It’s a funny thing really… Just one month ago, my innocent ears had never heard one microsecond of anything by Hurray For The Riff Raff, but there I was one […]

We’re in the latter half of March and for festival lovers that mean that Lollapalooza is set to release their lineup! The now and likely forevermore four-day monster of a […]

City Lit Theater has a long and illustrious history in Chicago starting in 1979. They take works of literature and make them into staged works. They are often musicals or […]

In the humid loam of a Jurassic-era feeling Southern United States, poet Hannah V. Warrendebuts her collection, Slaughterhouse for Old Wives’ Tales (Sundress Publications, January2024). Betraying the old adage, you […]

Reminiscent of the Three Fates of Greek mythology and famous for their incantation, “Double, double, toil and trouble,” the weird sisters of Macbeth are an iconic trio. But what does the world […]

I was sitting in the  lobby of the theater, waiting for the house to open. The lobby was crowded with people, chatting. A man came up to me and said, “Young […]

Back in 2022, Kina Collins put her best effort into her IL-07 Congressional campaign as she brought her friends and legendary rock band to Metro for a fundraiser. Collins, who […]

Cancel culture started with Lenny Bruce. His mother, standup comic and entertainer Sally Marr, encouraged him to emcee his first show in 1947 where he found his calling. Bruce practically […]

“This is what I love about being old!” proclaims one of the characters in Aurora Real de Asua’s new play, Wipeout, directed by Rivendell artistic director Tara Mallen. “You can get […]

Naked Era, the new album by Central Illinois songwriter Chaepter, sees the indie experimentalist basking in the midnight moonglow; attempting to capture all of its mystery and majesty. Lacing old-school […]

Guiseppe Verdi’s Aida is perhaps one of his best-known operas and of all Italian operas. It has the treachery, aching love, and tragedy that befalls the great heroines of this […]

I guess this first-time feature from actors-turned-directors James A. Woods and Nicolas Wright, French Girl, qualifies as a romantic comedy—except for the fact that there’s nothing particularly romantic or funny […]