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10.21.09
Links Hall presents excitation necessary for the maintenance of the life and functions of the various organs, this November.

10.19.09
Hedwig Dances, on stage and screen this fall.

09.30.09
Links Hall’s Artistic Associates Rachel Damon and Dan Mohr present collision_theory

09.29.09
Blair Thomas & Company presents Hard Headed Heart , October 4, 2009 at Links Hall

09.23.09
Links Hall celebrates its 30th Anniversary with spectacular performances in the month of October.

09.18.09
Links Hall kicks off the season with dynamic dance and performance starting September 4th.

09.10.09
Presentation of Reverberation features new works by Stephanie Williams and Megan Adams at Links Hall, September 18-20, 2009.

09.01.09
Links Hall kicks off the season with dynamic dance and performance starting September 4th.

08.10.09
Links Hall presents the “deliciously wacky” Paul Zaloom, August 22-23, 2009.

Please join us in welcoming Roell Schmidt to Links Hall and our extended community of artists and arts enthusiasts!

Links Hall is thrilled to announce Roell Schmidt as our new Director! Roell has been working in film, theater and arts administration since 1994. In addition to her organizational leadership experience, Roell has an impressive background as a producer in film and theater, her talents ranging from the administrative to the creative. Roell officially takes the helm July 20, 2009.

The Director leads the organization, carries primary responsibility for operations and programming and ensures the overall health of the organization, creatively expanding its ability to carry out its mission. The Director has primary responsibility for fundraising, financial management, staffing and program coordination. This is an exciting opportunity for an executive leader to sustain and build on a strong infrastructure and on the dynamic growth experienced by Links Hall over the past five years. The Director works collaboratively with staff, Artists, Artistic Associates, Board of Directors and its committees, funders, and national and local colleagues and partners including the National Performance Network. more>>

03.05.09
Links Hall announces April 2009 performances.

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10.29.09 REVIEW
Review: Hedwig Dances
by Zac Whittenberg for trailerpilot
 
“…Hedwig is a vector pointed at bracing physicality matched by confident theater, a combination I enjoy greatly…”

09.28.09 PREVIEW
30 Hours of Dance to Celebrate
30 Years at Links Hall
by Lucia Mauro for Eight-Forty-Eight, WBEZ
 
“It may be located in the heart of Chicago’s Cubs Land, but the Wrigleyville-based Links Hall exists firmly outside the boundaries of sports. It’s a fertile haven for avant-garde dancer-choreographers, musicians and performance artists. For its 30th anniversary, Links Hall will unite artists from across the generations in a 30-hour marathon concert this Friday. Dance Critic Lucia Mauro fills us in….”

09.10.09 LISTING
Jonathan Meyer: Dancing in an alternate universe
by Lucia Mauro for Examiner.com

"Links Hall presents...Body, Space, Music, by German choreographer and performance artist Raimund Hoghe..."

09.24.09 REVIEW
Antitrust Circus and Cry at Links Hall
by Gretchen Holmes

"Experimental Dance Alert: J'Sun Howard and Adam Rose emerge from their LinkUp residencies with strong/strange work. This weekend, Links Hall featured work by its fall LinkUp Residency Artists J'Sun Howard and Adam Rose. Trained as dancers, both artists present collaborative movement-based works that challenge the body's expressive range…"

09.24.09 REVIEW
Two powerful universes share one showcase.
Asimina Chremos, TimeOut Chicago

08.13.09 LISTING
Five Things to Do
TimeOut Chicago

AROUND TOWN/THEATER - Rustbelt Revival: A New Economic Stimulus Package

08.06.09 REVIEW/CRITIC'S CHOICE
The Humans and Momentum Sensorium

06.25.09 ARTICLE
Links Hall names new director
by Asimina Chremos for TimeOut Chicago

"Links Hall, the long-standing alternative dance and performance venue in Wrigleyville, has named Roell Schmidt for its leadership position."

05.28.09 FEATURE
Save Links Hall: The Wrigleyville performance venue gets lost in the Cubs crowd.
by Kris Vire for TimeOut Chicago

04.10.09 LISTING
Things to do this weekend
TimeOut Chicago

DANCE - Portable Dance: House Party

03.19.09 LISTING
What you're doing tonight
NBC Chicago

"Attend a party for a good cause... "THAW: Melting Point," a benefit for beloved performing arts non-profit Links Hall..."

03.11.09 BLOG
Feats Street
posted by trailerpilot

03.11.09 BLOG
Scuttlebutt.
posted by trailerpilot

03.06.09 LISTING
Things to do this weekend

DANCE - Amii LeGendre: Reaching Beyond Boundaries Workshop "LeGendre—a guest artist from Hudson, New York—teaches break dancing, gymnastics and capoeira.."

03.15.09 ARTICLE
Change is afoot at Links Hall...
TimeOut Chicago

03.03.09 REVIEW
Poonie’s Faburet
posted by trailerpilot

“Tonight at Link’s Hall, Jyl Fehrenkamp hostessed a particularly high-powered installment of the long-running, quarterly-or-so Monday night Poonie’s Cabaret…”

03.01.09 FEATURE
Arts Professional Story: C.J. Mitchell, Links Hall
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"What is Links Hall? What kinds of resources does it provide for dancers?"

03.01.09 BLOG
Everybody wins!
posted by trailerpilot

02.24.09 BLOG
Thawt you might like that.
posted by trailerpilot

02.24.09 BLOG
Poonie’s or Rhoads? Ack!
posted by trailerpilot

01.28.09 BLOG
Brooklicago or Chicooklyn?
posted by trailerpilot

01.15.09 BLOG
Workshop smorgasbord.
posted by trailerpilot

01.13.09 FEATURE
The Players:
The 50 people who really perform for Chicago
written by Fabrizio O. Almeida, Lisa Buscani, Brian Hieggelke, Sharon Hoyer, Valerie Jean Johnson, Nina Metz, Dennis Polkow, William Scott, Andy Seifert and Monica Westin for Newcity Magazine

“…CJ Mitchell is a diverse talent. Accountant by trade, artist at heart, the diplomatic, whip-smart Scotsman has steered Links into a unique niche by overseeing an experimental performance and collaboration roster rarely seen outside the world of academe….”

01.12.09 REVIEW
Links Hall series plays true to its fringe approach
by Sid Smith for Chicago Tribune

"You expect the unusual and provocative at Links Hall, a tiny space devoted to innovation, fringe enterprise and ..."

10.24.08 REVIEW
Chicago Premiere of ‘Still Black’
posted by thinkpinkradio for THINK PINK RADIO

“The “Studies N Black” festival has been going on at Links Hall for most of October, if you are lucky, then you have already seen some of it. Curated by Baraka de Soleil…”

07.16.08 INTERVIEW
Tim Miller : The naked truth
by Liz Granger for Windy City Times

“Tim Miller: I have to admit, I am actually naked right now. I suddenly realized that as you asked. … My partner Alistair and I were at the beach, and we just got back. I hosed myself off in the backyard. [ Miller laughs. ] T-M-I …
WCT: No, I love it!...”

12.07 REVIEW
Asimina Chremos: Red Swan Red Swan
by Zachary Whittenburg for Flavorpill

“…Chremos has the facility and exactitude of a ballerina, but her semi-improvised work feeds classical forms into algorithms that spit out crystalline, organic shapes,…”