Review: A Story of Resilience, Resistance Misses the Humanity of Actual Events
Depending on how you look at it, this is either a very good or very bad week to be Jesse Eisenberg. He has not one, but two new movies being […]
I Voluntarily “Sheltered in Place” for Nine Months. It Went Surprisingly Well. Here Are My Tips
In this series, writer Terry Galvan has volunteered to share their experiences with extended alone time in Ecuador and the things they learned about how to handle isolation. In this […]
Review: Uncorked Pairs Well With a Nice Red and a Movie Night In
Every week, all kinds of new content lands on Netflix without much fanfare. Like a tree falling in the woods, if there isn’t a pandemic to keep us all home, […]
Review: Operencia: The Stolen Sun is a Polished, Gorgeous Dungeon Crawl
Okay, I have a serious problem. This week is just packed with great releases. Doom: Eternal has been collecting dust as I spend time in Animal Crossing New Horizons, and […]
An Ongoing Graveyard Shift: Selling Books in Chicago in a Plague Year
Even in the best of times, bookstores have it rough. Just last year the American Booksellers Association reported American bookstore sales were down by 7.6 percent from 2018, sales sliding […]
Preview: Third Coast Percussion to Continue Live Broadcasts on Saturday
Sidelined by COVID-19 concert cancellations, Third Coast Percussion took their vibraphones and marimbas into their audience’s living rooms last Friday night with a live broadcast concert over YouTube. They will […]
Review: In Daunting Times, Netflix’s Crip Camp Inspires and Uplifts
If you know nothing at all about it, a film with the title Crip Camp might not immediately jump to the top of your Netflix queue. Rest assured, it should. An […]
Six Chicago Books by Non-Chicago Authors
When you’re looking for a good novel about Chicago, you’re most likely to turn to those writers identified as Chicago writers, such as Saul Bellow (The Adventures of Augie March), […]
Your #StaytheFHome Curated Weekend: 3/26 and Beyond
It’s another week at home and we have plenty of new suggestions on how to spend your quarantined days! Dancing, plays, artists, and more are highlighted in this week’s curated […]
Review: The Room VR: A Dark Matter is a Mysterious, Visually Stunning VR Puzzle Game
During the early days of modern consumer VR, I remember standing inside of an escape the room game, fumbling with some object, and thinking of the fun I had playing […]
The Bright Side: Malört Does the Job–Jeppson’s Makes Hand Sanitizer to Aid Hospitals and Healthcare Workers
You either love it, hate it, love to hate it, or love to give it to some unsuspecting person to try without warning them how polarizing it is. Jeppson’s Malört […]
Review: Overpass is a Hard Pass
One of the genres of video games I like best are racing games. I have loved them ever since the first ones I got my hands on for NES and […]