Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 12/11 and Beyond
We’re just about half way through the final month of the year and this is surely a jam-packed weekend! Tons of concerts, markets and winter-themed festivities going on to make […]
Review: Murder Girl in Milwaukee Becomes an Unlikely Holiday Hit
One addition to Milwaukee’s holiday entertainment roster this season has nothing to do with dancing nutcrackers or elderly English moneylenders. Instead, the cast of Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s Murder Girl by […]
Third Coast Curates: Chicago Culture Packs — Support Third Coast Review Today
It’s that time of year: we’re reaching out to you, our readers, because we know you appreciate what we do and want us to be able to keep doing it. […]
Review: South Chicago Dance Theatre Exopresses the Raw Emotions of Loss Through Lamentations of Peace
South Chicago Dance Theatre (SCDT) is in season 9 and continues to dance close to the edge. Founder Kia S. Smith choreographed Lamentations of Peace with a narrative of the […]
Review: A Year With Frog and Toad Delights Kids and Parents at Young People’s Theatre
A Year With Frog and Toad may not be a holiday play but it is a celebration of friendship throughout the seasons, from the moment the two friends wake from […]
Review: Joffrey’s Sparkling Nutcracker Delivers Sugar Plums, Magic, and Spectacle
Let us now consider the sugar plum. For years, I thought it was an artisan plum rolled in silver sugar. I was this many years old when I discovered that […]
Review: Snocaps Get Off to a Great Start in First Night at Thalia Hall
I honestly can’t think of a better way to see a surprise new band with a name like Snocaps than fresh off our first snow of the season. And they […]
Review:The Catalyst Quartet’s Against All Odds Is Flawless at Nova Linea Musica
One of my favorite things about reviewing music, arts, and culture in Chicago is being in the audience to experience artists in their habitat. That could be a big stage […]
Review: Filmed Version of Merrily We Roll Along Revival Starring Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez Is a Close-Up Gift to Musical Theater History
Over the course of his storied career, composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim had quite a stunning list of successes and very few misses. His greatest fail, however, came in 1981 […]
Quick Spins: Juana Molina, Yada Yada, Time Thieves, Glyders, Strange Neighbors, and Messiness
Quick Spins takes a quick look at recently released albums to make certain you’re listening to all the quality music being released these days. And with today being Bandcamp Friday, […]
Review: Steve Schapiro: Being Everywhere Offers a Glimpse into the Prolific, Historical Work of Chicago-Based Photographer
Even though combing through the archival material could feasibly take a lifetime, making a documentary on a legendary photographer like Steve Schapiro must be the most fun to assemble. Searching […]
Review: Detailing the Publication’s History and High Esteem, The New Yorker at 100 Offers a Glimpse into Process, Legacy
Directed by Marshall Curry (an Oscar-winning shorts filmmaker) and narrated by Julianne Moore, The New Yorker at 100 tells the fairly straightforward but no less interesting tale of both the […]