Here’s a thought: Somewhere in the American Southwest—the exact location is a highly guarded secret—is a Great Basin bristlecone that botanists and foresters estimate to be 4,500 years old. It […]
A pair of poets, in love with words, are sort of, possibly, in love with each other. Or not. That’s the theme of Dear Elizabeth, an epistolary play by Sarah Ruhl. […]
This year marks the 7th Destinos International Latino Theater Festival, which brings a variety of performances from as far as Spain and Argentina to the Back of the Yards neighborhood […]
Move over Malort, Chicago has a new bitter buddy in town. Fractional Spirits, co-founded by Mike Bancroft of Co-op Sauce and Drew Fox of 18th Street Distillery have a new […]
Each iteration of A Midsummer Night’s Dream presents a different version of the confounding and enchanted woods in which the characters lose themselves. Audience members walk in, wondering how this […]
Playwright Lynn Nottage is known for revealing truths about the lives of the Black diaspora. Her stories are like ripping the bandage off a wound so that it can shock, […]
Sometimes life is funny. One day you’re sitting in your kitchen in Indianapolis, a few years out of college and wondering how you’re ever going to build a career in […]
I’ve often said that a film retelling will destroy a brilliant literary work and a mediocre book can make a great film. My example [of the latter] is Mario Puzo’s […]
Chicago International Film Festival continues through October 27, with films and events taking place around Chicago. Follow our Chicago International Film Festival tag for all our latest posts on recommendations […]
If you play a single Pony song, ANY song, you will immediately see why I am so head over heels with the band. I came across the band during the […]
Who would’ve thought two 19th-century German nerds could cause such a stir? When Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm compiled their nation’s folklore in the Grimms’ Fairy Tales they sparked two centuries […]
In the late ’60s and early ’70s, most Americans had mixed feelings about the Vietnam War because it was a controversial conflict that for many had moral ambiguity. Even though […]
