If you’re looking for a little baseball‑themed entertainment this summer, you could skip the Friendly Confines or Sox Park (currently its tenants are in FIRST PLACE in the AL Central?!) […]
I’ve often said that someone being disappointed by a film because it doesn’t meet the expectations you had of it going in isn’t the fault of the film; it’s your […]
It’s always an honor when artists choose Chicago as the first stop on their tour and last weekend Chicago was spoiled with not just one but TWO nights with the […]
The finale of 2026 Chicago Blues Festival featured a master musician I have become incredibly familiar with: Taj Mahal. The first time I ever saw him was in 1973 on […]
Hope everyone’s okay after that severe storm this week! We’re still going to get a little bit of rain here and there this weekend but we can head out and […]
Day three of the 2026 Chicago Blues Festival featured beautiful sunny, hot weather. Musicians performing included Billy Branch with Sons of the Blues, Ronnie Baker Brooks, and Kenny Neal, and […]
This article was written by Mackenzie Sinta. The first taste of summer in Chicago means two things: spending time outdoors and enjoying a cocktail. When temperatures reached 80 degrees this […]
The American Writers Festival, held over the weekend at the American Writers Museum and the Harold Washington Library, was presented by the museum in partnership with the Chicago Public Library. […]
Kevin Morby has long been the Midwest’s grandest bard, mixing so much of what makes the region unique deep into his music. Elements of the bible belt, modern secular life, […]
The Joffrey Ballet is concluding its 70th season with a superb production of Eugene Onegin, based on Alexander Pushkin’s 1833 novel of the same name. This is a premiere in […]
This article was written by Lauren Weiner. Wetiko is a beautiful movie. Its visual allure comes from the sinister yet whimsical filmmaking. At some uncertain point in the narrative, you […]
Writer, director, cinematographer, editor, and producer Adam Carter Rehmeier first got no small amount of recognition for his divisive 2011 horror film The Bunny Game, about a prostitute searching for […]