Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 1/16 – 1/19
This weekend is a music lover’s dream with the always fantastic Tomorrow Never Knows taking over the best venues in Chicago including Lincoln Hall, Schubas, the Hideout, and Sleeping Village! Add to […]
Review: Renegade Emergency Medical Service Drives Midnight Family
Although it didn’t make the cut as an Academy Award nominee earlier this week, the documentary feature Midnight Family did make the 15-title Oscar shortlist, and for very good reason. The film […]
Interview: Jackson Galaxy on Treading Lightly, Being Taken Seriously, Saving Cats and Cats Saving Us
Being a cat behavioralist isn’t always easy–and it certainly wasn’t back in the ’90s, when Jackson Galaxy got his start down the path to becoming one after volunteering at shelters and adopting […]
Playtime Radio: On the Air With Food and Jazz, a Perfect Combo
Here’s this week’s podcast for Playtime with Bill Turck and Kerri Kendall, our radio arts partner. Third Coast Review news and reviews are highlighted and our writers sometimes appear on the Sunday afternoon […]
Review: Dolittle Does Very Little with Its New Take on a Children’s Classic
The new year is young, but thank goodness we didn’t have to wait more than a couple of weeks into it to hit our first big-budget, military-grade stink-bomb of 2020. Director/co-writer Stephen […]
Review: Star Trek Adventures Gamma Quadrant Sourcebook is a Great Resource for Star Trek Adventures
Star Trek Deep Space Nine is my favorite Star Trek, and one of my favorite shows ever. It’s not perfect, but it has some of the best character development, and pits Starfleet […]
Preview: Jackson Galaxy at Waukegan’s Genesee Theatre Aims to Teach Humans How to Deepen Their Feline Friendships
When you think of a night out at the theater, you probably aren’t thinking much about your cats at home. When Jackson Galaxy thought about selling out theaters as a child and […]
Review: A New Entry in the Bad Boys Franchise is Stuck in the Past
Despite the fact that Bad Boys for Life (the third Bad Boys movie, for those counting, and the first since 2003) is meant to focus on its lead characters getting older and […]
Best Video Games of the Decade Part 2–The Most Important Games of the Decade
As I mentioned in my previous Favorites of the Decade article, I originally planned for one list. But that list became so unwieldy I decided to break it down into two. My […]
Book Review: Into the Light of a Dark, Black Night, Blackbird Blues by Jean K. Carney
Note: Jean K. Carney will discuss Blackbird Blues at the Seminary Co-Op Bookstore (5751 S Woodlawn Avenue) on Thursday, January 16, at 6 p.m. Blackbird Blues by Jean K. Carney Bedazzled Ink Publishing […]
Preview/Review: Gift Theatre Celebrates Its Birthday With Ten 10-Minute Theater Pieces
Winter seems to be the season for stage fests in Chicago (Rhinofest, Musical Theater Festival, Pegasus’ Young Playwrights Festival, Fillet of Solo) and Gift Theatre, one of our fine storefront companies, adds […]
Review: Lightmatter is a Fun Puzzler Where Shadows Kill
This review contains mild spoilers. Lightmatter started as a university project, and then an overnight Reddit success. Developer Tunnel Vision Games decided to turn their project into a full commercial release. And […]
