Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 4/30 and Beyond
We’re leaving the rain days of April and jumping into some hopefully sunnier May weekends! This start of the new month is full of film festivals, a celebration of Mexican […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 4/23 and Beyond
It’s looking like a fun final April weekend filled with tons of great film festivals, concerts, movies, and theater shows! So don’t let the pleasant weather and great events pass […]
Interview: Filipina Actor Angel Aquino on Her New Film April, the Importance of Sharing Multicultural Stories, and Portraying Motherhood on Screen
This article was written by Thomas Hodgkins. The Asian Pop-Up Cinema has recently concluded, with films from all over Asia screening for audiences in Chicago. One of the festival’s highlights […]
Review: One Composer, One Community Series Features Mexican Composer Manuel Ponce
In 2021, the Music Institute of Chicago launched One Composer, One Community, to give underrepresented composers the exposure they deserve. They have honored Black composers William Grant Still and Florence […]
Review: Theatre Y Presents a Chilling Portrait of Refugees During Fascism in Charges (The Supplicants)
Fascism never completely goes away because the concept of a utopian society or a “golden age” is subject to those in power. Theatre Y is staging the North American premiere […]
Review: Klaus Mäkelä and the CSO Celebrate the Hero
With an astonishing palette of sound and moods at his disposal, Music Director-designate Klaus Mäkelä led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through tone poems celebrating heroes at Symphony Center on Thursday […]
Review: In By Design, Body Swap Gets an Enchanting New Twist with a Woman and…a Chair
This article was written by Nick Glover. 17 Again and Freaky Friday better be watching their backs, because the body-switching flick might have a new all-timer. The new release from […]
Review: Bill Skarsgård Commands the Screen, and His Hostages, in Dead Man’s Wire
Although director Gus Van Sant hasn’t made a feature film since 2018’s strange but endearing Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot (he also directed six of the eight […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 12/4 and Beyond
The snow finally came last weekend and Chicago is truly looking like a winter wonderland! And all the cool events— ice skating throughout the city, holiday lights everywhere you turn, […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 11/20 and Beyond
The holiday season is in full effect as even more winter festivities are making their way onto the calendar! Ice skating, holiday lights, and winter markets filled with gift ideas […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 11/13 and Beyond
It’s mid November and all the end-of-year holiday festivities are starting to trickle in during this relatively warm weekend! Ice skating, holiday lights, and winter markets filled with gift ideas […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 11/6 and Beyond
It’s a “standard” weekend in fall this weekend as we are getting nice 60 degree tempts, some rain, and 30 degree temps with snow. But don’t let that tumultuous weather […]