Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 11/13 and Beyond
It’s mid November and all the end-of-year holiday festivities are starting to trickle in during this relatively warm weekend! Ice skating, holiday lights, and winter markets filled with gift ideas […]
Review: Tin Drum Theatre’s The Unseen Dazzles and Disturbs
It seems there’s a goldrush for plays people sense might be prescient or “timely.” Which in 2025 means shows that predict devastation and authoritarian nightmares. Tin Drum Theatre Company’s The […]
Review: Echoes of Excellence Carries the Legacy of Black Artists in Opera
Some of the finest singers in opera today performed last Saturday on the newly christened Robert and Penelope Steiner Parquet at the Civic Opera House. The concert was a product […]
Avoid Your Oven This Thanksgiving; Chicago Restaurants Are Ready to Cater (or Host) Your Holiday
As we careen full-steam ahead into the holiday season, it can all start to feel like quite a lot. If you’re looking for ways to minimize effort and yet still […]
Interview: Filmmaker Gabe Polsky Brings New Documentary The Man Who Saves the World? to Hometown Chicago for Special Screenings
“Patrick is probably the most extraordinary person I’ve met.” — Jane Goodall The above quote was made about Patrick McCollum, whose list of jobs, experiences, and titles is not only lengthy, […]
Review: Starring Joel Edgerton as a Man Confronting Change, Train Dreams Wrestles with Nature, Progress and Loss
I sometimes think about the shrinking of our world. Each leap in transportation—trains, cars, planes—has made trips shorter and less significant, sapping our sense of wonder. Werner Herzog once said, […]
Defying Gravity: A Wicked Rooftop Experience at The Gwen
In anticipation of the Nov. 21 premiere of Wicked: For Good, part two of the global smash phenomenon released in 2024, we’re all doing our homework and rewatching Wicked. I […]
Review: Ego Death Theatre’s Days of Rage Is Ferocious, Funny, and Heart-Wrenchingly Human
Ego Death Theatre Collective successfully hits the mark with Days of Rage by Steven Levenson. A compelling script, following a group of young radicals who are willing to do anything […]
Review: Chicago Repertory Ballet Brings the Drama Before the Balcony with The Capulets
The Capulets is a new ballet created and directed by Wade Schaaf, artistic director of Chicago Repertory Ballet. This world premiere is a multimedia collaboration with fantastic projection design by […]
Review: Friends with Guns by A Short Leap Theatre Finds Sparks in a Tricky Conversation
Friends with Guns, written by Stephanie Allison Walker and directed by Nathan Dale Short, is a provocative play that explores both sides of one of the most controversial debates happening […]
Review: Superior Donuts by Artistic Home Is Warm-Hearted and Entertaining But Needs an Update
Tracy Letts’ 2008 play Superior Donuts is a story about friendship between two unlikely souls—with a good dose of violence added. The story is set in an Uptown donut shop […]
Review: The Joffrey Ballet Delivers Classical and Soul/Funk Ballet in Matters of the Heart
One of the things I love most about humanity is that there are so many paths in tune with spiritual matters. I am not talking about religion. I am thinking […]