Hundreds lined the streets along Wentworth and Cermak on Sunday for Chicago’s annual Lunar New Year Parade to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The parade featured colorful costumes, lion dances, floats, several […]
All too often, we hear the Midwest referred to as fly-over states. To some, the idea of escaping civilization and heading out into nature involves hopping on a plane. I’ve been involved […]
By June Sawyers New Orleans may have had its Storyville but Chicago had the Levee, the infamous red-light district on the Near South Side that was known for drinking, gambling and prostitution. […]
The Art Institute of Chicago presents the exhibition, Dawoud Bey: Night Coming Tenderly, Black, a collection of Bey’s black and white photographs that reimagine various sites along the last stages of the […]
While we’re still a few months out from the beginning of Chicago’s con season, that doesn’t mean we’ve been lax about keeping up with what’s to come. C2E2 is only a few […]
We don’t have to look far for a definition of a neighborhood. Jane Jacobs, the famous architecture writer who faced down Robert Moses’ efforts to demolish part of Greenwich Village to build […]
Giant, comfy beanbags lay side by side in one of the Adler Planetarium’s spacious theaters. Super Smash Bros., one of the hottest video game releases in the past few months, is being […]
If you’ve been around the performing arts scene in Chicago enough, you might have heard tales of a bellydancing Wookiee. We certainly had, and found ourselves mesmerized by the fun and talent […]
The first annual Cheers to New Year’s 5K in Itasca failed to live up to its potential due to the combined forces of weather and inadequate planning, and showed how a great idea […]
Merry Christmas to all of our readers from all of us at Third Coast Review, and Happy Holidays! We hope you’re enjoying your time, whether you’re awaiting Christmas dinner or recovering from […]
When I was about sixteen years old, I got the opportunity to visit Germany. On that trip, I found myself in Saxony, in a small former mining town called Schneeberg. As a […]
It wasn’t all that long ago we heard the news that the Field Museum’s chatty, sarcastic murderbird SUE the T. Rex was going on a little hiatus from the limelight. The announcement […]
