Chicago Reader

Eat Steak Chips CEO Tony B and Late Night Noods hustler Chef T unite for ramen and dummplings at the next Monday Night Foodball. bit.ly/3Pm4inJ

Win a pair of tickets to see FKA Twigs! Enter for a chance to see the show on Thursday, March 26 at Wintrust Arena. Entries accepted until 11:30 PM TONIGHT; 3 winners will chosen on March 20. bit.ly/4rDuyrj

With Jazz, now on view at the Art Institute, Matisse's decades-long quest to draw with color comes to its apex. bit.ly/4lH32aU

L. Walter Stearns's production puts us right in the room with the Man in Chair as he escapes into his favorite (fictional) musical. bit.ly/3NyCRXb

Matthew C. Yee's world premiere is a sprawling and spooky love story (with puppets and music) set in the Wild West bit.ly/3Pgitec

Black Ensemble Theater opens its 50th anniversary season with a revival of Jackie Taylor's bio-musical about the troubled R&B pioneer. bit.ly/4lBdf8T

Mickle Maher's 2015 play about the doomed path of digital communication, Song About Himself, returns with Theater Oobleck. bit.ly/47c0ATU

Mike Newquist's bravura solo outing in Becky Mode's Fully Committed at the Den makes up for some of the not-so-fresh elements in the script. bit.ly/4lHdMGq

Theatre Above the Law's Cyrano offers a fizzy revision of Edmond Rostand's 19th-century romance, complete with a gender twist. bit.ly/3P8kHMC

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's Project Hail Mary is an immersive and occasionally unoriginal science-fiction spectacle. bit.ly/4scMGt3

Plus: Jah Pool releases two more #NewChicago compilations, hardcore benefit Uncaged raises money for immigrant advocates, and more. bit.ly/4lAiyFr

Unsettling Territory by Douglas Kiel chronicles the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin's resilience during the 20th and 21st centuries. bit.ly/4rHJJ2L

Win a pair of tickets to see FKA Twigs! Enter for a chance to see the show on Thursday, March 26 at Wintrust Arena. Entries accepted until 11:30 PM on March 19; 3 winners will chosen on March 20. bit.ly/4lCMu3Q

The claimed detention story and ensuing media storm show why journalists must slow down--even when the stakes feel urgent. bit.ly/40BRqfK

Ian Tuason's Undertone innovatively breeds fear and paranoia in negative space. bit.ly/4dqTDlE

“I Dream I Cross the River in One Stride” refuses peripheral viewing, showing a Black femme visual tradition of surrendering to complexity. bit.ly/3PFPcti

With Divine Hammer, Hazel and Mae M. have created an astounding debut film that's aesthetically, narratively, and tonally unique. bit.ly/4soIoyP

Tony Benna's André Is an Idiot is a tender but not cloying portrait of a unique man's death. bit.ly/4sSdhvy

Matthew Ozawa uses lavish spectacle and heartfelt performances while exploring Puccini's orientalism through VR in this Lyric staging. bit.ly/4buc3PQ

Rather than get caught up in rags-to-riches fantasies on Pray 4 Me, Patrick expresses gratitude for friends and family and shares tales from the trenches, where money woes, false starts, grief, and heartache abound. bit.ly/4sO0iuL