Pitchfork Music Festival is this weekend and of course we’re excited to see their curated lineup across three days at Union Park.  The fest has always placed an emphasis on […]

As Chicago communities brace for ICE raids scheduled to take place on Sunday, thousands took to the streets on Friday and Saturday to protest them, along with the prison camps […]

As a Chicago native, I have a vague memory of the heatwave of 1995, a days-long invisible natural disaster that ultimately took the lives of hundreds of Chicagoans who didn’t […]

I never get tired of learning about the strange and wonderful pockets of Chicago history. I also don’t hate candy. So imagine my delight at watching a documentary that combines […]

It’s surely a good sign if, when a film ends, your first thought as the credits roll is that you wish there were more. Such is the case with what […]

It’s almost inevitable that when a documentary filmmaker puts together a story that is personal, the resulting movie will touch us more deeply. And this is certainly the case for […]

Art fans can turn over a new leaf at tonight’s event — presented by the Ground Level Platform space in Pilsen — that pairs plants as art and flowers as […]

Sometimes, it just comes down to laughs. A few years back, director Michael Dowse made one of the great sports comedies of the last 10 years, Goon, and he proved […]

Chicago is home to 200 to 250 theater companies, depending on who’s counting. Most of them are what we might call traditional theaters that stage scripted productions, both new works […]

The heat is in full force this weekend and the events are sure to be just as hot! It’ll be too nice to stay inside so why not head out […]

The Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical this year went to Daniel Fish’s stripped-down, timely interpretation of Oklahoma!, a Rodgers & Hammerstein classic that first opened on Broadway […]

As is detailed in the fantastic, illuminating and inspirational new documentary Maiden, Tracy Edwards is the British sailor who captained the first all-female crew in the Whitbread Round the World […]