Because she was born in West Virginia and was the daughter of an actual coal miner, groundbreaking boxer Christy Martin was nicknamed the “Coal Miner’s Daughter” in the early part […]
The Lyric Opera of Chicago gives us a fall doubleheader with two classic Italian operas rooted in the verismo tradition. Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana (1890) and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci (1892) […]
I’ve come to realize recently that action movies or thrillers set in extremely cold temperatures are so much better than ones set in warmer environments. I don’t know if it’s […]
On a pleasantly chilly Sunday afternoon, my girlfriend and I headed downtown for boozy tea at Casa Chi. We exited the sunny, bustling street, peeking our heads into Michael Jordan’s […]
This is the first in a series of articles spotlighting some of Chicago’s finest and funniest comedians worth watching. Though Laura Hugg has always loved comedy, it took many years […]
Simone Lerrante is 70 years old. It is the year 2000, and she is ruminating as she looks at the panes of a large Florida window near the bed of […]
The name Margaux Eliot is new on the literary block in Chicago. Like her main character in her twisty, reality-TV-stoked whirlwind of a debut novel, Honeymoon Stage (Little A, Nov. […]
It’s been 50 years since David Byrne first introduced his trademark brand of quirky pop-punk/world music fusion to audiences as the frontman of Talking Heads—note the lack of “the” in […]
I felt an extra sense of excitement about going to Guarneri Hall on a windy evening. Nova Linea Musica presents the finest chamber music experience in Chicago, and the performers […]
Herbie Hancock landed in Chicago for his fifth appearance in a Symphony Center Presents Jazz performance. His band included another jazz master, Terence Blanchard on the trumpet, James Genus on […]
Maestro Riccardo Muti returned to Symphony Center to lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through a rousing program of 19th and 20th century music on Thursday evening. Following an overture by […]
There are different kinds of crime families. There are the ones we’re more familiar with who live in big cities, dress to the nines, and influence everything from the police […]
