The Other Dance Festival came out of a heated talk about the lack of performance opportunities for Chicago modern dance that turned into a mad plan for change. Six years ago Elizabeth Lentz and I were talking about what the community needed: a visible performance event that would draw audience, more...

This is what you will hear on our Box Office voice mail, at 773 281 0824:

"Hello, this is Links Hall’s Box Office. Our next event is [name of company, title of show, dates and times of show, price of tickets]. If you would like to make a reservation, please leave your name, the date of the performance and number of tickets required, and please state more...

While Chicago is home to many world-class museums and performing arts organizations, it is the role of libraries to collect and maintain our local arts history. Our various archives were established to provide a safe and permanent home for documents and recordings related to Chicago’s visual and performing artists and arts organizations. Our staff regularly conducts outreach and requests that individuals and organizations contribute to our archives. more...

An Interview with CAR Researcher Angela Ruiz 

The inspiration of a couple people had to come together in order to form Dance Chicago. I was a dance producer and I had always done show cases and productions managing many dance groups. Fred Solari, our co-founder, had been working in theatre production for 10 years. He approached me with this idea for a dance showcase to produce local artists’ work. This became the vision for Dance Chicago.  more...