Your #StaytheFHome Chicago Curated Weekend: 1/14 and Beyond
Things still aren’t fully ok in the world, even with the current administration on its way out with another impeachment under its belt. Add to that the continuing pandemic causing […]
Preview: Music Institute of Chicago to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Music Institute of Chicago will be streaming free events this weekend to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On the following Sunday the MIC will be […]
Review: Seeking Humanity in AI Soldiers, Outside the Wire Rarely Finds It
After spending years standing alongside a super-soldier as Falcon in a bunch of Marvel movies, it seems like Anthony Mackie wanted to play one himself in Outside the Wire, the […]
Review: Shakes on a Plane Doesn’t Quite Land
Times are strange. At least, that’s the case in Shakes on a Plane, where aliens obsessed with culinary competition reality shows have been “chopped” and, not to be beaten, decided […]
Review: With Skyfire, Come for the Erupting Volcanoes, Don’t Stay Hoping for Any Character Depth
I’m not sure if I completely understand the semantics behind it ($$), but for some reason, British director Simon West (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Expendables 2, Con Air) seems […]
Review: Super Meat Boy Forever Isn’t Exactly the Sequel I Was Hoping For
The original Super Meat Boy holds a special place in my heart. It’s the game that made me think again about platformers: their controls, their difficulty. I used to see […]
Preview: Escape a Strange World as a Castaway in Olija
Olija is an adventure game that gives me strong Out of the World/Another World vibes, but manages to be so completely different. In Olija you play as Captain Faraday, stranded […]
The Sefaria App Has the Whole Megillah (and More)
From the Torah to the Talmud to a plenitude of rabbinic commentary on theology, scripture, and law, Judaism is built on words—hundreds upon thousands upon millions of words. Despite such […]
Call It by Its Name: Wednesday Was a Fascist Riot
Wednesday left us in shock. Rioters stormed up the steps, climbed up the walls of the U.S. Capitol, broke windows and battered through doors to get into the building. Then […]
What’s Cooking at Third Coast? Gruyère Puff, a Simple Cheesy Entrée
I like cooking big family dinners or special dinners for company. Some of my favorite entrées are country captain, a chicken curry dish; vegetable lasagna starring lots of spinach; or […]
Review: The Reason I Jump Beautifully Brings the Internal World of Neurodiversity to the Screen
For those with a distant relationship to autism—they aren’t raising a child diagnosed with it, they don’t work in a capacity to serve someone with it—the condition can be a […]
2020 in Review: What We Liked in Music
Much like everything else in 2020, music was a little weird. Amazing albums came out bereft of the typical touring cycle and songs got lost under the weight of COVID […]