Eddie Mannix had a life fit for a movie: He was a studio executive who worked the press to protect the image of his film stars, had affairs with women–and his wife […]
Hail, Caesar: The Coen Brothers Film Needs a Director’s Cut
Uncovered: Pui Tak Center Bookstore
Uncovered is a new Third Coast Review series devoted to Chicago bookstores. Rivers of digital ink have been spilled on standbys like Myopic, Unabridged, and 57th Street Books, and with good reason. […]
Celebrate V-Day the 3CR Way: Our Faves
With the possible exceptions of New Year’s Eve and Mother’s Day brunch, no other holiday combines high expectations with the even higher probability of your best-laid plans going absolutely pear-shaped quite like […]
Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Is A Plodding Affair
The pace of modern culture is almost unrelentingly swift. The lifecycle of an average piece of entertainment is not blessed with a half-life of more than a few months. As such it’s […]
The Young Wise Life of Andrew St. James
Before the age of 10, Andrew St. James sang and toured for the San Francisco Opera. It was his first job, but it couldn’t last forever. “My voice dropped, and they fired […]
Grizfolk Gave Me Everything I Wanted At Lincoln Hall
When I interviewed Grizfolk for a feature in Paste Magazine last month, they were gearing up for their first headlining tour. I asked them what they had learned opening for bands like Bastille, […]
Andrew Holmquist, “Stage Left” at Carrie Secrist Gallery
Andrew Holmquist delivers a cohesive and fluid exhibition in his current show, STAGE LEFT. By encompassing the theatrical role of the dramaturgy, the artist creates a visual delight. This new body of […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend, 2/4-2/7
This weekend marks the start of Mardi Gras celebrations. We don’t have any listed here, because we figure if getting hammered NOLA-style is your weekend plan, you’ve already reserved your spot on […]
The Greenhouse Theater Center’s Jacob Harvey on Embracing the Individual
One may allegedly be the loneliest number, but at the Greenhouse Theater Center, Artistic Director Jacob Harvey would like to argue that it also makes for one hell of a fine show. In preparation […]
02.03.59: The Day the Music Didn’t Die
It was 57 years ago, early in the morning of Sunday, Feb. 3, 1959, when a small plane crashed in a snowstorm soon after taking off from Clear Lake, Iowa. A few […]
Chicago Slam Works’ “Incendium”: A Hell of a Show
“Everybody looks better once they die.” Welcome to your orientation to the afterlife. In a gritty, dungeon-like club, the cast of “Incendium” provides a cabaret-style evening of performance to acquaint you with […]
aMID Festival a Celebration of Movement
Performers threw themselves against the wall, stood nearly motionless practically balanced on their heads for minutes on end, carried each other across the stage and moved deeply and intricately. But the […]
