Review: Flesh World Dealers Peddling BPM – Youth Code and HEALTH At Bottom Lounge
Saturday was 4/20, the celebrated weed holiday. It is enjoyed by a fascinating mess of subcultures from stoners, to punks, to vintage store workers who look like Fleetwood Mac […]
Preview: Bach Week Festival 2019 Opens this Weekend
The 46th annual Bach Week Festival kicks off with two concerts this Friday evening featuring several soloists and the Bach Week Festival Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Richard Webster, performing a […]
Laurie Simmons at the MCA: Big Camera / Little Camera on View Through May 5th
A lot of things come to mind when one looks at the work of Laurie Simmons: isolation, scale, gender, and the modern myths that surround us. From empty domestic spaces […]
Review: Game of Thrones S8E2 — “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” Ranks Among the All-Time Best
Guest post by Hayden Mears. Mild spoilers ahead. As legions of wights approach Winterfell, all our heroes can do is sit, sip, and sex the night away before hell reigns […]
Review: Lady Lamb Packs a Poetic Punch on Deep Love Tour
The bright, infectious numbers by Aly Spaltro were backlit by citrus-colored lights and a neon green “Even in the Tremor” sign on a recent Wednesday night at Lincoln Hall. Spaltro, […]
Review: Steep Theatre’s First Love Is the Revolution Gives Us a Different Skew on Love
Heartbreaking and hilarious. Both at the same time. First Love Is the Revolution at Steep Theatre is a classic romance where two young people break from their warring families to be […]
Review: Between High Kicks, Porchlight’s A Chorus Line Delivers a Timeless Story
There are a few moments of Porchlight Music Theater’s production of A Chorus Line that haven’t aged particularly well. In particular, dated and obscure references to pop culture fall flat, even […]
Ten Great Things We Saw at IH+HS 2019
Last month’s International Home and Housewares Show in Chicago at McCormick Place is an annual tradition for us at Third Coast. Every year it’s been in Chicago (since 1928), it’s […]
Review: In Utility, a Working-Class Woman Holds Her Family and Herself Together
Guest author review by Katie Priest Reading Interrobang Theatre Project’s description of its new play, Utility by Emily Schwend, I was unsure whether I would be seeing a play with a […]
Review: Elisabeth Moss at the Center of a Tornado in Her Smell
Of the recent trend in female-driven fictional music-centric movies, writer/director Alex Ross Perry’s Her Smell, starring Elisabeth Moss as the lead singer of a band that made it big in […]
Review: Hand Habits & Tomberlin Captivated The Hideout
Few lineups are as perfect of Hand Habits and Tomberlin. The two acts specialize in incredibly personal and touching songs that are tailor made to sink into you head and […]
Review: Women Fight for Women in Gripping Girls of the Sun
My biggest concern as the story of Girls of the Sun began to unfold was the presence of a white journalist at the center of much of the action in […]
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