Review: Mind’s Eye Delivers Both Heart and Irony at Schuba’s Tavern
Review by Annie Keller. How lucky are we that Los Angeles’s Mind’s Eye decided to start heir first headliner tour in Chicago! If you haven’t seen them on your For […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 4/25 and Beyond
On and off rain? Temps going from 60 to 80 in the blink of an eye? ‘It’s Chicago weather through and through! Have I been harping on the atmosphere the […]
Review: Meatbodies Serves Up Chewy Riffs for Sunday Night Moshing at Schubas
LA psych rock band Meatbodies included a stop at Schubas Tavern Sunday evening on their tour promoting recent record Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom. Meatbodies don’t stop in Chicago all that […]
Review: Another Crab’s Treasure is a Unique Soulslike with Tons of Charm
If you like soulslike games, Another Crab’s Treasure is one of the more unconventional ones. It has a cute, stylized art style that doesn’t fit in line with the traditional […]
Review: How I Learned What I Learned by Congo Square Theatre Is Wisdom on Being Black in America
Congo Square Theatre is celebrating a landmark anniversary of 25 years of producing and staging plays written by Black artists about the Black experience in America. Their production of August […]
Review: Jonah Kagen’s Lyrically Profound Songs Amaze at Beat Kitchen
Review by Lyra Wilson. In this world, we’re all looking for connection and friendship. At Vincent Lima and Jonah Kagen‘s sold-out show at Beat Kitchen, I couldn’t have found a […]
Review: Izzard as Hamlet in a Solo Show—Madness in Great Ones Must Not Unwatched Go
A college student returns home to find that his uncle killed his father, married his mother and wants his nephew/son out of the picture. Typical family drama. But Hamlet is […]
Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Dazzles with New Work and Treasured Classics
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is the platinum standard of Black culture in dance. A production from Alvin Ailey captures many facets of art and is much more than a […]
Review: At Northlight Theatre, Brooklyn Laundry Offers Biting Repartee and Emotional Nuance
Fran, a customer at Owen’s Brooklyn laundry, asks “Do you believe in God?” Owen replies “Why not?” In the first scene of John Patrick Shanley’s Brooklyn Laundry, the exchange sounds flippant. […]
Review: Lunar Lander Beyond Continues the Atari Trend of Updating Old Games
The early Atari consoles–especially the 2600–were home to a lot of games that are undeniable classics. They’re just not really played anymore because they’re so “simple.” A lot of these […]
Review: Phantom Fury Brings Shelly Harrison to the Fifth Generation
Ion Fury was a surprise when it was released: a NEW game made entirely in the Build engine? Sure, it was a modified version of that engine, but that’s still […]
Feature: No-No Boy Will Go Down In History
This review was written by guest author Lyra Wilson. It’s your college dissertation, and what do you do? Some people like yours truly might scramble to figure out what to […]