Review: Two Years Later Doom Remains Relevant
With Doom Eternal recently announced at this year’s E3, Guest author James Brod takes a look a 2016’s Doom, and examines how it has impacted action games over the last […]
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Focus On: Logan Square’s Busy Beaver Button Museum
We Chicagoans have long prided ourselves on our many world-class museums. Famous institutions like the Field Museum , the Museum of Science and Industry, and the Adler Planetarium entice millions […]
Park Profile: Northerly Island–More Than Just Music
Guest Author: Matthew Bucher Breaching waves broke on the shore. There were singing sparrows, and the morning sun shone onto grass waving in the wind. Wildflowers glowed and young oak trees dotted […]
Chicago Zine Fest Recap: A Cross-Town Tribute to a Miniature Medium
By Liz Mason Chicago Zine Fest is one of my favorite yearly events: a major gathering of people into what I’m into—zines. Don’t know what a zine is? Don’t worry […]
Review: Lock & Load: Armed Fiction, Guns and the American Imagination
Guest reviewer June Skinner Sawyers is a writer and editor; she has published many books on music and travel, including works on Bob Dylan, the Beatles and Bruce Springsteen. She is the […]
Review: Boo! Greedy Kid is an Immature Throwback to an 8-bit Era
Originally developed as a part of Global Game Jam 2013, Boo! Greedy Kid was fleshed out to be a full release. Made by Flying Oak Games, a small developer based […]
Film Review: Human Spirit Shines Bright in Intimate, Profound For Ahkeem
This review was written by guest author Matthew Nerber. When we first meet Daje, the subject of Jeremy S. Levine and Landon Van Soest’s heartbreakingly sincere documentary For Ahkeem, she […]
Actors Gymnasium’s Annual Circus in Progress
By Johanna Vargas “Inspired to build new neural pathways”; that is precisely the mission with which I left Circus in Progress, The Actors Gymnasium’s annual fundraiser. The cabaret-style circus art showcase […]
Q Brother’s Christmas Carol is Dickens Remixed, With Plenty of Surprises at Chicago Shakes
By Matthew Nerber Q Brother’s Christmas Carol, currently running at Chicago Shakespeare’s newly minted Yard, takes the holiday favorite and translates it into a full-fledged hip-hop musical, complete with song, […]
Fan Favorite The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long Returns to Music Box Theatre
This guest Screens post was written by Matthew Nerber. A Thanksgiving tradition as reliable as Grandma’s pumpkin pie, the Music Box Theatre once again invites fans of the 1965 best […]
Closing for Seat Upgrades, Gene Siskel Film Center Plans “On Location” Screenings for December
This guest Screens post was written by Matthew Nerber. Since opening in 2001, the Gene Siskel Film Center has proven to be one of the city’s premiere movie-houses, with an […]
Dream Freaks Fall From Space Is a Comedy Masterclass at Second City
By Matthew Nerber There is clear motive, it occurred to me, behind the Second City’s 106th Mainstage Revue Dream Freaks Fall From Space. The piece was directed by Ryan Bernier, […]