Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 10/17 and Beyond
Fall temps are finally here and we’re inching closer and closer to Halloween! But et’s not get ahead of ourselves, there are tons of markets, concerts, great movies, and so […]
Fall temps are finally here and we’re inching closer and closer to Halloween! But et’s not get ahead of ourselves, there are tons of markets, concerts, great movies, and so […]
Who would’ve thought two 19th-century German nerds could cause such a stir? When Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm compiled their nation’s folklore in the Grimms’ Fairy Tales they sparked two centuries […]
In the late ’60s and early ’70s, most Americans had mixed feelings about the Vietnam War because it was a controversial conflict that for many had moral ambiguity. Even though […]
The 60th Chicago International Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday, October 16 with a gala screening of the new film adaptation of The Piano Lesson, based on August Wilson’s play. […]
25 years ago Japanese metal giants Boris released their aptly-titled sophomore studio album Amplifier Worship; a landscape-terraforming ode to the power of volume and frequency. Drone, Doom, Sludge, all of […]
Grief is born out of trauma and thrives in loneliness. Playwright Eboni Booth creates a devastating inner world of grief in Primary Trust and builds a shell of a world […]
Short stories exist in the literary world somewhere between the novel and the dirty joke. Their readers want the accouterments of a novel delivered in the most expedient, gut-punchy way […]
There are not many certainties in life and when a sure thing is discovered we all should enjoy it. So, just in time for the Halloween season, Hell in a […]
A few years ago I wrote a piece arguing that Local H was one of the hardest working, and most consistent rock bands currently in existence. This remains very true. […]
Ruben Quesada is a poet and editor of the award-winning anthology Latinx Poetics: Essays on the Art of Poetry. His poetry and criticism have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Best American Poetry, The Believer, Harvard […]
Food innovation is an oftentimes frightening concept. Usually linked with processed foods, GMOs and pesticides, producing food differently doesn’t really seem that sweet. Until you meet the Oishii Berry. Oishii […]
Air dazzled at the Auditorium Theatre last week in a mesmerizing audiovisual display. The legendary French electronic duo is celebrating the 25th anniversary of their debut album Moon Safari by […]
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