Bites: What Author S.L. Wisenberg Eats in a Day
S.L. Wisenberg’s The Adventures of Cancer Bitch came out this month in paperback from Tortoise Books to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the original release. Her hilarious tackling of serious […]
Review: Kokandy’s Into the Woods Depicts a Marvelous Forest, Bumps Into a Few Trees
This review offers some tough love. Love for Kokandy Productions, for its ambitions and scope, for its actors and musicians. But I’m also going to add a tough critique for […]
Interview: Richard Thomas: New-Weird, Hopepunk, Horror, and More
Richard Thomas is a Mundelein-based author of, as he describes it, “maximalist speculative fiction—mostly fantasy, science fiction, and horror.” With more than 175 published stories to his credit, he’s been […]
Review: Justice’s Hyperdrama Spectacle—A Celebration Across All Albums
On the final stop of their 2024 North America tour, Justice delivered a performance for fans, both new and old, that absolutely sealed their brilliance. You can look at this […]
Review: The Flints Fire Up Radius for a Fantastic Evening of Dancing
As a music fan that always aims to catch the opening acts of shows, I can safely say that those performers have a lot of pressure on them. Not only […]
Review: Racism Remembered as Edgar Arceneaux Revisits Ben Vereen’s Performance for Reagan’s 1981 Inauguration
The Museum of Contemporary Art hosted a 50-minute performance of Edgar Arceneaux’s Until, Until, Until… for three performances in October. The LA-based writer/director/producer/performer devised the production 10 years ago to […]
Review: Manual Cinema’s Frankenstein— Beautiful Handmade Horror
Something very wonderful is on stage at the Studebaker Theater this pre-Halloween weekend. A haunting affair, one part horror and another strange beauty, the Chicago-based Emmy-award-winning performance collective Manual Cinema […]
Dispatch: Chicago International Film Festival’s Second Weekend Features Notable Films, Fest Winners
Our coverage of the Chicago International Film Festival continues; remember to follow along for all the latest updates. Armand Although uneven and even head-scratching at times, the sheer weight and […]
Review: Some Like It Hot, We Get It Tepid
Billy Wilder’s 1959 Some Like It Hot is widely considered a perfect film: witty and surprising, silly and sexy—a culmination of Wilder’s brilliant career and a showcase for its stars […]
Review: Nova Linea Musica Is a World Class Addition to Chicago’s Musical Soundscape
Chicago is the premier city for the arts. Our musical scene is to be envied. We have two wonderful orchestras that play traditional classical music and a wealth of new […]
Review: A Synth-Filled Evening with Chromeo and The Midnight
Chicago was treated to a marvelous double-featured evening last weekend with electro funk gurus Chromeo and synth-pop band The Midnight. Venturing on their soon to be legendary Chrome Nights Tour, […]
Dispatch: End the Week with Stellar Films as Chicago International Film Festival Continues
Remember to follow our Chicago International Film Festival tag for all our latest news. Hard Truths One of the recent best from master filmmaker Mike Leigh (Naked, Vera Drake, Happy-Go-Lucky), […]