R.O.W.E. Week 10: Fifty Shades of Not Okay
I’m Brianna Kratz, a Chicago poet and literature enthusiast. In 2016, I’m reading only women authors for my Read Only…
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The Hideout Gave Eight Chicago Bands A Great SXSW Sendoff…And They Thanked Us Handsomely
As I walked into The Hideout around a quarter to seven last night, I almost immediately ran into Crown Larks…
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Mixes Gospel Old and Spacey New
The glorious athletic dancers and ever-innovative choreographers of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater are having a short run at…
Eliot Sumner in Chicago: A musician species
With a beer in hand, an honest smile and a light soul, Eliot Sumner welcomed the audience to her Information…
Euro Union Film Fest: Films We Like for the Week of March 11-17
The Chicago European Union Film Festival runs through the end of March at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N.…
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Gets Festive
Headed by the power musical couple of pianist Wu Han and cellist David Finckel (who started performing full-time with…
When There’s A Will, There’s A Wussy
It’s 2 p.m. on a chilly Friday afternoon in Chicago. The sky is gray and in the middle of making…
Knight of Cups, Embrace of the Serpents, Trapped
KNIGHT OF CUPS If you’ve seen the back of any number of great actors’ heads running through a field of…
The Best Korean Food You’ll Ever Enjoy While Wearing Standard-Issue Pajamas
Back in January, I decided that 2016 was the year I said “yes” to opportunity and didn’t even bother to…
Ty Segall and the Muggers Got Really Weird with Thalia Hall
At some point on Monday, between my morning coffee and heading off to run errands, Ty Segall and the Muggers…
Jessica Caponigro, Sing a Funeral Song at Roman Susan
A small space can create big illusions. Similarly, a juxtaposition of emotions can seem completely at odds with our ability…
Your Curated Chicago Weekend, 3/10-3/13
Happy St. Patrick’s Day weekend, everybody! I’m saying this despite the irony that next week’s Curated Chicago Weekend post will…
“Trip the Light Fantastic”– Daring but Disappointing
Trip the Light Fantastic: The Making of SuperStrip, the new dance-theater work from Lucky Plush Productions, defies categorization. Commissioned by…
A Nightmare on Backstreet: A ’90s Baby’s Wildest Dream
Everybody, rock your body right…Backstreet’s back, alright! And back they are, but this time accompanied by Teddy Crooner, in a…
VAM Presents FANTASTY @ Wesley Kimler Studio
VAM is an experimental resource and creative studio that has featured artists such as Sid Branca, The Good Night Ladies,…
Kokandy’s “Heathers: The Musical” Is Your New Best Friend and Worst Enemy
Look: No one wants to be the person who says that Heathers: The Musical works. You shouldn’t be able to…
The Laser Comedy Show Reviewed
I like lasers and I like comedy. When I gave my 6-year-old son, Pudge, the opportunity to pick a show…
Marc Salem’s Mind Over Chicago- Magic or science?
Skeptical Chicagoans piled in to the Apollo Theater Saturday night to see a mentalist in action, and there he was,…
The Dance COLEctive Celebrates 20 Years With Live Stream
If you celebrate the first anniversary with paper and the fifth anniversary with wood, is digital the new 20th anniversary…
Molehill: Camaraderie fills Martyrs’
A determined man with voluminous, curly hair made his way through the crowd Saturday night in the middle of a…
