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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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Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 3/28 and Beyond

It’s holiday weekend for many as tons of stores will be closing their doors on Sunday! But fret not! There will still be plenty to do this weekend with markets, […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • March 28, 2024
    • Music , Reviews

    Review: Sleater Kinney and Black Belt Eagle Scout Astound at the Riviera Theatre

    I’ve been a fan of Sleater Kinney for a very long time. Long enough that my heart was broken after The Woods (probably my favorite album of theirs) where they […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • March 27, 2024
    • Music , Previews

    Preview: Jesus Jones Brings Their Dance-Rock Back To Chicago

    My history with Jesus Jones extends all the way back to the late ’80s when the cover of the Liquidizer cassette caught my eye at a Sound Warehouse. A minute […]

  • Jim Kopeny / Tankboy
  • March 26, 2024
    • Stages , Theater

    Review The Brightest Thing in the World by About Face Theatre—Realism to the Point of Cringe

    Romance is difficult enough in real life, but it’s damn-near impossible on the stage. Balancing the fictive chemicals of genuine-seeming attraction is a science to challenge our best artists. Success […]

  • Adam Kaz
  • March 26, 2024
    • Stages , Theater

    Review: Paramount Theatre’s A Streetcar Named Desire Brings a Gritty Corner of New Orleans to Life

    New Orleans has a kind of disheveled luxury as it’s portrayed in Tennessee Williams’ 1947 play, A Streetcar Named Desire. In this production in Aurora, co-directors Jim Corti and Elizabeth Swanson […]

  • Anthony Neri
  • March 25, 2024
    • Music , Reviews

    Feature: Off to the Cinema With Reality Club

    This review was written by guest author Lyra Wilson. Last Monday felt like something out of an indie movie. I went to the cinema and ended up in La La […]

  • Lyra Wilson
  • March 25, 2024
    • Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Love Song, a Quirky Rom-Com by Remy Bumppo, Shows Us That Love Can Be Magical

    Beane is a bit peculiar. He doesn’t seem to enjoy life. His apartment attacks him. He answers questions before they’re asked or doesn’t answer at all. But once Beane meets […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • March 24, 2024
    • Classical , Music , Reviews

    Review: A Thrilling Concert of Mozart’s Requiem and Thamos, King of Egypt at the Lyric

    Requiem is one of the most recognizable works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is a majestic composition, commissioned by a patron unknown to Mozart. It is also the last work […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • March 24, 2024
    • Lit , Live lit events , Nonfiction , Stages , Talk show

    Dialogs: Kara Swisher Talks Tech Bros— They’re “Frequently Wrong But Never in Doubt”—at CHF Event

    Kara Swisher has a lot of opinions—and she doesn’t hesitate to share them, both in her new book and in her conversation with social work professor Brené Brown before a sold-out […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • March 23, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: There’s No Mystery or Thrill in Russell Crowe’s Amnesia Murder Drama Sleeping Dogs

    Last week, we saw Michael Keaton as a hit man dealing with memory-robbing dementia in Knox Goes Away, and this week we have Russell Crowe as a former homicide detective […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 22, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Regina King Returns in a Powerhouse Performance as First Black Congresswoman in Shirley

    We haven’t seen Regina King on screen (big or small) in nearly two-and-a-half years, when she starred in the excellent Western The Harder They Fall. And with what she has […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 22, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Sydney Sweeney Brings Sex Appeal and Media Attention to Immaculate, a Mediocre Giallo-Wannabe

    The story goes that actor Sydney Sweeney (Anyone But You, Euphoria, Madame Web) was given the script for Immaculate many years ago, but the project fell through and didn’t get […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 22, 2024
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