No use in hiding it folks, I’m not Zach. You’re stuck with me, Julian Ramirez. I’ll be taking over your Chicago Curated Weekend for a little while and hopefully continue […]

You know, I originally picked the Drake/Teletubbies sun photo hybrid to head up this column because I thought it was funny. I figured others, too, would delight at the introspective, […]

What a fun week it’s been! Personally, my mind has been taken up by the whole Rapist Brock Turner fiasco. That kid sucks in every way possible. I don’t think I […]

The Beach Boys couldn’t wait for June in “Surfin’ USA” all those years ago. Suffice it to say, they’ve returned to their happy place. And so have we, as it’s […]

Stages Hubbard Street + Second City Present The Art of Falling June 9-19 @ Harris Theatre for Music and Dance, 205 E Randolph St Don’t miss this encore performance of an […]

Holy smokes, is it already the last weekend of May? It seems that just as molecules move faster in rising heat, so too does time. Another glorious, energized, wonderful Chicago […]

Could this finally be the advent of summer for good? My phone is telling me that we’ll be in the high 60s all weekend, then in the 70s the next […]

What a time to be alive in the city of Chicago. The following are the two best teams in Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs (25-7) Chicago White Sox (23-12) You […]

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 […]