Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 6/30 and Beyond
Holy moly, It’s Fourth of July weekend! That snuck up on us. Luckily there are tons of really fun events…
Interview
Review: BRONCHO Treats Lincoln Hall to an Extensive Set
Lincoln Hall was in for a treat this past Saturday with Oklahoma indie rock outfit, BRONCHO (Ryan Lindsey, Nathan Price,…
Review: Cuphead—The Delicious Last Course Serves Up a Heaping Helping of New Cuphead
Cuphead was a phenomenon when it released, both because of its unique (for a video game) art style, and its…
Review: The Long Night Is Standard-Issue Direct-to-Streaming Horror Fare
Marking the first feature from composer and music video director Rich Ragsdale, The Long Night concerns a young New York…
Interview: Filmmaker Cooper Raiff on Acting in His Own Films, Casting Dakota Johnson and Being a Good Party Starter
When writer/director/actor Cooper Raiff began making films, he tended to borrow not just from events in his life, but also…
Review: In a Storm of Silliness, Theater Wit’s Hurricane Diane Demands That We Care About Climate Change
Dionysus/Diane has messages for us. The messages we continue to ignore about the serious dangers that climate change portends for…
Review: Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna Enchanted Martyrs’
Guest review by Aviv Heart. You won’t find a single music venue in Chicago that feels quite like Martyrs’ on…
Giveaway: Sacred Rose’s Hippie Spirit Will be Taking Over the Seatgeek Stadium Campus in August
We are in the middle of festival season and there are so many fantastic gatherings going on this year! One…
Dialogs: Haymarket Books Launches Maya Marshall’s All the Blood Involved in Love
Haymarket Books describes itself as a radical and independent publisher, and in light of current events, I am grateful that…
Preview: Let’s Get Physical at the 9th Annual Physical Theater Festival July 16-24
Chicago’s Physical Theater Festival returns for the ninth year with in-person, indoor and outdoor performances, plus four workshops by festival artists, July 16-24,…
Review: Chicago Activist Jahmal Cole’s Origin Story and Impact Chronicled in A Tiny Ripple of Hope
“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out…
Review: Pride Arts’ Tommy on Top Has the Recipe for Farce—But It’s Slightly Undercooked
I am a big fan of British comedy and in particular, one master of the genre—John Cleese in Fawlty Towers.…
Review: The Black Phone Is an Impressive Original Horror Story with Strong Child Actors at its Core
From the mind of Stephen King’s offspring, son Joe Hill, The Black Phone (based on Hill’s short story) concerns a…
Review: Beavis and Butt-head Do the Universe Marks the Return of ’90s Empty-Headed Fun
Admittedly, MTV’s “Beavis and Butt-Head” series (which began in 1993) and the characters’ first movie, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America…
Review: The Handcuffs Release the Best Album of Their Career (So Far) With Burn The Rails
The Handcuffs are one of those bands who will play live shows relatively frequently, but feel no rush to release…
Review: New Conductor, Different Program, No Problem for Grant Park Orchestra
For the second time in a week, a Chicago orchestra’s conductor was suddenly sidelined due to a positive COVID-19 test…
Review: Goodman Theatre’s Life After Has None
I’ll keep this short – but it won’t be sweet. The Goodman Theatre’s production of Toronto playwright Britta Johnson’s freshman…
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 6/23 and Beyond
It’s the last weekend of Pride month and the events just keep rolling in. Whether you’re heading to The Pride…
Review: A Star is Born in Baz Luhrmann’s Busy, Imperfect and Wildly Entertaining Elvis
It seems only right to preface this review by acknowledging that Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet, that frenetic, overdramatic, brilliantly…
Review: Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes Aims to Understand a Massive Disaster Through Newly Uncovered Sources
Filmmaker James Jones (On the President’s Orders, The Riots 2011) has a history of making documentaries about events of the…