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 […]
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 […]
Kill Your Darlings Closes with Stories about the Chicago Tradition of Books and Booze
[soliloquy id=”6938″] 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 […]
Regenstein Learning Campus Opens at Chicago Botanic Garden
[soliloquy id=”6886″] 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 […]
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 […]
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 your household, Chicago’s Museum Campus institutions are offering a fun […]
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 Evil Dead. Clerks. Gilmore Girls. Gotham. Chances are, unless you’ve […]
Molten Oldies- 50 Years of Mold-A-Rama at Brookfield and Beyond
[soliloquy id=”6274″] They say that scent is the sense that can help us most powerfully recall memories, from the fizzy sweet smell of strawberry pop or the chlorine of […]
3CR’s Guide to a Better August
Stages Stage Left Theatre’s Drekfest @ ComedySports, 929 W. Belmont Tuesday, August 16, at 7:30pm Stage Left Theatre presents its annual national contest for the Worst Ten-Minute Play. CSz team […]
PokemonGo On: Plenty of Pluses to This Game Mashup
It’s been less than a month since PokemonGo was unleashed on an unsuspecting real world, and it’s already taken over in that time. Chances are, every time you go to […]
Celebrate Peppers at the Chicago Botanic Garden
[soliloquy id=”6149″] Peppers are magic, be they bell peppers perfectly charred on the grill for your fajitas or the almighty chile pepper, small in stature but giant in heat […]
Early Morning, Weehawken, 1804
July 11 is the anniversary of the Hamilton-Burr duel at Weehawken, NJ. June Skinner Sawyers has written an homage to Hamilton and to his modern-day re-creators. Sawyers has published many […]