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Wilco will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of its turbulent Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album with a 2022 tour that includes shows on April 22 and 23 at the elegant Auditorium Theatre in Chicago.

Now that we have the new Chicago Not In Chicago ad campaign to promote our city’s cultural events, maybe we can get the rock duo Was Not Was to compose a theme song.

Relative, the latest film from director Michael Glover Smith and White City Cinema, will have its world premiere at the Gasparilla International Film Festival in Tampa, FL next month. Smith will be at the event, along with members of the cast and crew.

The 10th annual Chicago Theatre Week kicks off this Thursday, February 17 and will offer several live performances around the city and suburbs. Well-known companies such as Victory Gardens Theater; The Second City; A Red Orchid Theatre; Northlight Theatre; Theater Wit; Drury Lane Theatre; Metropolis Performing Arts Centre; and the Paramount Theatre are taking part, and there are several smaller, indie companies involved as well. See the Choose Chicago website for the complete schedule.

Contrary to a statement I made here on this past Saturday’s post, there will be a Chicago date on this year’s The Who Strikes Back! Tour. It’s October 12 at 7:30 at the United Center. 

Van Morrison, whose soulful music (particularly “Down To Joy”) played an important role in the Oscar-nominated film Belfast, will be coming here on May 7 and 8 for shows at the Chicago Theatre.

Women Of Soul continues its run at the Mercury Theater on Chicago’s north side through March 6. I saw a terrific version of Spamalot at this venue a few years back. As Kris Vire noted in a highly favorable review in yesterday’s Chicago Sun-Times, Women Of Soul was originally created and performed at the Black Ensemble Theater in 2018.

No Way - - - Wayback Machine. A week ago in the Sun-Times, film critic Richard Roeper offered a well-researched nostalgic look at Wayne’s World. The film sprang from a recurring skit on Saturday Night Live, and for me, the funniest TV moment was when Aerosmith paid a visit to Wayne’s Aurora, IL home.