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The Mammals, a Chicago-based theater company, lives up to its desire to tell stories “in all sorts of mediums.” This weekend they present an unusual take on the bard’s classic play: “What happens when Mexico’s favorite lady luchadores have to fight it out over the coveted role of Lady Macbeth!!!” they ask. The answer, apparently, is “mayhem, mystery and Aztec mummies.”

Allen, now a global brand, is a director critic Milos Stehlik says has "joined the factory machinery producing cinematic pudding." He recommends you skip the film, and save your money for airfare.

Without intervention, the summer's sustained high temperatures and dry weather could kill off thousands of trees next year, according to a city parks official.

She might be WBEZ's most loved on-air presence, even (or especially) when traffic is bad: "It's Friday the 13th and an unlucky day for listeners of WBEZ," said Tony Sarabia, who had the heavy task of saying goodbye to traffic reporter Sarah Jindra, who leaves WBEZ to go to CLTV/WGN on Eight Forty-Eight. 

Magic Mike is being touted as "the male stripper movie," but it's not alone. Here, Alison Cuddy offers up several other worthy contenders of the beefcake genre.

Despite the loss of an "L" line, the departure of manufacturing jobs and an arson epidemic, this West Side neighborhood is still holding on.