Review: Paint and Sip at The Gwen Is an Experiment in Colorful Cuisine
A Spirited Affair saw Fess Parker Winery, a Santa Barbara fixture, paired with The Gwen Chicago for a remarkable paint and sip event. Bites and sips pairings were designed by […]
Review: Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos Brings his Bold, Singular Style to Timely, Sharp Satire Bugonia
Fifteen-odd years ago, as a 20-something with a budding interest in independent and international film, I discovered a movie unlike anything I’d ever seen. To be fair, that was happening […]
Review: With a Title like Regretting You, the Bad Movie Puns Practically Write Themselves
When a film gives you a word like “Regret” in its title and it also isn’t very good, the jokes write themselves. So I won’t stoop to that level and […]
Review: In Deliver Me From Nowhere, Jeremy Allen White Channels Springsteen’s Angst and Insecurities While Crafting Iconic Music
At some point years from now, I’m sure someone will attempt an actual biopic or biographical series about Bruce Springsteen. But for now, I think Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere […]
Preview: Courtney vs Cancer Is Comical and Courageous
Brave. Poignant. Inspirational. These are the default adjectives writers are supposed to use when describing an autobiographical narrative centered around a cancer battle. And while they all certainly apply to […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 10/23 and Beyond
It’s the weekend before Halloween and there are so many fun fall events ready to make this final full October weekend a blast! From concerts to movies, Halloween parades to […]
Review: Ear Taxi Festival Continues With the Soaring Compositions of Gustavo Leone on the Magnificent Mile
The stunning Buchanan Chapel at Fourth Presbyterian Church was the scene of an incredible immersive experience in new music on Tuesday evening. In a program entitled Viaggio Profondo: An Homage […]
Bites: What Author, Preservationist and Architecture Expert Carla Bruni Eats in a Day
For almost 20 years Carla Bruni has been studying, preserving and writing about historic architecture. Her recent book Chicago Homes: A Portrait of the City’s Everyday Architecture (Agate), written with […]
Review: Chicago Opera Theater Gives a Delightful Performance of Shakespearean Opera Arias and Rarely Heard Gems from the Bard
The Chicago Opera Theater (COT) presented Shakespeare Sings last weekend, an excellent concert of arias from operas by Verdi, Wagner, Britten, and other composers whose works are performed less frequently. […]
Review: Rachael Yamagata Returns With Her Entrancing Blend Of Starlit Alchemy
It’s been a while since we last heard new music from one-time-Chicagoan Rachael Yamagata. Hard to believe her last album Tightrope Walker came out nine years ago, but her time […]
Review: Kelly Reichardt’s Observational Filmmaking Style in The Mastermind Makes for a New Type of Heist Movie
Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt’s visual style can be described in many ways—quiet, subtle, humanistic, etc.—but I think the best way to sum up her approach to storytelling is observational. Reichardt channels […]
Review: Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon Features a Standout Performance from Ethan Hawke as Troubled Lyricist Lorenz Hart at Broadway Watering Hole Sardi’s
Richard Linklater’s been busy. The Austin-based filmmaker has a number of films both in the works and coming soon; his two latest are both centered on artists, albeit at very […]