Lifeline for Links

Dec 21 - 23 at 6am

Observe and celebrate the shortest day of the year at three morning sunrise concerts! Percussionists Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang return for their 34th year.

Jan 16 - 19 at various times

Made in Macau 2.0 tells a personal history of the island city Macau. Intimate family memories confront present day realities along side the changing identity of island city’s unique, hybrid culture. Local ideologies resound as serious and comic scenes use contemporary staging with traditional puppets and everyday household objects.

Jan 16 + 18 at 10pm and 10:30pm

Don’t let the evening end! Come join the fun at this fan-favorite late show where eyebrows meet lowbrows. Enjoy Chicago’s long-standing puppet cabaret with your hirsute host Jameson and somewhat furry friends for a naughty night of raucous, dark, sassy, sad and highly unusual puppet theater. Out-of-towner puppeteers are invited to join local legends for friendly unwinding.

In the dangerous and magical land of Sunderbans great rivers combine and split before merging into the Bay of Bengal. Real-time sculpting meets traditional storytelling as shape shifting ‘maati’ shines in the Land of 18 Tides in this performance by Tram Arts Trust.

Jan 23 + 25 at 10pm + 10:30pm

Don’t let the evening end! Come join the fun at this fan-favorite late show where eyebrows meet lowbrows. Enjoy Chicago’s long-standing puppet cabaret with your hirsute host Jameson and somewhat furry friends for a naughty night of raucous, dark, sassy, sad and highly unusual puppet theater. Out-of-towner puppeteers are invited to join local legends for friendly unwinding.