Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 9/12 and Beyond
It’s another fantastic weekend in September and it is packed! There are so many unique events this weekend from special community fests including tons of Mexican independence Day Celebrations, great […]
Review: Kevin Smith Returns to His Roots in The 4:30 Movie, Coming of Age in the ’80s
Except for the constant presence of supporting players who have all worked with writer/director Kevin Smith in some capacity in the last 30 years, the filmmaker’s latest work, The 4:30 […]
Review: Look Into My Eyes Offers a Glimpse into the Psyche of Those Who Hire Psychics
Directed by Lana Wilson (the Taylor Swift doc Miss Americana, and the Brooke Shields profile Pretty Baby), Look Into My Eyes is a truly fascinating examination of psychics/mediums living in […]
Review: Falling Into Folklore at the Evanston Folk Festival
It may not officially be fall, but there is a change in the air. The lighting, the crisp colors, the leaves starting to change, and the cool breeze accompanying the […]
Review: Speak No Evil Offers a Slightly Milder Adaptation of a Thriller Where Manners Matter
Shortly after watching Speak No Evil, I went back to my original review of the 2022 Danish horror sensation of the same name directed by Christian Tafdrup, and noticed that […]
Review: Dame Jane Glover, Anthony McGill, and Music of the Baroque Orchestra Give a Spirited Performance at Ravinia
Under the direction of Dame Jane Glover, Music of the Baroque Orchestra gave a spirited performance of musical chestnuts at Ravinia’s Martin Theater on Tuesday night. In doing so, it […]
Opinion: Public Contest to Design New State Flag Is a Terrible Idea
The State of Illinois has announced a contest to gather designs for a new state flag. Design submissions are due by October 18. This is a horrendously bad idea. Unless one of […]
Review: Surreality Abounds in Field of Flesh, a Weird But Muddled Interactive Performance
Let’s simplify and take all the phrases critics could use for Field of Flesh—surrealist, experimental, avant garde, etc.—and put them under the umbrella term “weird theater.” You know, it’s the […]
Review: Oil Lamp Theater’s First Date—Millennial Romcom of Cringe and Courtship
First Date, directed by Christina Ramirez, with a script by Austin Winsberg, slams us with all the goofs and hiccups of modern dating, which, without the bubbly, rambunctious soundtrack and […]
Bites: What Theater Artist Mitchell Bisschop Eats in a Day
He may currently live in Los Angeles but Mitchell Bisschop grew up in Chicago and recently returned for the run of his one man show, Royko: The Toughest Man in […]
Review: Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago Tells the Story of Chicago in the ’60s and ’70s
If you lived in Chicago during the Richard M. Daley years, you lived in what I call, the real Chicago. We were a bare-knuckled city where people were born with […]
Neon Nostalgia: Squeeze Brings ’80s Pop Back to Life
This review was written by Zoe Blakeman. Stepping into the Chicago Theatre for a Squeeze concert felt like traveling back to the heart of 80s pop. With neon lights flashing […]