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 […]
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 – […]
Riot Fest 2017: Day Two in Review
Another day, the same heat. Here’s a look at some of Saturday’s performances. Peaches Views from the front row: A medium-sized inflatable pink penis was definitely blocking someone’s view of the […]
Riot Fest 2017: Day One in Review
The 88-degree weather in September caused a frenzy with fashion choices on the first day of Riot Fest in Chicago. While some opted to pair too-short shorts with fishnet stockings, others […]
33rd Annual Craft Exposition at Chicago Botanic Garden This Weekend
You may have been to craft fairs before. After all, there are lots of art fests around the city and suburbs year-round. Maybe you feel like if you’ve seen one, you’ve seen […]
Game Review: Destiny 2 : More Shoot, Loot, Rinse, Repeat
Developer Bungie is somewhat of a legend. After leaving the insanely popular Halo series in the hands of Microsoft and 343 Industries, Bungie moved on to Destiny. Released in 2014, Destiny is […]
Three Cheers for the Eggplant, a Delicious Addition to Pasta Sauces and More
Guest Author Cynthia Kallile rhapsodizes about her favorite purple product. Cynthia is the founder and owner of The Meatloaf Bakery™ and an enthusiastic foodie. Her creative meatloaf products are offered today via Meatloaf By Mail. […]
Gold is Bold at this Year’s EXPO Chicago
The halls are set at Navy Pier for this year’s EXPO Chicago: the annual world showcase of contemporary art from galleries around the globe. The 2017 lineup hosts 135 galleries representing 25 countries and […]
Film Review: Bold Documentary Rat Film Is Full of Creepy Vermin
Unlike the horror movie approach of Morgan Spurlock’s 2016 doc Rats, director Theo Anthony’s first feature, Rat Film, works more subtly in building anxiety levels. Here, it directly links the city of […]
Film Review: Flawed Rebel in the Rye Doesn’t Dig Deep Enough
Working from the biography J.D. Salinger: A Life by Kenneth Slawenski, writer-director Danny Strong (a successful screenwriter of such works as Lee Daniels’ The Butler and the two-part The Hunger Games: Mockingjay […]