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Essay: Reading in Public and My Review of The Vegetarian, a Book That Started Conversations

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  • Nancy S Bishop
  • December 6, 2024
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    Review: An Athlete Defeats the Odds in Uneven but Inspiring Sports Drama Unstoppable

    Directed by first-time filmmaker and veteran editor William Goldenberg (Zero Dark Thirty, Air, an Oscar winner for Argo, Heat), Unstoppable is the story of real-life wrestler Anthony Robles (played by […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 6, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Order Recounts the True Events of a 1980s Domestic Terrorism Group, All Too Timely Today

    Naturally, it takes an Australian director and a cast led by mostly non-American actors to hold a mirror to a part of recent U.S. history that has alarming ties to […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 6, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Daniel Craig Delivers His Best Work Since Bond in Luca Guadagnino’s Wandering Burroughs Adaptation Queer

    The writings of William S. Burroughs were never about plot; instead, they were more thought-driven, confessional exercises about the inner workings of addiction, with such works as Junkie and Naked […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 6, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: SNL Alum Kyle Mooney Directs Y2K, Part High School Sex Comedy, Part Technology Apocalypse

    In the new comedy from first-time director/co-writer/co-star and SNL alum Kyle Mooney (who co-wrote the impressive Brigsby Bear in 2017), the collective anxiety surrounding potential disasters occurring as 1999 became […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 6, 2024
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    Review: In Their New, Permanent Home, American Blues Theater’s It’s a Wonderful Life! Live in Chicago Is More Festive Than Ever

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  • Lisa Trifone
  • December 6, 2024
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    Review: A Nativity Tribute, a Langston Hughes Adaptation, Starts the Season of Joy and Celebration With Great Music

    It’s that time of year in Chicago. The lights twinkle on Michigan Avenue, and the color show continues down Erie Street. The aura of wealth and exclusivity abounds in River […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • December 5, 2024
    • Music , Reviews

    Review: DEHD’s Poetry Takes Control of Thalia Hall for a Three-Night Residency

    After an extensive tour around the U.S. in support of their latest album release, Poetry; the beloved Chicago native indie rock band DEHD concluded their extremely sold out three night […]

  • Andrew Lagunas
  • December 5, 2024
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  • Julian Ramirez
  • December 5, 2024
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    Pink Pony Club Dreams Come True at Big Star Wrigleyville’s Holiday Honky Tonk

    Forget Home Alone, the Grinch, and even Santa himself, the new Christmas pop-up tradition is bedecked in pink and it’s about time. Big Star Wrigleyville unveiled their version of Pink […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • December 5, 2024
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    Review: Griffin Theatre’s The House Without a Christmas Tree Portrays Nostalgia in Nebraska

    Sam Hook, Andrew Greiche, Julia Limoncelli and Molly Clemente. Photo by Michael Brosilow

  • Susan Lieberman
  • December 4, 2024
  • Scenes from The Poetry Brothel in New York, images courtesy of Poetry Society of New York.
    • Events , Lit , Live lit events

    Chicago Is Lit: Poetry Brothel and More December Events

    Chicago’s literary scene heats up this weekend at the relaunch of the Poetry Brothel’s local chapter. For those who like their poetry with a side of burlesque, this event bills […]

  • Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch
  • December 4, 2024
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