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Folks on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram gave us so many interesting ideas for what to check out in Berwyn, we had to enlist the help of our bloggers to answer your questions.

Daisey is currently in Chicago for his piece American Utopias, which opens at the MCA Thursday, co-presented by the Chicago Humanities Festival.

Steppenwolf's Garage Rep is now accepting applications for 2013. Considering the success of Hit the Wall, it seems likely that people might be even more encouraged to do 2013's season. 

Ira Glass was back in the Chicago area last weekend for his first public appearance here since the "Retraction" episode of This American Life, which examined the fabrications in Mike Daisey's story about conditions at an Apple factory in China. In his first full media conversation about the show, Ira gives his take on the confrontation with Daisey.

1. This Changing Gears story reminds us that the Tympanic Theater Company is opening a Bruce Springstreen play called Deliver Us From Nowhere: Tales From Nebraska.

Just one item this week, but it's one that haunts me as I set out to finally buy an iPhone.  As a benefit for his home ensemble A Red Orchid Theatre, Lance Baker will perform Mike Daisey's monologue The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs for one night only, this Monday, March 5, at 8