The Boss, Hardcore Henry, Miles Ahead, Demolition, Mr. Right, Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête)
THE BOSS Well, it’s better than Tammy. The last time comic dynamo Melissa McCarthy paired creatively with her husband, Ben…
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Stage 773’s Artist’s Lab Offers Emerging Artists More than Just a Credit
Now in its third year (and shedding its previously cumbersome, albeit whimsical title, “Scribble Bibble”), Stage 773’s Artist’s Lab offers…
Asymptote Journal: A Five-Year Anniversary Celebration
Experimental Japanese translations. Interviews with National Book Award finalists. Mexican Twitter fiction. Ancient Babylonian texts and contemporary underground Uyghur poetry. These are…
Halcyon Theatre’s Penny Gods Fails to Cash In on Promise
Halcyon Theatre’s world premiere of Callie Kimball’s play, Dreams of the Penny Gods, begins with a promising image. Thirteen-year-old Bug…
Junior Boys at Metro Chicago: Program Me into Light
Two modest Canadian guys named Junior Boys filled Metro Chicago Wednesday night with syncopating synth pulses, and vocals that made…
The Charcuterie Chronicles: Fresh Polish Sausage
This is the first installment in an every-so-often series where I take on the challenges of charcuterie which, according to…
Presence: David Wallace Haskins at the Elmhurst Art Museum
While exploring Presence, David Wallace Haskins’ first museum exhibition, you might laugh at yourself one moment and experience a rush…
Thoughts of a Black Republican in the New Play Carlyle— an Interview with Director Benjamin Kamine
A new play written by playwright Thomas Bradshaw about an African American Republican lawyer, and how he came to be…
Re-Joyce in The Plagiarists’ Ulysses
On the surface, Ulysses follows a day in the life of two Dubliners, Leopold Bloom and Stephen Daedalus, but truly…
Your Curated Chicago Weekend, 4/7-4/10
We’ve got a decently heavy music lineup for you this weekend. Which is awesome, because spring is maybe, finally, potentially…
Latino Film Festival Opens Friday with 116 Films
The Chicago Latino Film Festival launches its 32nd festival this week with a lineup of 74 feature films and 42…
Zoe Zolbrod’s Thought Provoking Memoir “The Telling” Out in May
I first heard Zoe Zolbrod read in a coffee shop in Logan Square a couple months ago. She was skinny,…
Starving Artist: CAC’s Annual Benefit Supporting Chicago Artists
Tickets are on sale now for Chicago Artists Coalition’s yearly benefit, “Starving Artist,”which will be held at Venue One on…
Split Complementary at The DePaul Art Museum
The opportunity to draw silly comparisons to the work in the exhibition or use the title, Split Complementary — whose handsomely lacquered…
Remy Bumppo’s Life of Galileo Dramatizes Science vs. Faith Conflict
Remy Bumppo Theatre calls itself “think theatre.” And there couldn’t be a better tagline for this company, which takes on…
An Interview with Adam Morgan, founder of Chicago Review of Books
I recently had the opportunity to talk to book critic, author, and fellow Gapers Block alumnus, Adam Morgan, about his…
Grant Park Music Festival Offers Something for Everyone in 2016
Carlos Kalmar returns to his 17th season with the Grant Park Music Festival for an interesting and varied program for…
Preview: DOC10, a Festival of Documentary Gems @ the Music Box
The first-ever DOC10 documentary film festival is running this today through Sunday, April 1-3, at the Music Box Theatre and…
Preview: Ian Vanek (Japanther) and Howardian Tomorrow @ Subterranean
Ian Vanek started Howardian with his brother in 1993. He was 12 years old. Still, his early experiences seeing Nirvana…
Everybody Wants Some!!, Midnight Special, I Saw the Light, Born to Be Blue, King Georges, Ran
EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! With Richard Linklater’s latest, Everybody Wants Some!!, I’ve never had more fun watching a film about guys…
