
A Saturday morning in March All is quiet Except for a few cars on the street And the occasional person Head held low against a blustery wind Just the eerie sound of a dog […]
A Saturday morning in March All is quiet Except for a few cars on the street And the occasional person Head held low against a blustery wind Just the eerie sound of a dog […]
There’s hardly anything more American than a road trip, right? Pack yourself and your ride-or-die, and all your various belongings into the car with some extraordinarily unhealthy snacks and some music, and […]
I approached Monday’s Symphony Center concert of Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma performing Beethoven piano trios by with some trepidation. For nearly 20 years those piano trios have held a […]
Geoffrey Baer’s latest “learn about where you live” offering, “Chicago by ‘L’,” premieres Wednesday, March 4, at 7:30pm on WTTW. The 130-minute special is a fantastic voyage through the bloodstream of Chicago […]
Contributing authors: Aaron Cynic, Antal Bokor, Julian Ramirez, Pearl Shin. Sunday used to be a little bit lackluster when it came to star power and panel panache, but even going back to […]
American Warsaw: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Polish Chicago by Dominic A. Pacyga (University of Chicago Press, $27) As Dominic Pacyga notes in his fine book about Chicago’s Polonia, American Warsaw, […]
C2E2 has finally come to a close, and once again things are as they were before. Nerds go into the phone booth and come out in their business casual attire, and another […]
Contributing authors: Antal Bokor, Aaron Cynic, Pearl Shin Whew! We made it through Saturday. Panel rooms were packed all over, as was the show floor, and even after the show floor, the […]
Well, it’s been one heck of a crazy amazing day at C2E2 2020. Day Two is as advertised, with the biggest events, the most crushing crowds and, much to our delight, some […]
Contributing Authors: Aaron Cynic, Antal Bokor, Julian Ramirez and Pearl Shin. Our team of nerdy writers and photographers have an extremely good work ethic, and as soon as doors opened on […]
C2E2 2020 roared in just like we hoped it would, and wasted no time establishing itself as the biggest and best nerd party in town. Sometimes the first day of a weekend […]
Here we are, already facing the final curtain. We’ve had a lot of fun so far, haven’t we? As we promised, there’s been a little something for every kind of nerd, from […]