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Review: Gin Blossoms Are “On It” at Rivers Casino

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Review: Grant Park Music Festival Celebrates Juneteenth with Leah Dexter and Christopher Guzman

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Review: Olivia Wilde Returns to the Director’s Chair for The Invite, a Cringe-y yet Still Captivating Chamber Piece

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Review: Pixar Does It Again with Toy Story 5, Bringing the Franchise into the Digital Age

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Review: Lookingglass Theatre’s Untitled Vampire Play Amuses and Charms

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Jordan Arredondo (Dom) & Courtney Ricki Green (Val). Photo by Justin Barbin
Jordan Arredondo (Dom) & Courtney Ricki Green (Val). Photo by Justin Barbin
  • Film , Film & TV , Review

Review: Film Adaptation of It Ends With Us Puts Beautiful, Well-Dressed People in a Not-So-Serious Film About a Serious Issue

It’s never a great sign when a film’s protagonist utters the movie’s title in a line of dialogue, however perfectly placed or delivered. Such is the case for It Ends […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • August 9, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Matt Damon Teams Up with the Other Affleck for a Middling, Very Boston Heist Drama

    For some, the best news about the new film starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck, The Instigators, is that it’s not a sequel to their original pairing, the 2002 Gus […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 9, 2024
    • Feature , Film , Film & TV

    Preview: Music Box Theatre Presents Summer of 70mm with Classic Film Gems Like Jacques Tati’s Playtime

    This article was written by Anthony Miglieri. It’s that time of year in Chicago. The heat: 80 degrees or higher. The shorts: seven inches or shorter. The resolution: At least […]

  • Anthony Miglieri
  • August 9, 2024
    • Cafes and restaurants , Food

    Food Feature: Tiny Dishes Over Small Bites at Taste of Andersonville

    Last night was Andersonville Chamber of Commerce’s annual event, Taste of Andersonville. This year there were three route options. The Nibble route, which featured Penelope’s Vegan Taqueria, Andale Market, and […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • August 8, 2024
    • Front page

    Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 8/9 and Beyond

    We’re at the last half of summer with only a couple weeks before school starts and the temps start making their steady decline, but don’t let that get you down. […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • August 8, 2024
    • Cafes and restaurants , Food

    Bites: What Fat Theatre Project Founder Eileen Tull Eats in a Day

    Eileen Tull is a multi-hyphenate actor, writer, director, teacher, comedian, and founder of Fat Theatre Project which tells stories by/for/about/with fat people to disengage from the usual fatphobic narratives and […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • August 6, 2024
  • ) Niki-Charisse Franco and Caitlyn Cerza with the company of Kokandy Productions’ Midwest premiere of Alice by Heart. Photo by Evan Hanover.
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Kokandy Productions Stages an Imaginative Journey Down the Rabbit Hole with Alice by Heart

    “This isn’t just some silly game. I’ve got no time left.” Alice (Caitlyn Cerza) is lying about with the Caterpillar (Elliott Esquivel) and Cheshire Cat (Mizha Overn). The duo convinced […]

  • Lauren Katz
  • August 5, 2024
  • Poems While You Wait crafting original typewritten poetry-on-demand
    • Events , Interviews , Lit , Live lit events , Poetry

    Chicago Is Lit: August Live Literature Events and Readings

    This month’s column explores another reason Chicago’s literary scene is “lit”: the wide variety of live literature events held in neighborhoods across the city. From conversations with award-winning authors to […]

  • Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch
  • August 3, 2024
    • Festivals , Music , Reviews

    Review: To Infinity and Beyond at Out of Space Festival

    On Saturday, July 27, it was one small step for music and one giant leap for womankind, as it was my first time attending the Out of Space Festival. Everything […]

  • Lyra Wilson
  • August 2, 2024
    • Art & Museums , Gallery , Installation , Mixed media , Painting & sculpture

    Review: Arte Diseño Xicágo II at the National Museum of Mexican Art Displays the Work of 19th and 21st Century Artists

    Pilsen’s National Museum of Mexican Art presents Arte Diseño Xicágo II (Art Design Chicago), curated by Cesáreo Moreno. The exhibition shares works by Mexican artists who were featured at the […]

  • Karin McKie
  • August 2, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Cast of Sing Sing Recounts Vulnerability On Set, Learning from Colman Domingo and Restoring Humanity Post-Incarceration

    There are few films released in the last few years whose authenticity is a priority as much as director Greg Kwedar’s Sing Sing, starring Colman Domingo (Rustin) as John “Divine […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 1, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Eddie Izzard Stars in a Modern-Day Retelling of Split Personalities in Doctor Jekyll

    Released under the Hammer Films banner (although I’m not exactly sure what the connection is between this iteration of Hammer Films and the blood-soaked classics from the 1960s-’70s) comes a […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 1, 2024
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