Only One Week Left to Show Your Love for Chicago Independent Media
Hi Third Coast readers. Checking in with you today because we know you love Chicago indie media as much as we do. We’re not talking the big dailies or major […]
Nancy S. Bishop is publisher and Stages editor of Third Coast Review. She’s a member of the American Theatre Critics Association and a 2014 Fellow of the National Critics Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. You can read her personal writing on pop culture at nancybishopsjournal.com, and follow her on Twitter @nsbishop. She also writes about film, books, art, architecture and design.
Dialogs: Opposing Views on Hate Speech Create a Lively Discussion by CHF Panel
The Chicago Humanities Festival and host Geoffrey Stone set the stage for a lively, often heated, discussion on hate speech when it chose two panel members with opposing views on […]
What’s Cooking at Third Coast? Brew Up Your Own Cold Brew With Our Secret Ingredient
I love iced coffee and drink it most of the year, not just in warm weather. Cold brew is my drink of choice, and I’ve made my own for years. […]
Review: The Perfect Candidate Shows the Painful Process of Change for Saudi Women
She likes to drive her car—fast. She’s a physician who practices at a small-town clinic. She’s smart and focused and speaks her mind. She also wears a head-to-toe black abaya […]
Can You Spare a Few Bucks? Time to Chip in to Support Local Media
We’re in the second week of our second annual fundraiser to #SaveChicagoMedia. You can read all about it and make a donation right now at the website for the Chicago […]
Review: Goodman Begins Live Series With Thrilling Drama The Sound Inside
Bella likes her solitude. It’s a familiar feeling for some of us, as the pandemic revealed true differences between introverts and extroverts. Veteran Chicago actor Mary Beth Fisher fully embodies […]
Third Coast Review to Participate in 2nd Chicago Indie Media Fundraiser
Do you love your local media? We think most Chicagoans appreciate our community’s array of local sources—neighborhood papers like the South Side Weekly and Bronzeville Life, specialized community papers like […]
Dialogs: Louis Menand Commingles Art, Ideas and the Cold War in CHF Discussion
A parade of artists and pop art, literary and music figures from mid-century America populate Louis Menand’s new book, The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War. The […]
Review: Discourse Without Grammar Displays Trap Door’s Ingenuity in Performance Art
Matei Vişniec’s plays are a bit bewildering and disorienting. They‘re theater of the absurd with a twist. But Trap Door Theatre can be counted on to turn the work of […]
Dialogs: Should Social Media Be Regulated? CHF Panel Considers a Thorny Question
Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are private entities even though we may think of them as similar to public “marketplaces of ideas.” A panel of three experts on […]
Review: Did You Miss Smokefall the First Time? Catch Goodman’s 2013 Story of Love and Pain Streaming Now
Violet is pregnant with twin boys, due to arrive soon. She talks and sings to them constantly, introducing them to their family and friends and to their lives to come […]
Review: Remy Bumppo’s Radio Play—Artist Descending a Staircase—Is a Tom Stoppard Delight
Modern art, death and trippy art talk, as only Tom Stoppard can write it. That’s the best reason to listen to Remy Bumppo Theatre Company’s latest production, a radio play […]