Review: Top Gun: Maverick Features Impressive Flight Scenes But More Nostalgia Than Novelty
I recently had a wise person tell me that nostalgia is for those who are afraid to face the present, and I tend to agree with that. By that token, […]
Poem: A Note to the World From the Children of Ukraine
A poem by guest author Josephine Chaparro. WhispersWhispersWhispers We heardWe heardWe heard WhispersWhispersWhispers Soon the whispers turned into soundsThe sounds turned into soldiersThe soldiers turned into guns, military tanks, and […]
Review: Kaiju Wars Is a Treat for Fans of Monster Movies and Tactics Games
So you’re telling me they made tactics game in the same vein as the iconic Advance Wars and the newer classic Into The Breach but oozing with deep cut monster […]
Review: Sniper Elite 5 Has Refined Its Formula to Near Perfection
I’ve been playing Sniper Elite games since I stumbled across the first game on Steam during a sale or possibly in a Humble Bundle. Either way, I was hooked on […]
Review: Where Camelot Began—Rose Kennedy at Renaissance Theaterworks in Milwaukee
Guest review by Anne Siegel Chicago-based actor Linda Reiter is bringing her acclaimed portrayal of Rose Kennedy to Milwaukee in Rose: An Intimate Evening with Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. The show, written by […]
Review: A Well Spent Evening with the Mountain Goats and Will Sheff
I think no matter how you try to measure it, the Mountains Goats’ success over the past few decades is undeniable. Originally the solo project of John Darnielle, the Mountain […]
Feature: Beautiful Bronzeville Explored by TikTok Historian Dilla for the CHF
The Chicago Humanities Festival sponsored a bus tour of Chicago’s South Side, the “Black Belt,” for the spring Public-themed series. Hosted by “TikTok historian” Shermann “Dilla” Thomas, the two-hour tour began […]
Review: The Billboard, by Natalie Y. Moore
In this pivotal moment in the struggle for reproductive rights, Natalie Y. Moore’s The Billboard comes at a time when its message couldn’t be more relevant to the world today. […]
Review: Grossman Ensemble Gives a Dull Performance
One of the leading incubators of new music in Chicago is housed at the Chicago Center of Contemporary Composition at the University of Chicago in Hyde Park. The 13-member Grossman […]
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird Isn’t Your Parents’ Mockingbird, But It Tells a Powerful Story
Aaron Sorkin’s To Kill a Mockingbird is not the same story you read in high school or reread last year. It’s not the award-winning film you saw many years ago. In adapting Mockingbird for the […]
Dialogs: Female Rock Talk with Kim Gordon, Laurie Anderson, Sinead Gleeson at Chicago Humanities Festival
The Music Box Theatre hosted music royalty as part of the spring Chicago Humanities Festival: Sonic Youth’s frontwoman Kim Gordon, her co-author, music journalist Sinead Gleeson, along with feminist electronica pioneer Laurie […]
Preview: Chicago Media Project’s Doc10 Film Festival Returns with Acclaimed, Essential Filmmaking
Chicago’s only all-documentary film festival, Doc10, has truly established itself over the last seven years as one of the top-tier non-fiction festivals in the nation. Taking place this year primarily […]