The great thing about being a nerd is that there are many things you can be a nerd about. Maybe you love comics, knitting or Dungeons & Dragons. Or maybe you’re just […]
Preview: C2E2 2019 Starts Friday, and it’s Time to Choose Your Own Adventure!
Preview: Bit Bash to ‘TAKEOVER’ Emporium Logan Square with Four Locally Developed Indie Games
Love indie games? Want to play some indie games that have been developed right here in Chicago? Well, Bit Bash and Emporium Arcade Bar Logan Square is giving you that chance. […]
Preview: Wild Things Community Seeks Expansion, Beginning with You
All too often, we hear the Midwest referred to as fly-over states. To some, the idea of escaping civilization and heading out into nature involves hopping on a plane. I’ve been involved […]
Preview: The Music Box 70mm Film Festival Opens Friday
The Music Box Theatre loves to find reasons to play films in 70mm. In the last year, the venue has done one-off screenings of both Streets of Fire and Howard the Duck in the […]
Preview: 30th Chicago Duo Piano Festival Opens With a Russian Flair This Sunday
The Chicago Duo Piano Festival opens this Sunday with Russian Masterpieces, a concert of Russian music performed by Russian pianists Natalia Lavrova and Vassily Primakov at Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston, 3:00 […]
Sloan Is Bringing Their Arena-Sized Feel-Good Rock to Bottom Lounge This Weekend
Sloan is a band closing in on three decades of being together. In that time they’ve released 12 albums, flirted with stardom, and despite missing the industry-approved brass ring of massive mainstream […]
Giveaway: Mamby on the Beach 2018
We got a nice taste of summer this weekend and it looks like it won’t being going away! The nice warm weather is a fantastic reminder that Mamby on the Beach and […]
Preview: The First Impromptu Fest of Contemporary Music Starts this Thursday
Aficionados of contemporary music are in for a treat the next two weekends when the first-ever Impromptu Fest opens this Thursday at the Chopin Theater. Inspired by the Ear Taxi Festival, which […]
Partner to Bring Their Feel-Good Heavy Guitar Pop to the Empty Bottle This Friday
Imagine a world where Weezer was two girls from Canada, and they never lost that gleam that made their early work so timeless. If you can capture that image in your head, […]
Preview: Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival Kicks Off This Friday
The annual Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival opens this Friday with the North American concert debut of a young ensemble hailing from the Netherlands, the Dudok Kwartet Amsterdam. Hosted by the Bienen […]
Interview: New Percussion Concerto by Augusta Read Thomas to Premiere November 12
The Harris Theater will host the world premiere of a new work by Chicago composer Augusta Read Thomas this Sunday, November 12. Sonorous Earth is a concerto for orchestra and percussion quartet […]
Preview: 12th Chicago Latino Music Festival Opens Thursday
Celebrating the rich musical heritage of Latin America and Spain, the 12th annual Chicago Latino Music Festival opens this Thursday with a free concert by Peruvian guitarist Luis Rafael Vivanco. His solo […]
