Courtney Kueppers
Reporter and Producer at WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL)
Journalist in Chicago. ✉️: [email protected]
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2 days ago |
wbez.org | Courtney Kueppers
The new scripted dance dramedy Étoile arrives in full this week on Amazon Prime Video, complete with a Chicago dancer as part of an ensemble pulled from some of the country’s top ballet companies. Reed Henry, who appears in the ensemble of professional dancers, is in his second year as a company member at Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet. Green Room Newsletter You’re subscribed!Please check your inbox for your confirmation.
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4 days ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Courtney Kueppers
Art from around the globe, along with the who’s who of the art world, will descend on Chicago this week for the Midwest’s largest art fair, EXPO Chicago. The sprawling display of nearly 200 galleries from 36 countries arrives at Navy Pier’s Festival Hall at a moment when both the arts world and efforts to diversify it are under close scrutiny by the federal government.
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5 days ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Matt Moore |Courtney Kueppers |Genevieve Bookwalter
Many Chicagoans would agree that street festivals are a staple of summer culture here. We endure harsh winters and gloomy spring days to let loose at Pride Fest, catch a great band at Wicker Park Fest or pretend like the cold isn’t around the corner at Lincoln Square Ravenswood Apple Fest. But a coalition of organizers from those fests and several others are raising concerns about the rising costs of all that goes into making these events happen — and the little they get in return.
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6 days ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Courtney Kueppers
Chicago’s neighborhood street festivals — a staple of summertime in the city — are struggling to survive, according to a new coalition of 20 festival organizers that includes Chicago’s Pride Fest, Taste of Randolph and the Square Roots Fest in Lincoln Square. The organizers have joined forces to sound the alarm on rising operating costs and diminishing entry donations. Together, the group says, the model has become unsustainable.
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6 days ago |
wbez.org | Courtney Kueppers
Chicago’s EXPO draws curators and gallerists from around the world and is unfolding amid a crackdown on immigration and diversity programs.
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