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Friday, January 6, 2017

For a former believer, The Christians at Steppenwolf is a stunning reminder of a personal crisis of faith by Ryan Smith

(This essay contains spoilers.) Popular culture often portrays the Christian pursuit of faith as a naive desire for clarity and certainty in an unsympathetic world that off…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 02:04PM

Monday, November 9, 2015

The Neo-Futurists bring digital entertainment into their analog world by Ryan Smith

What happens when drunk video gamers try to direct a stage version of Hamlet? You'll have about a minute to find out. The Neo-Futurists have chosen gaming as the theme of both their "Neoc…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 11:00AM

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