Interview: Waxed is Ready to Melt Faces at Reggies
Four years after releasing their debut album Give Up, Nashville’s Waxed is back with The Continental Way, 44 minutes of face-melting, riff-driven rockers. The band, which opened for no less […]
Review: A Story of Loss, Redemption, and the Soul of the Great Migration in Lyric Opera’s World Premiere of Safronia
Last weekend, Lyric Opera of Chicago staged its world premiere of Safronia, a new work by avery r. young, Chicago’s inaugural poet laureate and a celebrated interdisciplinary artist. Safronia is […]
Review: Impostors Theatre’s Static-Head Fails in Its Critique of Art and Technology
Static-Head, the new science fiction play by Impostors Theatre Co., lectures about the cost of artificial intelligence: it strips creativity, it combines old ideas without contributing anything new. Yet the […]
Review: At Chicago Children’s Theatre, Goodnight, Moon Has a Talented Cast in Constant Motion and Merriment
You know how kids try to avoid going to bed at night? If you’re a parent or grandparent or sitter, you know the drill. Mama, I’m not sleepy. Will you […]
Review: Pianist Evgeny Kissin Joins Andre Boreyko and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for an Excellent Concert at Symphony Center
Almost a year after his amazing solo recital in May 2025, and a month before his recital as a soloist, pianist Evgeny Kissin returned to Symphony Center on Thursday. Instead […]
Interview: SNL’s Michael Longfellow Will Never Go to a Water Park Again
When Michael Longfellow joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2022, his dry, sharp wit earned immediate comparisons to legends like Norm MacDonald and Bill Hader. Best remembered for […]
Review: Melancholy Never Sounded As Good As It Does With the Antlers and TOTH
There are few things deeper than the emotional connection that you make through music. Especially if that music touches a nerve and refuses to let go. Such is the case […]
Review: French Filmmaker François Ozon Adapts Albert Camus’ The Stranger with Haunting, Art-Filled Visuals
French director François Ozon’s adaptation of Albert Camus’ absurdist novel The Stranger premiered in September 2025 at the Venice International Film Festival and was met with acclaim, eventually garnering a […]
Review: Longtime Saturday Night Live Producer Lorne Michaels Remains an Enigma in Morgan Neville’s New Doc Lorne
As he does with all of his documentaries (including his one on Paul McCartney, Man on the Run, which was released mere weeks ago), director Morgan Neville tailors his latest […]
Review: A Family’s Reunion Turns Terrifying in Lee Cronin’s The Mummy
One of the things you should know going into Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is that it’s not really a mummy movie at all. It’s certainly not anything like the 1932 […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 4/16 and Beyond
The start of this weekend will treat us to very warm temps before capping off with a sudden chill! It’s Chicago in spring, what else would we expect? Maybe some […]
Review: Snail Mail Welcomes Spring at the Riviera Theatre
Snail Mail, the acclaimed indie rock moniker of singer-songwriter Lindsey Jordan, made their second stop on their North American tour at the Riviera Theatre last Saturday night. Jordan has proven […]