While everything seems to be open like the old days, there is still that looming presence of the Delta variant in the background threatening all we’ve done to get back […]

Physical Fest has wooed Chicago for eight years now, introducing wonderful international physical theater and circus works, but this year Physical Fest has had to adapt to pandemic restrictions like […]

Dr. Michelle Moore is a professor of English at the College of DuPage whose most recent book is Chicago and the Making of American Modernism: Cather, Hemingway, Faulkner and Fitzgerald […]

War is a difficult subject. History is often written by the victors, sometimes without regard for the truth. And one of the few truths of war is that it’s ugly, […]

Fleeting Monuments for the Wall of Respect Edited by Romi Crawford Green Lantern Press Performance artist Jefferson Pinder offers, as a fleeting monument to the long-gone Wall of Respect, a […]

By Brad Fiore During the months Chicago eaters have kept their appetites at their own kitchen tables, the foods that have thrived are those that are easily packed into Styrofoam […]

There’s a great deal of plot and a great number of characters packed into the latest Disney theme park attraction that has been turned into a feature film, Jungle Cruise. […]

Scholars of the Middle English tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight will have a lot to appreciate in David Lowery’s lush, visually arresting adaptation of the story, The […]

If you’re a fan of co-op party-style games like Overcooked! or Tools Up! there have been no shortage of games coming out in that niche genre. Another game in the […]

I think there’s a severe lack of fun action role-playing games (ARPGs) lately, especially those that go away from the sword and sorcery theme for something a little bit more […]

Every once in a while a game can come along and with hardly a word of dialogue, and manage deep and meaningful poignancy. There are few games that affected me […]

You know what’s pretty good: Chicago being reopened. It has been a long journey and we’re unfortunately nowhere near out of it, but we’re open. Business can thrive again and […]