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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Free to Explore: Museums offer CPS Students Free Admission Week of August 29
Summer’s winding down in Chicago, and before long, school will be starting. And while that may not thrill everyone in…
It’s Wizard World Weekend, Chicago! Here’s Your How-To on the Con
The X-Files. Star Wars. Star Trek. Daredevil. The Walking Dead. Back to the Future. Game of Thrones. Ash vs. The…
