Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone! Or rather, happy insignificant Mexican holiday propped up by beer companies to get you to commercialize and appropriate Mexican culture for their benefit! I sort […]

Stages Seedfolks @ Chicago Children’s Theatre CCT presents Seedfolks, a play about the people who develop an urban garden in a gritty Cleveland neighborhood. One woman plays all 14 parts. Suitable […]

The bad news: we don’t have any Blackhawks hockey to watch this weekend. The good news: the Cubs and Sox are the two best teams in Major League Baseball. I […]

We hope you had an outstanding 4/20, if you’re into that type of stuff. If not, thankfully there’s a lot of great stuff coming up to do in the city […]

It’s hard to write this cheerfully on the morning after a crushing overtime loss for the Blackhawks. But looking ahead, this should be an amazing weekend. CIMMFest is happening for […]

We’ve got a decently heavy music lineup for you this weekend. Which is awesome, because spring is maybe, finally, potentially here, and the proper reaction is going crazy (but not […]

Before we get to this weekend’s awesome events, a note on some changes I’ll be making to the Curated Chicago Weekend feature. As you may or may not have read, […]

This goddamn partisan turmoil just won’t stop, will it? Unless you have set yourself firmly against all forms of consuming the news, you heard that President Obama nominated Merrick Garland […]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day weekend, everybody! I’m saying this despite the irony that next week’s Curated Chicago Weekend post will fall on the actual St. Patrick’s Day. By then, though, the river […]

My thoughts for the entirety of yesterday consisted of this short video, for which I’ve decided to hold the first Third Coast Review caption contest: Unless you’ve buried your head so […]

While I’m not Irish, I do enjoy two things: Irish breakfast and soda bread. So what better way to start off March than by sharing my suggestions on where you […]

Stages Chicago Revealed Saturday, March 5, at 7:30pm @ Harris Theater Thodos Dance’s Chicago Revealed celebrates Chicago choreographers and their works inspired by the city. Former River North Dance Chicago […]