Your 3CR Guide to a Better February
Groundhog Day. the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Black History Month. Two presidents’ birthdays. The Day the Music Died. Thomas Edison’s and Steve Jobs’ birthdays. February is a short but mighty […]
Best of 2016: The Lit Scene in Bookstores and Books
Without debating whether it’s appropriate to say 2016 was a hard year, it’s undoubtedly been a pivotal year, especially for the Chicago lit scene. The Chicago Review of Books, a […]
Barry Gifford’s New York, 1960 Is a Tender Remembrance
“I was about to speak to her/ but hesitated when I realized/ she was browsing through/ the Self-Help section,” writes Barry Gifford in his poem “In a Used Bookstore.” Appearing […]
Your 3CR Guide to a Better January
Stages Winter @ Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, 5779 N. Ridge Avenue January 7 thru February 11 This new play by Julie Jensen deals with end of life issues and the right […]
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Heartbreaking Masterpiece for Teens and Adults
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a Holmesian mystery told from the perspective of a 15-year-old British boy with autism. I was apprehensive to attend the […]
Your 3CR Guide to a Better December
Stages Twist Your Dickens @ Goodman Theatre December 2-30, 170 N. Dearborn St. The Second City brings its annual holiday satire to the Goodman stage, with a revised script and […]
First Annual Strange Foods Chicago Festival Celebrates Multicultural Local Eats
[soliloquy id=”7850″] There are food festivals in Chicago every weekend. Usually there are more than one on any given day. Some center around a certain dish like macaroni and […]
Third Coast Mixtape No. 10: An Ode to the Female Auteurs
I made this playlist a week ago not anticipating that it would have any connection to the election, but irony has slapped me in the face. Enjoy the tangential theme. […]
3CR’s Guide to a Better November
Election season is almost over. What are we going to do for entertainment now?! Luckily our staff has compiled a list of activities that are better than watching Netflix. STAGES […]
Chicago Humanities Festival: 3CR Staff Picks
I love this time of year for so many reasons– the weather, the leaves, the clothes and color palette, the new appeal of warm seasonal beverages, children playing soccer outdoors, […]
826CHI Releases Compendium Volume 5
At exactly 5 p.m. on October 18th I hustled out of my office so I could get across town in time to attend a reading. Most of the readings I […]
Strange Foods Chicago: Inaugural Festival in November
Last week I had lunch with Keng Sisavath, the man behind the Instagram account Strange Foods Chicago. Since the spring of 2015, Sisavath has attracted 37,000 Instagram followers, created a […]