All Entries in the "See and Plays" Category
Dust Off Your Ballet Flats, American Ballet Theatre Pliés Into Chicago for Five Days Only
I was 10 years old when my grandpa gave me the jewelry box painted with orchids and reeds. Inside, two opal swans slid across the mirrored top as I wound it and the music began to play. Sitting there in my lawn chair that summer afternoon, surrounded by family and friends visiting for my birthday, [...]
Date Night in Joliet
So your significant other suggests exploring Joliet for date night. Don’t worry, there’s more than NASCAR races and the creepy old prison. If your significant other is anything like the one I married, he’ll start with an idea and you’ll do the planning. Do not fear, I have a list of suggestions to give you [...]
The Swell Season: A Review
Two solid years after their movie, Once, made them America’s favorite Irish sweethearts, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová still have the ability to make an entire room stand still. Playing live in the Auditorium Theatre to nearly 4,000 people Hansard, Irglová and the band members from Hansard’s old group, The Frames have now all combined [...]
Tweet and Taste Chicago- One More Reason To Join Twitter
If you’re reading this blog post, you’re probably someone who’s hip to social media. You’re likely on Facebook, you have your favorite blogs and you may even be on LinkedIn. The question is, are you on Twitter? Since I work in social media, I am proud of the fact that I was an “early adopter” [...]
This isn’t your mother’s book club
Think of a book club and most of 20 and 30something’s thoughts will immediately gravitate towards their mothers or grandmothers sitting in a semi-circle in the living room reading the latest Oprah book (possibly while knitting and surrounded by lots of cats). But book clubs don’t just have to cater to an older crowd anymore. [...]
Banana Shpeel: Cirque Du Soleil takes on Vaudeville
Do you like to laugh? Me too! We have sooo much in common. Since we’ve just established that you and I are two peas in a pod, you’ll probably want to know what I thought about Banana Shpeel, Cirque Du Soleil’s first venture into traditional “theater.” You might be thinking, but aren’t all of their [...]
