-songwriter took the stage at Skokie’s North Shore Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 13, she […]
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I HAVE FEELINGS AND I MUST THINKPIECE: Because Feminists Can’t Afford to Stop Talking About the Election
Well, it’s over. That’s it. The election, and potentially our republic, is over. Thank the mental image of Eric F. Trump dressed up as baby Jesus laying naked and prostrate in a manger, but it is finished. The long night has emerged into a gloomy-looking dawn and now everything can go back to normal. Except […]
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‘Art AIDS America Chicago’ Showcases Diverse Artists
More than 140 contemporary visual works depicting hope and resilience from a devastating disease can be seen in “Art AIDS America Chicago,” an exhibition that opened at the Alphawood Gallery on World AIDS Day and runs through April 2, 2017. To transform tragedy into triumph through art, the grant-writing private Alphawood Foundation has transformed a […]
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GTFO, 2016
And stay out. You took a slew of people who meant the world to us, you made Brexit a household name/nightmare in America, and that sh*t you pulled on Nov. 8? Unforgivable. No, 2016, can’t say I’m sorry to see go, but I’ll leave it to these witty British sisters to say it so much […]
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The Joffrey Ballet’s New ‘Nutcracker’ is a Hearty Holiday Treat
Move over Clara, a single mother sculptress is now the center of “The Nutcracker”—and that’s just one of the improvements made in The Joffrey Ballet’s $4 million world premiere production choreographed by Tony winner Christopher Wheeldon. As expected, the two-act ballet takes place on the night before Christmas, but the traditionally European-set story has been […]
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Abortion Stories: ‘I Just Want to Be a Good Mom’
“I just want to be a good mom.” My tearful admission may have been anesthesia-induced, but the sentiment was painfully genuine. My husband and I traveled an agonizing journey together before deciding to end this pregnancy for the benefit of our family. I found out I was pregnant four days after my husband bravely came […]
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Abortion Stories: How One Former Pro-Lifer’s Reproductive Choices Influenced Her Presidential Pick
For Amanda, the choice of who to select for president was both about the candidates and about another, more painful choice she’d been able to make in her past. I had the privilege of speaking with Amanda (who asked that her last name not be used), about her choice all those years ago and the […]
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Abortion Stories Note from the Rebelle in Chief
In the days immediately after the election, not one, not two, but three of our fantastic freelancers approached me with either first-person essays or interviews with women who wanted to tell their abortion stories. You can read two of those stories on the site this week (‘I Just Want to be a Good Mom‘ and How […]
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Don’t Sweat It! Try Sweat Cosmetics
Wearing makeup while working out can be a disaster waiting to happen, but not with Sweat Cosmetics. Five female soccer pros came together to create the first athletically proven line. The Sweat line features 4 “Sweat sticks” that come in five shades of mineral powder foundation, translucent powder, “Glow Hard” bronzer and “Gleam On” illuminator. […]
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‘What of the Night?’ Wakes Up Chicago’s Theatre Scene with Midwest Premiere of Award-Winning Off-Off-Broadway Work
The need to feed the body, soul and ego are among the many ways in which hunger manifests itself in “What of the Night?”. The avant-garde work was written by María Irene Fornés, who became prominent during the 1960s for presenting feminist perspectives and multi-site performances on Off-Off-Broadway in New York. Due west and decades […]