Pencil This In: Wicker Park’s Nicolas Cage Film Series Starts Tonight
Wicker Park may be continuing its inevitable path towards total gentrification, but some residents are trying their very best to…
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Strawberry Fields For Everyone- How To (Locally!) Enjoy The Season’s Sweetest Treats
Summer’s great for a lot of reasons. Beaches are open, it stays light out late, and farmer’s markets, CSAs and…
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 6/15 – 6/18
We are right in the heat of summer and no rain is going to stop Chicagoans from going out and…
Season Five of Orange is the New Black Misses the Mark
When it premiered in 2013, Orange is the New Black creator Jenji Kohan was interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air about the…
12 Fun in the Sun Father’s Day Activities in Chicago
We’re quickly coming up on Father’s Day weekend, and it looks to be a beautiful (if steamy) few days in…
Game Review: Dirt 4 is an Engagingly Grimy Rally Racer
The UK based developers Codemasters have been making rally games for close to 20 years now with the Colin McRae…
Emily Blue on Songwriting: This Friday @ Martyrs’
Emily Blue may be one of Chicago’s most prolific music artists. Which is impressive. But what makes it even more surprising…
Horse Lords @ the Hideout: Tattoos For Your Ears
I first stumbled onto Horse Lords at a fourth-floor loft space in Lakeview a couple years ago. The dual drummers…
On the Road: Frank Lloyd Wright in Indiana: Samara, a Usonian House
We Chicagoans may think we own most of the work of genius architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who designed homes that…
Kehlani Exudes Confidence @ Concord Music Hall on 6/7
“Basic! Basic! / Ain’t nothing ‘ bout me basic!” taunts a boisterous Kehlani along with the sold-out crowd at Concord…
Twin Peaks Rocked Out for Theo Epstein’s “Hot Stove, Cool Music” Fundraiser
Cadien Lake James whirls his head while landing each note to each riff on his semi-hollow guitar. His hair obscures…
Vibrant Stories Told Through Digital Illustration
As more artists have access to drawing tablets and the ability to draw or paint digitally on a screen, the…
Giveaway: Mamby on the Beach 2017
Summer is here, and it couldn’t come with better timing as Mamby on the Beach is fast approaching. If you saw…
Preview: Grant Park Festival Opens This Wednesday
The Grant Park Festival kicks off its 2017 season this Wednesday with Vadim Gluzman wielding the violin in a performance…
Review: Stephen Florida Isn’t the Pride Month Read You Were Hoping for
Guest author Evan Bryson studied painting and writing in Indiana. He lives in Chicago and works in higher ed. Stephen…
Griffin Theatre’s Ragtime Shows History Surrounds Us
Based on E.L. Doctorow’s 1975 novel, Ragtime, now playing in a production by Griffin Theatre Company at the Den Theatre,…
Parade at Writers Theatre: A Powerful Musical About Prejudice
Set in 1913 Atlanta and written in 1998 (the same year it won two Tony Awards for Best Book and…
Fresh Start to Your Week: 6/12 – 6/14
The sun’s out and it’s sweltering, so why not take advantage of the Chicago weather with some outdoors fun! Millennium…
Review: Jason Molina: Riding with the Ghost is the indepth biography Molina deserves
If you’re looking for a very short review of Erin Osmon’s Jason Molina: Riding with the Ghost, here it is:…
Lizzo at Metro Chicago: Exchanging Confidence
If I have kids, I want one to be a girl. That’s the desire Lizzo brought through her empowering performance…
