Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 5/9 and Beyond
It’s Mother’s Day weekend! Whether you’re completely ready for the grand day or need some ideas for things to do to celebrate, we have you covered. There are so many […]
Review: An Explosive World Premiere Tells a Little-Known Milwaukee Story of Anti-Immigrant Hostility
A world premiere by Martin Zimmerman chronicles one of Milwaukee’s least-known historical events: the 1917 bombing of a police department and the subsequent indictment of imprisoned Italian immigrants who were […]
Review: A Dazzling Debut—The Divorcées, by Rowan Beaird
No-fault divorces are currently legal in every US state, making it relatively easy to end an unhappy marriage. It may be hard to imagine how recently “irreconcilable differences” were not […]
Review: Carma Lynn Park and Scottie Kersta-Wilson—Catching a Glimpse With a New Perspective
The current exhibition at the Austin-Irving Library is Glimpses that features photographs by Carma Lynn Park and Scottie Kersta-Wilson. Although they each have a different approach in their art, together […]
Review: Christina Ramberg’s Female Torso Imagery at the Art Institute Reminds Us of the Glory Days of the Chicago Imagists
Christina Ramberg, a Chicago artist who devoted many of her paintings to images of the female torso, cinched in and bulging out of feminine undergarments, is celebrated in a new Art […]
Review: Third Coast Percussion and Jessie Montgomery Give a Moving Performance
Third Coast Percussion gave another wonderful performance at DePaul’s Gannon Auditorium on Friday night. The program included several works that have appeared on recent TCP releases. Highlights, however, were provided […]
Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Judgment Day Is a Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy with Heart
Sammy (Jason Alexander) and Father Michael (Daniel Breaker) sit in a car with binoculars. It’s dark, and they are on a stakeout outside a bar—anxious to find anything they can […]
Webby Award-Winning #SistersInLaw Podcast Moves from the Ether to the Theater
Four seasoned legal minds – all MSNBC commentators—have joined forces, like a Justice League of all Wonder Women, to discuss America’s pressing legal issues with plenty of fodder in this […]
Review: In Evil Eyes Sea, Two Women Uncover a Mystery at the Heart of Turkish Culture: by Özge Samancı
Evil Eyes Sea is preoccupied with objects: how they become imbued with their owners’ lives and remain after those people are gone. In her autobiographically-inspired graphic novel, Özge Samancı skillfully […]
The Thing: Spinach Pie at Hellas Pastry Shop
When you walk into Hellas Pastry Shop (2627 W Lawrence Ave.), the trays of cookies behind glass will almost force the knee jerk reaction to order a box of sweets. […]
Review: Anne Hathaway Arrives as a RomCom Heroine in Steamy if Predictable The Idea of You
For women in Hollywood, aging is not the easiest thing to do. Often, the mere act of passing time and surviving is enough to tank a woman’s career, particularly when […]
Review: Debut The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed Is a Wry and Expressive Exploration of Female Sexuality
Humor is subjective; it always has been. It baffles me endlessly when anyone tries to argue that a film that some people find funny isn’t funny. Others found it funny, […]