Gluten Guilt in Foodieland
I am a foodie, but the good kind, you know, who hates the word “foodie.” And Chicago is a foodie-who-hates-the-word-foodie…
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Your 3CR Guide to a Better April
Stages As April shakes off the frost in our frozen town, things start to heat up in many amazing and…
weAREproductions Damns Love, Lies in Fleetwood Macbeth at Public House Theatre
Writer/director and weAREproductions co-founder Ricky W. Glore has set the Scottish play in a 70s radio station. King (Duncan, played…
Sparse, Specific Kill Floor at ATC a Thrilling Character Study
American Theater Company‘s Midwest premiere of playwright Abe Koogler’s contemporary drama Kill Floor is a searing character study in desperation and the…
The Eclectic Sounds of the Millennium Park Summer Music Series
The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events has released a partial line-up for the Millennium Park Summer Music Series.…
A Surprise in the Process: An Artist-Curated Show Exploring Chance
Approaching the theme of chance from conceptual, material, and formal perspectives, eleven Chicago-based artists formed A Surprise in the Process…
“A Man Alive”: Thao Nguyen talks new record before Thalia Hall show
San Francisco-based Thao & The Get Down Stay Down is back with the band’s fourth record, “A Man Alive.” Since…
The Hypocrites’ Adding Machine Anything But Mediocre
Amidst a cloud of haze and the repeated plunking of a piano key, a nondescript man hunches over his desk, writing…
Court’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night: Dysfunctional Family Masterpiece
Photos by Michael Brosilow. A friend says that all great stories are about dysfunctional families. Certainly much of the best…
Preview: Loyola University Chicago to Celebrate Carl Sandburg’s Chicago Poems
“Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and…
Matilda, a Musical Bookworms Can Rejoice To
I had to borrow a kid to go see Matilda. I also had to put aside my usual prejudice…
Gift Theatre’s Richard III A Robo-Usurper
Michael Patrick Thornton in The Gift Theatre’s Richard III. Photo by Claire Demos. The real Richard III perhaps wasn’t such…
Writers Theatre Opens New Venue with Sparkling Arcadia
1809–Thomasina and Septimus. Present–Valentine, Bernard, Chloe and Hannah. Photos by Michael Brosilow. Writers Theatre opened its spectacular new theater in…
Bottom Lounge Goes Nuts For CHON
I’ve never been quite sure how to characterize CHON‘s music. Is it instrumental metal with jazz and classical tendencies? Is…
The Chicago Review of Terrible Books: Kill the Clown
When I looked at the gathering again, almost all of the heads were turned toward me. Nearly two hundred pairs…
EU Film Fest: The Final Week
The Chicago European Union Film Festival concludes this week, so if you love watching films with subtitles, this is your…
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, My Golden Days, Marguerite, River of Grass
BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE I’ll admit I had a tough time starting to write this one. It wasn’t…
Anna Elise Johnson, Structural Adjustment at The Mission
Upon entering The Mission’s current show, Structural Adjustment, visitors are immersed in the orange and yellow glow from the front…
Gogol Bordello in Chicago: Celebration without a blackout
Gogol Bordello transformed the Metro Chicago stage Wednesday night into a street performance, as my preview for this concert predicted. Each…
Learn Something While Drinking on These Chicago Beverage Tours
I love seeing how food and beverages are made. Sadly, the M&M Mars facility on Oak Park Avenue is locked…
