We’d like to tell you that we were long aware of the plight of the members of Belarus Free Theatre, suffering life-threatening oppression in pursuit of their art in their home country, but it wasn’t until a coalition of Chicago theater folk led by the Goodman, Chicago Shakespeare and Northwestern stitched together a one-month Chicago engagement that we’d ever heard of them. The move bought them time after a New York performance to suss out their next step, since going home to possible imprisonment was not a very good option. But after seeing them perform their original pastiche of the works and words of Harold Pinter in their own language on the Goodman stage opening night, where their performance gave new meaning to the power of art to change the world, we’ll never forget them. Or the benevolence of Chicago’s theater community, either.
Today in the Culture: March 30, 2021 | Bookstore sues Amazon | Arts Alliance petitions the city FOOD & DRINK Who is that masked Manny? Manny's Cafeteria and Delicatessen will give away free food today, ending at 1,000 sandwiches or the first customer who comes in without being properly masked. Rocking the IPA Two Brothers brewing is leaning into its historical music affinities for the launch of its new beer, Amplifier IPA, describing it as "big,…
Today in the Culture: March 19, 2021 | Arts fight against zoning ordinance grows | Restaurant Week starts DESIGN Culture killer Add Terrain Exhibitions and its Biennial to the list of things threatened by Ald. Sophia King's rezoning ordinance that would limit the use of houses as cultural institutions; they're encouraging supporters to write letters. (Preservation Chicago is collecting signatures on a petition.) DINING AND DRINKING Indulge yourself and save a job and maybe a business Chicago…
