First Day of Beer Culture Summit Delivers a (Nearly) Complete History of Beer in One Afternoon
The first full day of the Beer Culture Summit is in the books, and Third Coast Review was on hand at The Field Museum to take in a full day […]
Beer Culture Summit Comes to Chicago October 24-27
Let me start by coming clean: one of my favorite journalists covers neither arts nor culture. In fact, it’s quite possible that the only readers of his who also frequent […]
Chicago’s Free Museum Days for Summer 2019
Chicago, being one of the world’s great cities, is home to an assortment of world-class museums and cultural institutions. Featuring an ever-changing roster of historically and culturally significant exhibits, Chicago […]
Review: The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt by Ken Krimstein
The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt: A Tyranny of Truth By Ken Krimstein Bloomsbury Publishing Am I intelligent enough to critique the life’s work of philosopher and political theorist Hannah […]
New York Museums: Frida Kahlo at the Brooklyn Museum—Obsession With Self-Image; Plus MAD
The Brooklyn Museum is a grand art museum housed in an 1893 building designed by McKim, Mead and White. You enter the museum, not through its 19th century Beaux Arts […]
Review: The Art Institute’s Quartet of Rembrandt Portraits
This exhibit feels like it’s being billed as a big dealio, but, in fact, the Art Institute of Chicago’s Rembrandt Portraits, running through June 9, is merely four paintings, two of […]
Review: Dawoud Bey Reimagines the Underground Railroad
The Art Institute of Chicago presents the exhibition, Dawoud Bey: Night Coming Tenderly, Black, a collection of Bey’s black and white photographs that reimagine various sites along the last stages […]
Adler Arcade Puts the Spotlight on Game Making Workshop Full of Art and Heart
Giant, comfy beanbags lay side by side in one of the Adler Planetarium’s spacious theaters. Super Smash Bros., one of the hottest video game releases in the past few months, […]
GALLERY: Christmas Around the World at MSI Chicago and Holiday Quiz
Merry Christmas to all of our readers from all of us at Third Coast Review, and Happy Holidays! We hope you’re enjoying your time, whether you’re awaiting Christmas dinner or […]
SUE’s New Suite Open for the Holidays at the Field Museum, Starting Today
It wasn’t all that long ago we heard the news that the Field Museum’s chatty, sarcastic murderbird SUE the T. Rex was going on a little hiatus from the limelight. […]
Bob Dylan: Electric at American Writers Museum Brings the ‘Judas’ Guitar to Chicago
At one point in I’m Not There, filmmaker Todd Haynes’ deeply personal, scattershot depiction of the “many lives” of Bob Dylan, the singer (played by an unrecognizable Cate Blanchett) climbs […]
Toast 85 Years Since Repeal of Prohibition: Bourbon, Dancing and More at the Chicago History Museum
It’s not too late to order your tickets to celebrate the 85th Anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition. This august event is Thursday, December 6 from 7 – 11 p.m. […]