Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 7/20 – 7/23
Well, I’ve more or less recovered from the wonderful Pitchfork Music Festival that took place this past weekend. Thankfully this…
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Lift your spirits at Lynfred Winery
Turning off of Roselle isn’t easy. It’s a loud, busy road. But once you’re on Lynfred Winery proper, you don’t…
Film Review: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is Vibrant, Electric, and Thrilling
This is a very silly movie, and if you are someone who prefers your science-fiction stories more on the serious side, you’re…
Steppenwolf’s Startling Production of Hir Is About Gender Identity and Much More
On the surface and in all its promotional materials, Steppenwolf Theatre’s startling new production of Taylor Mac’s Hir (pronounced “here”)…
Film Review: Dunkirk Feels Like a Genuine Attempt to Capture the Humanity of Battle
For all the talk of critics showing up to this movie or that one with “knives sharpened,” I think there…
Caravan Palace Swings Again at the House of Blues Chicago
All photos by Elif Geris/Third Coast Review Caravan Palace made the House of Blues Chicago floor bounce…
Photo Shows on Poverty, Joan of Arc, and Commercialized Beauty Now on Display @ LUMA
The Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA) offers a plethora of photographs on display this summer, featuring three exhibitions: Jeffrey Wolin’s Pigeon Hill: Then and…
Dark Photographs Divulge Racism and Xenophobia in WWII Japanese Internment Camps
Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII and the Demise of Civil Liberties is a monumental…
Lela & Co. at Steep Theatre: Searing Story of a Woman in a War Zone
Lela & Co. sounds like a chic boutique, a business story. And it is. It’s a horrifying story of a…
Broken Nose Theatre’s At the Table Asks Who Gets a Seat at That Table
Six friends sit around a table, in a weekend home outside Chicago. The table is covered with the detritus of…
Pitchfork Music Festival: Day Three in Review
All photos by Julian Ramirez By the time NE-HI played their reverb-soaked garage tunes, the sun came out. The last…
Oeuf Oeuvre Scrambled in Something Rotten! at the Oriental Theatre
To get to the bottom of the boisterous mélange that is the multi-Tony-nominated Something Rotten!, audiences need an appreciation–and perhaps…
Before Cirque du Soleil’sLuzia Opens, We Interview Director and Artists
Cirque du Soleil’s new show Luzia is about to descend upon Chicago from July 21 until September 3 at United Center with…
Pitchfork Music Festival: Day Two in Review
All photos by Julian Ramirez Everything Friday lacked, Saturday delivered. While Frankie Cosmos and Vince Staples felt under-rehearsed and underwhelming,…
Pitchfork Music Festival: Day One in Review
All photos by Julian Ramirez Unlike most days at Pitchfork Music Festival, this Friday called for jeans instead of shorts.…
Donate: Round Lake Elementary School Asks For Help Rebuilding Flooded Library (Updated)
You may have heard about the wild storms that hit the area Wednesday night, and the incredible rainfall. Tom Skilling…
Film Review: Wish Upon Will Make You Want to Watch a Better Horror Movie
What the hell was that? First off, when you put “From the director of Annabelle,” I’m assuming that’s not meant…
Game Review: Minecraft: Story Mode – Season Two: Episode 1 is a Solid Adventure
Minor story spoilers follow: Minecraft: Story Mode – Season Two is the follow up to 2015/2016’s Minecraft: Story Mode. Developed…
Film Review: A Ghost Story Brings a Great Sense of Comfort
My favorite film from Sundance and probably my favorite of the year so far, director David (Pete’s Dragon) Lowery’s A…
Film Review: 13 Minutes Tells the True Story of a Failed Attempt to Kill Hitler
Returning to the era of World War II Germany, Downfall director Oliver Hirschbiegel brings us the true story of a…
