Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 10/17 and Beyond
Fall temps are finally here and we’re inching closer and closer to Halloween! But let’s not get ahead of ourselves, there are tons of markets, concerts, great movies, and so […]
Dispatch: Chicago International Film Festival Opens With a New August Wilson Adaptation, Plus First Films to See at 60th Event
The 60th Chicago International Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday, October 16, with a gala screening of the new film adaptation of The Piano Lesson, based on August Wilson’s play. […]
Review: The Altar Of Drone—Boris Perform Amplifier Worship at the Ramova Theatre
25 years ago Japanese metal giants Boris released their aptly titled sophomore studio album Amplifier Worship, a landscape-terraforming ode to the power of volume and frequency. Drone, Doom, Sludge, all […]
Review: At Goodman Theatre, Eboni Booth’s Primary Trust Explores the Inner World of Grief and Learning to Thrive
Grief is born out of trauma and thrives in loneliness. Playwright Eboni Booth creates a devastating inner world of grief in Primary Trust and builds a shell of a world […]
Review: Information Without Substance in Let The Scaffolds Fall by Shaun Rouser
Short stories exist in the literary world somewhere between the novel and the dirty joke. Their readers want the accouterments of a novel delivered in the most expedient, gut-punchy way […]
Review: Hell in a Handbag Doles Out the Treats with Double the Farce in the Latest Chapter of Golden Girls
There are not many certainties in life and when a sure thing is discovered we all should enjoy it. So, just in time for the Halloween season, Hell in a […]
Preview: Scott Lucas Brings LIFERS to the Music Box, Local H Brings Whatever Happened To P.J. Soles to Metro
A few years ago I wrote a piece arguing that Local H was one of the hardest working and most consistent rock bands currently in existence. This remains very true. […]
Interview: Ruben Quesada on His New Collection, Brutal Companion
Ruben Quesada is a poet and editor of the award-winning anthology Latinx Poetics: Essays on the Art of Poetry. His poetry and criticism have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Best American Poetry, The Believer, Harvard […]
Interview: The Oishii Berry—the Way Strawberries Were Meant to Taste—Makes Chicago Debut
Food innovation is an oftentimes frightening concept. Usually linked with processed foods, GMOs and pesticides, producing food differently doesn’t really seem that sweet. Until you meet the Oishii Berry. Oishii […]
Review: Air Embarks on a Spectacular Moon Safari at the Auditorium Theatre
Air dazzled at the Auditorium Theatre last week in a mesmerizing audiovisual display. The legendary French electronic duo is celebrating the 25th anniversary of their debut album Moon Safari by […]
Interview: Chicago International Film Festival’s Mimi Plauché on 60th Anniversary Can’t Miss Discoveries and Special Presentations
We last spoke with Cinema/Chicago Artistic Director Mimi Plauché a year ago, she said that plans were already in the works for this year’s 60th Chicago International Film Festival, which […]
Review: Linda Reiter Bewitches as Becky Nurse of Salem at Shattered Globe Theatre
Sarah Ruhl’s play, Becky Nurse of Salem, is a history lesson and a feminist reminder for 2024. The play being staged by Shattered Globe Theatre stars Chicago actor Linda Reiter […]