Fresh Start to Your Week: 9/18 – 9/20
Summer may be coming to an end but the the warm weather is holding on, giving our beautiful city even more reasons to head out and explore! So let’s add some events […]
Solange Shares her Artistic Visions at the MCA, 9/13
Seeing Solange Knowles speak, I knew, would be a dream come true. With insightful questions posed by writer and essayist Britt Julious, Solange’s talk at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Wednesday night […]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Grants Us Her Wisdom at the Auditorium Theatre
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the hero of most every woman, young or old. Hearing her speak on September 11, the anniversary of America’s great tragedy, went a long way to lifting […]
35th Reeling Film Festival Brings LGBTQ Films to Chicago
The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival known as Reeling—the second-oldest LGBTQ film festival in the world—kicks off its 35th annual events on Thursday, September 21, running through September 28 at the Landmark […]
The 312 Block Party 2017 Is Almost Here!
This weekend marks the official start of fall, but luckily the weather is set to be summery and the 312 Block Party will be in full swing! This Friday and Saturday, September […]
Jay Som, Stef Chura and Soccer Mommy at Subterannean: A Lineup Model We Need More Of
A cloaked figure heads down a spiral staircase and stands in front of a rotund chandelier. Three men surround the figure. And they all play some rock music. This was the scene […]
Ben Sollee and Kentucky Native Bring Bluegrass Thrills to Schubas
Cellist Ben Sollee and his band Kentucky Native performed what felt like a love letter to the state of Kentucky on Tuesday (9/12) at Schuba’s. They played songs from their self-titled debut […]
Review: 5th Annual Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival Brings The Laughs
Stage 773 is home to quite a bit of fun, funny theater and comedy all year round. This past weekend, though, it saw the invasion of the nerds as the 5th annual […]
Game Review: Is Metroid: Samus Returns a Return to Game Greatness?
For a while there, Nintendo seemed to abandon the Metroid franchise. When the 30th anniversary of Metroid came and went last year without a word from Nintendo, most thought the series forgotten […]
Game Review: Dishonored: Death of the Outsider – To Kill a God
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider is developer Arkane Studios’ not-quite-DLC follow-up to Dishonored 2, and in many ways, a sequel to Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall DLC. While not a full-length entry […]
Orwell’s 1984 at AstonRep Is a Chilling Dystopia, Now More Than Ever
Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell’s dystopian novel, was considered science fiction when it was published in 1949. Almost 70 years later, in an era of alternative facts and so-called fake news, 1984 is […]
Riot Fest 2017: Day Three in Review
A woman had three rules scribbled on the back of her black denim vest: Eat pussy. Chug whiskey. Hail Satan. And after suffering two scorchers, the gods – or Satan – […]