A great deal of the latest work from Mark Wahlberg feels manufactured, despite the fact that it’s based on a true story, this time of a pro adventure racer who […]
Poor Frida Kahlo. Much like that other Latin American revolutionary icon, Ernesto Che Guevara, she never imagined that—to a paraphrase Puerto Rico rock group Fiel a La vega’s song “Canciones en la […]
Glitter & Doom is a musical romance between two young artists, one a sparkly circus performer (Alex Diaz as Glitter) and the other a melancholy singer/songwriter (Alan Cammish as Doom) […]
A strikingly drawn and boldly colored map, attributed to the Jesuit priest and explorer Jean de Brebeuf, is the image used on the cover of Mirela Altic’s Encounters in the […]
It;s a big weekend in Chicago as St. Patrick’s Day celebrations will be taking over the city! Once this stormy day is done the weekend is looking to be nice […]
In its 44th season, Music Theater Works and director/choreographer Christopher Pazdernik set their sights on a beloved musical, one that Pazdernik himself saw during its original Broadway and Chicago runs […]
We’ve all been holding our breaths waiting for Pitchfork Music Festival‘s lineup announcement. With the sudden changes at the festival’s namesake, there’s been a worry about what this years fest […]
Lewis Carroll’s tales of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass were a staple of my childhood. We read the unsanitized versions and Grimm’s most grim before I saw […]
This is probably old news by now, but there was a time when Star Wars fans would have rather had EA release the old Battlefront games with a few modern […]
You may have read Homer’s The Odyssey in high school or college. It’s the story of Odysseus, a great hero, his adventures and of course, his journey, or odyssey. But did you […]
It always comes with great pleasure to have the opportunity to discover and see an artist live as they’re on the cusp of musical stardom. Swedish electro-pop artist Clara Blom […]
In sold-out concerts on Friday and Saturday, Guarneri Hall was the scene of a 90th birthday celebration for Bernard Rands, a Pulitzer Prize winning composer. Originally from Britain, Rands has […]
