Today in the Culture, April 13, 2021 | More Drive-In Movies | No Block Party | Fred Hampton Legacy 04-13 Newcity by Ray Pride Not Feeling Safe At All: A Review of Security at Kane Repertory Theatre Veteran Hollywood actor Eric Roberts and rising star Harsh J. Gagoomal explore the roles of oppressor and victim in this world premier online production by Hammaad Chaudry. 04-13 Newcity Stage by Noel Schecter Free Will Astrology: Week of April 15, 2021 ARIES: the whole world will feel like a door to you. 04-13 Newcity by Rob Brezsny Today in the Culture, April 12, 2021: Art For Breonna | Wash Post dishes Chicago | Poet Laureate Angela Jackson 04-12 Newcity by Ray Pride The Mastery of Painting: A Review of Fugue State at Victor Armendariz In this timely exhibition of recent painting on that theme, a fugue state is best invoked by the painted digitalizations of Jan Pieter Fokkens. 04-12 Newcity Art by Chris Miller City of Thorns: A review of “I Never Promised You A Rose Garden” by Mannie Murphy 04-12 Newcity Lit by Brian Hieggelke The Virtues of Virtual: Chicago Opera Theater’s Digital Season One of the bright sides of our recent pandemic is that it has forced many opera companies to adapt, and many of the resulting digital media productions have been wonderful. 04-09 Newcity Music by Seth Boustead Today in the Culture, April 9, 2021 | Abloh Covers Vogue | Clubs Flub | Zorn Scorned | Netflix Goes West 04-09 Newcity by Ray Pride 60wrd/min COVID Edition: I’ll Never Be Untrue, April Dawn Parker In this weekly column, art critic Lori Waxman adapts her 60wrd/min project to review work by artists whose practice has been affected by the pandemic. 04-09 Newcity Art by Lori Waxman Celestial Hearts: A Review of “Girlhood” by Melissa Febos Luckily for nonfiction and memoir readers Melissa Febos is here to disrupt the traditional with her new essay collection. 04-08 Newcity Lit by Bruce Owens Grimm Today in the Culture, April 8, 2021 | Opening Locks | Rising Mercury | Waxing Roth | Remembering Sahlins 04-08 Newcity by Ray Pride Talking Screens: Rohmer redux, a little bit Joker and why Godzilla vs. Kong conquers 04-08 Newcity Film by Ray Pride Elevated Materialism? An Inside Look into The Weaving Mill’s Catalog A new catalog celebrates the story behind some of The Weaving Mill's thoughtful designs 04-07 Newcity Design by Isa Giallorenzo The Spirit of Mezcal: For Cinco de Mayo, Take an Agave Road Trip to Mexico with Lou Bank For some months now, Bank has been teaming with Salvador “Chava” Periban, head distiller at Sombra distillery, to produce the Agave Road Trip, an informative and entertaining podcast designed to teach gringo bartenders about agave, agave spirits and rural Mexico. For Cinco de Mayo, Bank and Periban have formulated an Agave Road Trip-in-a-Box. 04-07 Newcity Resto by David Hammond Today in the Culture, April 7, 2021 | Chicago 7 SAGs | Trib journalists disrespected 04-07 Newcity by Ray Pride Visionario: Scaling Van Gogh with Massimiliano Siccardi, Creator of the New Immersive Exhibition The exhibit suits our era of forced distances well. 04-07 Newcity Art by Ted C. Fishman Moving Forward with a Wink and a Nod: Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell Takes the Helm of Hubbard Street Dance Company "In the essence of contemporary dance and contemporary meaning, now, there are a lot of voices out there that maybe we haven’t explored. There are choreographers who haven’t had the opportunity to work with Hubbard Street. And Hubbard Street, I mean, come on! Those dancers can do anything. They can do anything." 04-06 Newcity Stage by Sharon Hoyer Free Will Astrology: Week of April 8, 2021 ARIES: Susan Sontag defined "mad people" as those who "stand alone and burn." 04-06 Newcity by Rob Brezsny Today in the Culture, April 6, 2021 | Dressing Rihanna | Preserving Guerrilla Video 04-06 Newcity by Ray Pride Today in the Culture: April 5, 2021 | Forestalling Alden | Foxtrot Lock | Abe Shock 04-05 Newcity by Ray Pride