Review: Fire Talk Showcases Chicago Artists at Sleeping Village
On one of the busier Sunday nights I have been a part of this year, East Coast label Fire Talk delivered a snippet of what is to come at this […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 3/17 and Beyond
Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day weekend celebrations may be mostly behind us, but there’s still plenty going on this weekend! The pandemic numbers are staying relatively low and it’s feeling a […]
Review: The Bernard Rands Effect Was Highly Effective
To celebrate the 88th birthday of distinguished Chicago composer and Pulitzer Prize winner Bernard Rands, the Spektral Quartet performed nine world premieres at Constellation on Pi day, Monday night, 3/14. […]
12 Great Designs That Sparked Joy from the 2022 Inspired Home Show at McCormick Place
It was March, 2020. We’d just finished covering C2E2 and were anticipating a return to McCormick Place for the annual International Home and Housewares Show, newly redubbed the Inspired Home […]
Review: Tunic Is a Beautiful Mix of Minimalism and Nostalgia
I’ve been following Tunic for some time now. I first saw it years ago at a local Chicago event, and the Zelda-like game where players control a cute little fox […]
Eat Well, Do Good at Wednesday’s Epic Chicago Chefs Cook for Ukraine Fundraiser
Wednesday night, you have an opportunity to eat delicious bites prepared by nearly six dozen of Chicago’s top chefs — and do a world of good for the war-afflicted people […]
Review: Dream Pop Duo Sports Are No Ordinary Men
Dream-pop duo Sports made their much anticipated return to Lincoln Hall with nothing short of a mesmerizing set last Thursday. It seems like forever ago that the band announced they […]
Review: The First Two Episodes of a New Television Adaptation of Halo Are Going to Disappoint Fans
The moment I heard Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” instead of Martin O’Donnell’s iconic Halo score, I knew something wasn’t right. Gamers have been waiting for a live action […]
Preview: Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros’ Long Strange Trip Picks Up Where it Left Off
The Other One. The Kid. Ace. No matter the name you know him by, Bob Weir is undoubtedly a legend. He’s our beloved, Birkenstock-wearing, Crossfit-doing, guru-bearded, hippie dad who can […]
Review: Love Hurts So Good in Lyric’s Tosca
The voices! Soprano Michelle Bradley, making her Lyric Opera of Chicago debut in the title role of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, and tenor Russell Thomas as her doomed lover Cavaradossi filled […]
Review: Short Form Iron Lung Masters the Unseen With Brilliant Atmosphere
There’s just something about low fidelity horror games that scare me more often than games using cutting edge graphics. Perhaps the fuzzy, low poly graphics force my brain to fill […]
Review: In Pixar’s Turning Red, a Teenager Learns to Harness—and Appreciate—the Beast Within
When you’re a 13-year-old girl, there’s nothing quite as dramatic—or traumatic—as being a 13-year-old girl. Hormones are raging, bodies are changing, there’s so much you don’t know about who you […]