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Review: Strong Central Performances Lead the Bleak but Authentic The Death of Robin Hood

by Steve Prokopy
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Review: Lookingglass Theatre’s Untitled Vampire Play Amuses and Charms

by Lauren Katz
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Jordan Arredondo (Dom) & Courtney Ricki Green (Val). Photo by Justin Barbin
Jordan Arredondo (Dom) & Courtney Ricki Green (Val). Photo by Justin Barbin
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Review:  From Musicmaker to Baker, Chicago to Nashville—Susannah Felts’ Novel The Come Apart Tells the Story

by Nancy S Bishop
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Review: Willem de Kooning’s Rich Canon Explored in Art Institute’s Drawing Exhibit

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Review: Family Legacies Run Deep in Steppenwolf’s Catch as Catch Can

by Doug Mose
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  • Broadway , Review , Stages , Theater

Review: Teen Angst Hits a Boiling Point in The Outsiders on Its Broadway Tour

The Outsiders, a 2024 musical based on the 1967 S.E. Hinton novel about coming-of-age in 1960s Tulsa, Oklahoma, returns to Chicago in its first national Broadway tour. The word “returns” […]

  • Anne Siegel
  • February 15, 2026
    • Cafes and restaurants , Food , Review

    Review: Olio e Più and the Romance of a Perfect Meal

    This Valentine’s Week, my partner and I headed to Olio e Più in River North. We were met with the perfect atmospheric evening, starting with the restaurant’s Martini Monday special […]

  • Row Light
  • February 14, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Crime 101, Adapted from a Novella, Hits All the Expected Heist Drama Notes, Carried by Halle Berry and Barry Keoghan’s Performances

    At the top of the end credits of Crime 101, the new heist drama, starring Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Halle Berry and Barry Keoghan, is the line “Based on the […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • February 13, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Liam Neeson Is Still Having Fun in Cold Storage, a Classic B-Movie Sci-Fi Drama with Laughs

    As history tells it, in 1979, the space station known as Skylab came crashing down to Earth, most of its pieces burning up during atmospheric re-entry; the pieces that actually […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 13, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Toronto Comedy Duo Hilariously Travels in Time in Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie

    The running gag in the web series Nirvanna The Band The Show is that the titular fictional band has never actually written or recorded any music. We’d get snippets of […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 13, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Goat with a Dream Leads Animated Sports Flick GOAT, About Animals Talking, Balling and Chasing Dreams

    Marking the feature film debut from director Tyree Dillihay (who helmed many episodes of Bob’s Burgers over the years) and co-director Adam Rosette, GOAT is the animated coming-of-age story of […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 13, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights Is Lush and Lustful, if Lacking Connective Tissue to Classic Characters

    Whether or not you read (or were forced to read) the 1847 novel by Emily Brontë doesn’t really factor into the viewing of writer/director Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights. […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 13, 2026
    • Cafes and restaurants , Food , Markets , Review

    Love Bites at Farm Bar, The Goddess and Grocer, for Galentine’s and Valentine’s Day

    Celebrate Galentine’s and Valentine’s Day with delicious, creative, and affordable options at two of Chicago’s best curated eateries: Farm Bar and The Goddess and Grocer. I reluctantly release my gate-keeping […]

  • Karin McKie
  • February 13, 2026
    • Art & Museums , Fantasy , Fiction , Lit , Painting & sculpture

    Review: The Gospel According to Horror, The Butcher of Nazareth, by David Scott Hay

    The life of Jesus has been recounted for two thousand years: the scenes of his birth and infanthood, the story of his three-day visit to the Temple at the age […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • February 13, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Filmmaker Bart Layton on Making Crime 101, Toning Down Chris Hemsworth’s Hotness and Crafting a Grown-Up Drama

    British filmmaker Bart Layton wrote, directed and produced the groundbreaking debut documentary The Imposter (2012) about Frederic Bourdin, a charismatic French con artist and serial identity thief who pretended to be […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 12, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review , Uncategorized

    Review: In By Design, Body Swap Gets an Enchanting New Twist with a Woman and…a Chair

    This article was written by Nick Glover. 17 Again and Freaky Friday better be watching their backs, because the body-switching flick might have a new all-timer. The new release from […]

  • Nick Glover
  • February 12, 2026
    • Music , Reviews

    Review: An Evening of Mind-Blowing Strings with Sudan Archives and Cain Culto

    Following last year’s release of her astronomically spectacular powerhouse album, The BPM, multi-instrumentalist and singer Brittney Denise Parks, better known by her stage name as Sudan Archives, has embarked on […]

  • Andrew Lagunas
  • February 12, 2026
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