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To add bacon, or not to add bacon, that is the question.

Dueling Critics on Eight Forty-Eight, Friday July 27 between 9 and 10 a.m., 91.5 FM and WBEZ.org, FREE!It’s an all-Shakespeare, all-outdoor, all-Western suburbs day!

This is the perfect time to be a young actor. Sure, the global economy sucks, but when has it ever been a good time for a career in the arts? 

Turkey is working to block official attempts by Israel to attend the NATO summit. Chicago-area businessman and Turkey scholar Mehmet Celebi tells Worldview what’s behind the diplomatic tensions.

Across the Middle East, William Shakespeare is just as much of a literary staple as he is in the United States. That is, if you switch out classical English for classical Arabic, swap Hamlet for an Arabian prince, and assign opposing Sunni and Shia’ identities to the star-crossed lovers.

This weekend you can celebrate Shakespeare's birthday with French erotica and/or breakneck dancing, or check out at Belgian theater company performing the works of a French author. Who says Chicago ain’t a global city?

Shakespeare's dramas never seem to grow old. Over the years they’ve found new life, especially in film.Othello's been re-cast as a boarding school basketball star.