Sarah Brooks

Sarah Brooks is a native Chicagoan with a penchant for words, music, art and this magnificent city of Chicago. Raised on The Beatles and learning the violin at age 9, Sarah’s passion for music began early in life. Her musical obsessions include Wilco, Otis Redding, Neko Case and Real Estate, but they truly change daily. She can be found at a concert, trying a new restaurant, or running along the lakefront path.

Joined: December 24, 2015
Articles: 64

Dance, Stages

Joffrey Ballet’s Cinderella Sparkles and Stuns at the Auditorium Theatre

We all know the story; Cinderella, bound to cleaning the house and being excluded from all the privileges her family has access to, falls in love with the handsome prince in a winning display of karma. The shoe fits.…

Sarah Brooks
May 18, 2016

Features, Music

Remembering Prince

Stunned. Shocked. Saddened. My initial reactions to Prince’s death were all set in denial; this couldn’t be real. But it was, and here we are, without one of music’s greatest legends. Some of us at Third Coast Review have collected…

Sarah Brooks
April 25, 2016

Reviews

Lisa Loeb Wins us Over all Over Again @ Old Town School

Everyone in the room at Old Town School of Folk Music had that moment when they fell in love with a Lisa Loeb song. For many it might have been “Stay”, or “I Do”, or “Do You Sleep.” For me,…

Sarah Brooks
April 20, 2016

Music

Get Funky with Mike Zabrin’s Funktastic @ Reggie’s

Mike Zabrin is a jack of all trades at the mere age of 24. A songwriter, producer, arranger, and bassist, Zabrin has formed his own collective group, now known as Mike Zabrin’s Funktastic, and they’re here to bring their groove-inspiring…

Sarah Brooks
April 19, 2016