Review: The Skin You Live In Is a Kids’ Book for Today by Two Chicagoans
The Skin You Live In By Michael Tyler Illustrations by David Lee Csicsko Chicago Children’s Museum The Skin You Live In, a book targeted to 4- to 8-year olds, can […]
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: Two Screenwriters Talk About Their New Novels—Utopia Avenue and Antkind
It was just serendipity that the Chicago Humanities Festival scheduled two screenwriters with hot new novels two weeks in a row for their livestream show. Well, serendipity and the fact […]
American Blues Theater Offers “Classes for Masses” in Music, Theater and More
American Blues Theater is offering “Classes for the Masses” with small classes taught by ensemble members in various arts and cultural practices. You’ll receive four hours of coaching or consulting […]
Stateville Voices Presents Plays by Incarcerated Students in Northwestern’s Prison Ed Program
Plays written by incarcerated students are on view now in Stateville Voices: A Festival of Short Plays by the Northwestern University Prison Education Program and Goodman Theatre. Three short plays […]
Book Review: Springsteen as Soundtrack Reveals the Singer/Songwriter as Auteur
Springsteen as Soundtrack By Caroline Madden McFarland Books, 2020 242 pp Caroline Madden is a film reviewer and fellow Bruce Springsteen fan. She has written a critical analysis of how […]
Political Coverage Has Turned Into Theater Reviews, CBS’ John Dickerson Says in CHF Event
The news media could enhance the work of a President in the White House by asking the right questions during the campaign, John Dickerson, CBS “60 Minutes” correspondent, said during […]
Review: Lovable or Sinister, Robots Rule Industry, Technology and Culture in New History
The American Robot: A Cultural History By Dustin A. Abnet The University of Chicago Press Robots are endlessly fascinating—as all-purpose helpers, industrial workers, personal slaves, and even companions. Ian McEwan’s […]
Review: Scott Gryder Revels in Barbra’s Basement in Pride’s Buyer and Cellar
You’ve probably heard the story since Buyer and Cellar has been around since 2013. In fact, actor Michael Urie recently reprised his award-wining performance in a livestream by Broadway.com as […]
Last Day: Donate Today to #SaveChicagoMedia
Today is the last day of the first campaign to #SaveChicagoMedia by the newly formed Chicago Independent Media Alliance (CIMA). You can donate until midnight tonight—Friday, June 5. We’ve told […]
Preview: Chicago Needs Indie Media on Facebook Live
Reader publisher and Windy City Times owner Tracy Baim and CIMA Partnerships Coordinator Yazmin Dominguez discuss why independent, local media is essential to a fair media landscape in Chicago with Chicago Public Square‘s […]
Preview: Artists and Curators to Discuss What’s Next for Public Art on June 3
NOTE: This event is being postponed and a new date will be announced later. What does public art mean without a public? In this era of social distancing, the notion […]
Playtime Radio: We Meet the Q Brothers and Many More Musicians
Here’s this week’s podcast for Playtime with Bill Turck and Kerri Kendall, our radio arts partner. Third Coast Review news and reviews are highlighted and our writers sometimes appear on the […]