Beyond is a broad category. As such, it’s been hard to choose just three things that represent the best things we covered in Chicago this year. So much so, I may have snuck […]
Best of 2016: Tales from Beyond
Coming Up: The Best of 2016 by 3CR Writers
Third Coast Review has been in operation for almost a year. Our first anniversary is coming up in a couple of weeks. We’ve been collectively mulling over events of the last year […]
Sky Forest at the Garfield Park Conservatory Simply Stunning
We’re only four days out from Christmas, everyone! We here at Third Coast hope the rest of your holiday planning, travelling and shopping go well, but we also hope you take time […]
Deck the Holidays: How Chicagoans Are Creating the Season
With the holiday season comes a bounty of things to celebrate: good will, love, merriment, peace, not to mention festivities associated with major holidays such as Hanukkah, Kwanza, Christmas and New Year’s. Whether we’re decorating a […]
Tuning in the World Series from Two Generations Away
Phil Huckelberry wrote about the highs and lows – mostly lows! – of Chicago and Illinois politics for the mighty Gapers Block. He is a software engineer by day and a dad […]
New Tattoo Exhibit at Field Museum Tells Beautiful Tales
Talking to people who are tattooed opens up a treasure trove of personal stories. There are so many reasons people choose to ink their bodies, and even in cases of regret (or […]
Ten Creative Ways to Celebrate Halloween in Chicago
It’s not hard to have fun on Halloween. You can stay in, costumed or plain-clothes, and hand out candy to cute little kids in costumes. There’s haunted houses and corn mazes and […]
Daybreaker Diary: Wednesday Morning Fever
My eyes opened very slowly when my alarm went off at 4:45 a.m. on Wednesday morning. Awakening in a haze, I pondered, do I REALLY want to do this? My bag was packed, I […]
Fresh Local Lit: An Excerpt from Iggy Aloysius’ Fishhead. Republic of Want
Fishhead. Republic of Want is an experimental novel by Ignatius Valentine Aloysius in the style of Cervantes and Borges, where Fate is the overarching narrator, addressing love and human behavior within hunger’s grip. […]
Kill Your Darlings Closes with Stories about the Chicago Tradition of Books and Booze
Third Coast Review’s Live Lit Series Kill Your Darlings: A Live Lit Mash-up ended last week with an evening themed around literature, alcohol and the storytelling tradition that ties the two […]
Regenstein Learning Campus Opens at Chicago Botanic Garden
The Chicago Botanic Garden is a beautiful showpiece in the world of Chicago museums and institutions. During any season, it’s plain to see the passion that goes into the design of […]
3CR’s Guide to a Better September
September is an unbelievable month. Finally I can sit comfortably in my apartment, and I don’t have to linger for far too long in places with AC like Walgreens, bars and book […]
