Gallery: Friday Cosplay at C2E2 2024
People love to complain. This year, the main complaint about C2E2 was its lineup. And whether or not it’s to your liking, our opinion is there’s always something interesting to […]
It’s Time for the Choose Your Own Adventure C2E2 Preview 2024!
Can you believe it? We were still under a freeze warning this week but it’s almost May. Oh yeah, and this weekend is C2E2! This is not a drill, folks. […]
Review: The Trial of Pericles Examines Subversion of the Law in a Democracy
This week the Hellenic Museum presented its annual historic trial re-enactment. The Trial of Pericles: Hero or Tyrant? You Decide. was an imagined enactment of a trial for Pericles, the […]
Review: Midwest Premiere of From Here to Eternity Opens in Milwaukee
War is hell, they say. But the months leading up to war can also be a kind of hell, as demonstrated by the characters in From Here to Eternity, a […]
Talk of the Town: An Eclipse Poem
Everyone looked up On Michigan AvenueOn balconies and rooftopsBy the AdlerWe all looked up. We all felt giddyGrateful even for this momentPeople waved their solar glasses at each otherAs if we […]
Our New Column: Dear Cinnamon
Dear Cinnamon is a new monthly column that believes that all of life’s questions can be answered by art, because, after all, art is the spice of life. To submit […]
Kinda Blue: The Chicago Auto Show Returns To McCormick Place Sans Stellantis
Every year in early February we gear up to return to McCormick Place for the first big show of the year, the Chicago Auto Show. Put on by CATA, the […]
Preview: The Strokes, Beach Bunny, & NNAMDÏ Will Perform at Credit Union 1 Arena in Support of Kina Collins
It’s been two years since The Strokes first gave their support to Illinois 7th Congressional district candidate Kina Collins. The legendary rock group performed a fantastic set at a sold-out […]
Essay: In Defense of “Unregulated” Little Free Libraries
Ald. Raymond Lopez (15th) thinks the little free libraries along many Chicago sidewalks are bad—very bad. They are “unregulated”! And they’re “popular”! And many of them are planted in city soil! (Collective […]
On the Road: POWs in the Midwest—A Road Trip to Algona, Iowa
How do you store 425,000 prisoners of war? What sounds like the setup for a tasteless joke was an actual concern for the US in World War II. England ran […]
Preview: Giant Puppet Little Amal Comes to Chicago September 28-30 to Advocate for Refugees
As the fate of immigrants’ and refugees’ housing for the winter is debated in Chicago’s city council and by many aid organizations, a special guest is coming to town to […]
Architecture, History, and Neighborhood Pride Abound in Logan Square
The Logan Square Preservation House and Garden Walk last Saturday was on a beautiful and sunny—perfect for a house and garden tour, particularly in Logan Square. Some of the homes […]