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Chicago Broadcasting Network
An eclectic Chicago oriented podcast covering performing arts, neighborhood news, movies, books and business showcasing multicultural and age diverse people. We want to give you an idea of what we enjoy, and what we experience living in "The Windy City."
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Chicago Broadcasting NetworkA War of the Worlds | Theater Review
This is a review of Chicago based Theatre in the Dark’s virtual audio drama of “A WAR OF THE WORLDS” based on H.G. Wells’ iconic novel about a Martian invasion…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkChicago Neighborhood News Summary Sept. 2020
Chicago Broadcasting Network provides summaries of Chicago neighborhood news articles that have appeared in the Inside-Booster, News-Star, and the Skyline…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkConnie Wilson Interviews Spike O'Dell
Whatever happened to WGN radio personality Spike O'Dell? Connie Wilson interviews him from his retirement home in Nashville as they reminisce about his time in…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkChicago Local Neighborhood News Summary August 2020
Posh senior residence raises over two hundred thousand dollars to provide staff bonuses - - Stranger stabs man on street, says “Welcome to Uptown!” - - Lincoln…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkConnie Wilson Interviews Chicago Author Linda Gartz
Connie Wilson interviews Chicago author Linda Gartz about her book "Redlined," a riveting story of a community fractured by racial turmoil, an unraveling and…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkChicago Neighborhood News Summary July 2020
Chicago Broadcasting Network provides summaries of Chicago neighborhood news stories that have appeared in the Inside-Booster, News –Star, and the Skyline…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkHistorical Peek at the Chicago Cultural Center
Consider what Chicago looked like in the 1890’s. Across from what is now Millennium Park on land provided by Civil War Veterans is what used to be Chicago’s…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkSOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING | Film Review
Podcast review of 2019 documentary film by Josh da Silva about Chicago northside neighborhood teens using Improv to enhance communication skills and explore…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkEXPO - MAGIC OF THE WHITE CITY | Documentary Review
This is a review of a documentary video about the World's Columbian Expostion a/k/a The White City, held in Chicago 1893.
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkInside Publications Chicago News Summary April 2020
Chicago Broadcasting Network in alliance with Inside Publications will provide summaries of articles that have appeared in the Inside-Booster, News –Star, and…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkDon't Spread It Around & Why is Chicago a "Toddling Town?"
“Don’t Spread It Around” is based on the iconic tune “Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)” and is my humble attempt to encourage my fellow Chicagoans to abide by the…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkMRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION | Chicago Theater Review Podcast
Up until now her mother’s profession has been a mystery to Vivie Warren who has spent most of her life in boarding schools and in the country home of friends…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkI AM NOT YOUR PERFECT MEXICAN DAUGHTER | Theater Review
Julia is a Chicago teenager and aspiring writer struggling to come to terms with the sudden death of her only sister. Now that she is dead, Julia realizes she…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkMLIMA'S TALE | Chicago Podcast Theater Review
“Mlima’s Tale” presented by Griffin Theatre Company at the Raven Theater, Chicago is a powerful, sensitive, heartrending depiction of greed and corruption…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkHIT HER WITH THE SKATES | Preview & Press Conference
This regionally inspired musical by Christine Rea and Rick Briskin will have its world premiere March 18, 2020 at the Royal George Theatre in Chicago featuring…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkALMOST HEAVEN John Denver's America | Theater Review
John Denver’s music was considered to be more-or-less middle-of-the-road if not downright conservative in the wake of rising stars like Janis Joplin and Jimi…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkTHE MOUSETRAP | Podcast Theater Review | Chicago
In this popular Agatha Christie murder mystery five distinctly eccentric individuals have each booked their stay on the opening week of Monkswell Manor, a…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkONCE ON THIS ISLAND | Podcast Theater Review | Chicago
This exuberant Broadway in Chicago production with Caribbean inspired compositions of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty is a cautionary love story warning of…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkWHISPER HOUSE | Podcast Theater Review | Chicago
Black Button Eyes Production of the Chicago premiere of “Whisper House” is a somewhat touching story of love and acceptance, with an unusual treatment and…
Chicago Broadcasting Network1968 The Year That Rocked the World - Podcast - Book Review
Reno Lovion presents a podcast book review with a Chicago spin of Mark Kurlansky's book "1968 The Year That Rocked the World."
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkJoseph's . . . Dreamcoat Podcast Review
Reno Lovison podcast review of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" by Andrew Lloyd Webber presented by Music Theater Works at the Cahn Auditorum in…
Chicago Broadcasting Network"Burning Bluebeard" Chicago Podcast Theater Review
“Burning Bluebeard” literally comes alive in front of a scorched proscenium arch on a ruined stage - - depicting the aftermath of an inferno that destroyed the…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkThe Christmas Foundling | Chicago Podcast Theater Review
An upbeat holiday story that explores the meaning of family through the lives of five men and a baby boy in a small mining camp circa 1850s California. A…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkTwelfth Night in a Garden |Chicago Theater Review Podcast
This Chicago holiday production of Shakespeare's “Twelfth Night” can be described as Theater in a Garden amid the tropical flora collection in the Lincoln Park…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkChicago Eventologist Proclaims National Smith Day
We are planning to have Eventologist, Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith as a recurring guest on our podcast to share one or more monthly "holidates" with us including…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkALWAYS...PATSY CLINE | Chicago Theater Review
An amusing tale based on a true story, as told by Louise Seger who met young Patsy Cline at one of the singer's early Houston performances in the 1950s…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkMOTHER WIT | Chicago Short Story | Podcast
Venice Johnson is a Chicago artist, writer, and storyteller sharing her grandmother's old school lesson about maintaining a mutually beneficial romantic…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkA MURDER MOST NOVEL | Theater Review Podcast | Chicago
It’s the 1940s and veteran detective Max Forthright is throwing a lavish party to celebrate the publication of his upcoming memoirs. Before long there is a…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkMY LIFE IS A COUNTRY SONG | Podcast Theater Review | Chicago
The world premiere of Anthony Whitaker’s “My Life is a Country Song” presented by New American Folk Theatre has taken that adage to heart and crafted a well…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkPolitical Humor is Not New | Theater Review | Chicago
Before the TV and Internet, people looked to the theater for entertaining political commentary the equivalent of Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show, or Saturday…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkYou Are Happy | Theater Review | Chicago
An interesting, innovative and thoroughly enjoyable theater production, co-directed by Aaron Sawyer and Mary Kate Ashe at the Red Theater that leaves you…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkTHE FIRST RAINBOW COALITION | Film Review Podcast
A documentary that premiered at the 55th Annual Chicago International Film Festival about Chicago’s mulit-ethnic “street gangs” in the 1960s primarily led by…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkA Chicago Blues Legacy | Film Review
If you are not already a fan of Chicago Blues Legend Buddy Guy you are very likely to become one after seeing THE TORCH. The nearly two hour documentary…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkMerchant of Venice Theater Review Podcast | Chicago
Controversial and Thought Provoking “The Merchant of Venice” is presented by Invictus Theatre Company in the words of William Shakespeare but with more…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkChicago International Film Festival Overview Pt 1
Reno Lovison,Joanne Schochat, and Connie Wilson give their overview and observations including film suggestions for the 55th Annual Chicago International Film…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkRomance & Revenge at Lyric Opera Chicago
Love, lust, and quest for power lead to despair and death in Giuseppe Verdi’s “Luisa Miller” at Lyric Opera Chicago. Review by Reno Lovison.
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkLerner & Loewes Greatest Hits Review
Music Theater Works presents the clever lyrics and memorable mid-century melodies in “Lerner and Loewe’s Greatest Hits” at Evanston’s Nichols Concert Hall…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkA Delicate But Powerful Play | Podcast Theater Review
Featuring two strong performances inspired by true events “The Delicate Tears of the Waning Moon” is onstage through 10/13/2019 at the Steppenwolf 1700 Theater…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkMidsummer Podcast Theater Review | Chicago
Attorney Helena and Bob a petty thief are not exactly a perfect match, but find themselves thrown together out of desperation and convenience. When confronted…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkMeet Some Artists at Lakeview East Festival of the Arts | Chicago
We enjoyed an afternoon listening to some music, eating crepes and bratwurst, drinking a new beer, and talking with a few Chicago artists exhibiting at the…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkThe Fantasticks | Skokie Theatre Review
You will not be disappointed. A beautiful venue for this production. I definitely recommend this version of “The Fantasticks” for anyone who has never seen the…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkHunchback of Notre Dame Theater Review
I was curious to see how this epic story that features a soaring gothic cathedral in the heart of Paris would be portrayed on stage but from the moment the…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkBlinded by the Light | Movie Review
A review of Gurinder Chadha's movie "Blinded by the Light" with a Chicago spin. Javed wants to bust out of his working class town in the outskirts of London…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkRetro on Roscoe Street Fair Chicago
Classic cars, food, and entertainment at this year's Retro on Roscoe three day festival and street fair. Hear what you missed and what you have to look forward…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkInternational Falls | Chicago Theater Review
Agency Theater Collective and End of the Line Production Presents “International Falls” by playwright Thomas Ward at the Nox Arca Theater in Chicago near…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkA Funky Journey at Black Ensemble Theater Chicago
“There’s a whole lot of rhythm goin’ round” in this energetic journey through the history of funk aboard the “Mothership.” This show is something of a “Love…
Chicago Broadcasting Network"Now & Then" at Pride Arts Theater Chicago
Theater review of a play about love and commitment that speaks to anyone who might appreciate and value the benefits of a life well lived that is based on…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkFlower of Hawaii | Theater Review | Chicago
Jazz operetta written in 1931. The storyline is farcical, campy and largely inconsequential. Individual performances are what is important and this talented…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkRecalling Blues Legends
Interview conducted by Chicago based journalist Brett Stewart with Blues authority Bill Dahl, author of “Art of the Blues – A Visual Treasury of Black Music’s…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkChicago Printers Row Lit Fest 2019
An introduction to some of the authors we met at the 2019 Chicago Printers Row Lit Fest.
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkInterview with the author of THE CHRONOCAR
Steve Bellinger talks about his time-travel sci-fi novel “The Chronocar” set in the Chicago southside Bronzeville neighborhood and on the campus of Illinois…
Chicago Broadcasting Network"The Memo" a Dystopian Message from Organic Theater
Theater review by Reno Lovison of an absurdist black comedy “The Memo” written by Vaclav Havel performed by Organic Theater Company in Chicago.
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkSIX - Wives of Henry VIII | Chicago Theater Review
The Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents the energetic pop-concert musical “Six” by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss featuring the story of the six wives of the…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkThe Adventure of Augie March | Theater Review | Chicago
A theater review by Reno Lovison of the world premiere of “The Adventures of Augie March” playing at Court Theatre, in Chicago through June 9, 2019.
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkAn Undeniable Hit at the Raven | Theater Review | Chicago
A podcast review of “The Undeniable Sound of Right Now” at the Raven Theatre in Edgewater in Chicago. Highly Recommend by Reno Lovison
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkFoster Avenue Beach the Place and the Song
This podcast is an introduction to Foster Avenue Beach on Chicago's Northside and why we used the song of the same name by Scatterplot as the theme song for…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkTwo Days in Court at City Lit Chicago | Theater Review
City Lit Theater in Chicago endstheir 39th theatrical season with “Two Days in Court: A Double-Header of Classic One Acts." “The Devil and Daniel Webster” by…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkVisit to Bistro 6050 in Portage Park
Mike Rataj chats with "Pan-Global Food Artist" Roselle to talk about ice cream, French velvet crepes, baked empanadas and more.
Chicago Broadcasting Network'Anastasia' is pure fantasy
There's plenty to like about this Broadway road tour theatrical extravaganza loosely based on the true-life story of a woman claiming to be the surviving…
Chicago Broadcasting NetworkA Bronx Tale Choosing Fear or Love
This podcast review by Reno Lovison is of the musical version of the of “A Bronx Tale” that includes music by Alan Menken and Lyrics by Glenn Slater and is a…