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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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Jordan Arredondo (Dom) & Courtney Ricki Green (Val). Photo by Justin Barbin
Jordan Arredondo (Dom) & Courtney Ricki Green (Val). Photo by Justin Barbin
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Review: Iliana Regan’s Fieldwork Digs Down to the Root

Iliana Regan is a Michelin-starred chef and owner of Milkweed Inn deep in the Hiawatha Forest. Regan’s memoir, Fieldwork, recently celebrated its paperback release. It couldn’t have come at a […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • June 24, 2024
    • Circus , Music , Review , Stages

    Review: Purple Onyx Productions Celebrates Prince’s Purple Rain at Funky 40

    Next week is the 40th anniversary of the date that Prince’s album, Purple Rain, hit the airwaves; the film appeared in movie theaters a month later. I did not have […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • June 24, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Russell Crowe Stars in The Exorcism, a Flailing Attempt to Channel Some of the Genre’s Scares and Sensibilities

    If you’ve ever wanted to see the cinematic equivalent of a vulture picking the last bits of flesh off the bones of a long-dead animal, allow me to introduce you […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 21, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In Adapting a Journalist’s Photo-Book, Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders Creates New Narratives Around Compelling Characters

    Rarely has a group of such gifted actors been gathered to tell a story that somehow feels both insightful and shallow, depending on the scene and character. Based on a […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 21, 2024
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    Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 6/20 and Beyond

    Today’s the first day where the temps are not well into the 90s, but the weekend is looking to be as hot as the last few days. So that means […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • June 20, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Thelma Is a Tour de Force for a Hardworking Actor Too Long Taken for Granted

    Can I adopt June Squibb as my grandmother? I suspect that will be the question crossing the minds of anyone without a living grandparent after coming out of Thelma, Josh […]

  • Alejandro Riera
  • June 20, 2024
    • Events , Fiction , Interviews , Lit

    Interview: Ananda Lima Launches Fiction Debut With Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil

    Ananda Lima’s fiction debut, Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil, launches at Women and Children First this Friday, June 21. Filled with double meanings, a very meta perspective, rebellions […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • June 20, 2024
    • Music , Reviews

    Review: Orville Peck Rounds Up His Stampede Tour to the Aragon Ballroom

    Orville Peck is no stranger to the limelight having been thrust into it immediately after his debut album Pony, deservedly so. And with his star ever rising, this is his […]

  • Andrew Lagunas
  • June 19, 2024
    • Fiction , Lit

    Review: Trapped in Abby Geni’s The Body Farm

    The characters in The Body Farm span across generations, backgrounds, lifestyles, and conflicts, but they all seem to share one thing: they’re trapped.  This is Abby Geni’s second short story […]

  • Allison Manley
  • June 19, 2024
    • Preview , Stages , Theater

    Review: Black Ensemble Theater Gives the People What They Want in The Salon

    Black Ensemble Theater (BET) has been a mainstay of Black theater for almost 50 years. That takes grit which is a step above determination. It takes vision, talent, and fearlessness—the […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • June 18, 2024
    • Broadway , Stages , Theater

    Review: The Kite Runner Reveals Complex Story of Guilt and Redemption

    The Kite Runner is a contemplative play that spans decades, continents and various aspects of the human heart. The national tour production is currently playing at the CIBC Theatre through […]

  • Anne Siegel
  • June 18, 2024
    • Event , Events , Fiction , Lit , Live lit events , Reviews

    Review: The Body Keeps Score in A Small Apocalypse by Laura Chow Reeve 

    Laura Chow Reeve’s debut short story collection A Small Apocalypse is, like any good collection these days, thematically rich. It is mostly about young queer characters in the present day, […]

  • Allison Manley
  • June 18, 2024
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