Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 2/22 and Beyond
It’s unseasonably warm this weekend (except for Saturday, that one seems about right) so let’s get out into the city and find something fun to do! There’s markets, movies, concerts, […]
Review: Invictus Theatre Delivers a Living History Lesson in Topdog/Underdog
The way we are taught American history is a scratch-the-surface deal that requires us to keep digging. Playwright Suzan Lori-Parks is a master excavator of history and reveals it in […]
Review: Sarah Jarosz and The Ballroom Thieves Give Thalia Hall Some Much-Needed Love
Last week Thalia Hall was treated to a wonderful pre-Valentine’s Day gift. Amidst all the love in the air, Sarah Jarosz and The Ballroom Thieves graced the Pilsen venue’s stage […]
Review: Young People’s Theatre Tells Compelling New Version of The Diary of Anne Frank
The story of Anne Frank is a familiar one. The expressive teenager, who was sequestered with her family in WWII Amsterdam to protect them from Nazi capture, has been famous […]
Writers Theatre’s The Band’s Visit to a Small Israeli Town Features Intimate and Emotional Storytelling
Dina (Sophie Madorsky) enters at the top of the show. The space is empty as she calmly stares down at the audience and whispers the opening lines of the play: […]
Review: Saint Sebastian Players’ An Enemy of the People Depicts a Prophet Submerged in Politics
A new staging of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play An Enemy of the People has come to Chicago, directed by Jim Masini. It dramatizes a public health crisis in a small town and […]
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft Brings the Classics Back
The Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft has dropped, and it doesn’t seem to be making much of a splash. That’s too bad, because Lara Croft did for gaming […]
Review: Chicago Philharmonic’s Soundtrack Live Heightens the Drama of 1982 Blade Runner
One of the coolest things I have had the pleasure of doing is watching classic movies with the soundtrack played live by the Chicago Philharmonic. The live music is much […]
Interview: Diego Báez Debuts New Poetry Collection, Yaguarete White
Interview conducted by Binx River Perino. Chicago-based writer Diego Báez is an educator at the City Colleges and a fellow at CantoMundo, the Surge Institute, and the Poetry Foundation’s Incubator […]
Oscar-Nominated Live Action and Animated Short Films Offer Somber Themes and Accomplished Filmmaking
Of the countless short films that are made in any given year, it’s always a bit of a mystery how the select few find their way to the film industry’s […]
Review: The Taste of Things Is a Soft, Sumptuous Celebration of French Culinary Culture
The Taste of Things is, by all accounts, a film tailor-made for me—and maybe you, too. A French period romance centered on the country’s rich culinary history starring the great […]
Recap: True Detective (S4, Ep2) — Mystery and Character Drama Start to Wear Thin in Second Episode
True Detective’s conflicts like to play out in the background. The best seasons of True Detective are the ones that give us all the pieces right out the gate and let said pieces melt into its rich settings.