ENSEMBLE ESPAÑOL SPANISH DANCE THEATER’S “FLAMENCO PASSION” PERFORMANCES RETURN TO THE NORTH SHORE CENTER JUNE 17th-19th || Program Features Flamenco World Premieres by Award-Winning Flamenco Choreographer/ Performer La Lup | Internationally Acclaimed Flamenco Performer/Choreographer Elisabet Torras Aguilera and Ensemble Español Artistic Director Irma Suarez Ruiz | Plus Solo Chicago Premieres and Popular Favorites from Ensemble Español’s Repertoire || 12-Time Grammy-winning Percussionist, Diego “El Negro” Alvarez Makes His “Flamenco Passion” Music Debut and is Featured in New Symposium || “The Black and Brown Roots to Spanish Dance” (June 14-17) || Performances Are Part of the Company’s 46th American Spanish Dance and Music Festival

Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center Announces Artist Roster for the 2022/23 Ensemble

American Association Recaps for Sunday, May 22nd

​​​​​​​The 2021 Frontier League Champion Schaumburg Boomers suffered a 7-4 loss to the Trois-Rivieres Aigles in the finale of opening weekend at Wintrust Field on Sunday night.

Chicago Fire FC (2-6-5, 11 points) fell 1-0 to New York City FC (7-3-2, 23 points) at Citi Field on Sunday afternoon.

The hitters did their jobs, and John Sheaks took care of the rest.  His six scoreless innings helped deliver the Gary SouthShore RailCats a 4-1 win over the Lincoln Saltdogs to close out the series.

**** Highly Recommended **** Take everything you think you remember about "To Kill a Mockingbird", the movie or the play, and toss it out.  Aaron Sorkin’s nuanced adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic novel – hard to believe that it was written more than 50 years ago – is just about perfect.  One could almost see the ‘Breaking News’ headlines this story could generate!   However, telling the story from a child’s perspective bares all the ugly truths while muting some of the racial prejudice, hatred and mob action.  Don’t miss "To Kill a Mockingbird!"  4 Big Spotlights

American Association Recaps for Saturday, May 21st

**** Highly Recommended **** Once again, TimeLine Theatre brings us a thoughtful, well-researched, intelligent play about a person who appears briefly in American history. I"n 1834, a pair of American merchants brought a 14-year-old Chinese girl to America and put her on display.  Playwright Lloyd Suh has given that girl a voice in The Chinese Lady".  Mi Kang, who graduates from Northwestern with an MFA later this year, gives a tour de force performance as Afong Moy, "The Chinese Lady".  4 BIG Spotlights

Leif Strom’s first career start in a Gary Southshore RailCats uniform was a great one, but even his no-hit effort could not stop the Lincoln Saltdogs from securing a 2-1 win.