Duckworth Visits Shelter For Immigrant Children, Fallout From Exceptionally Violent Weekend Continues – Third Coast Today 08-07-18
Duckworth Visits Shelter for Immigrant Children Plagued by Accusations of Abuse U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) toured Heartland Alliance’s Casa Guadalupe shelter Monday after allegations of physical and emotional abuse […]
Review: Deafheaven Brings Black Metal to Metro
[soliloquy id=”34546″] As my Uber gets closer to Wrigleyville for the Deafheaven show I hear a loud but faint noise that sounds like The Breeders sure enough, they’re one of the opening bands for the Foo […]
Review: Sc-Fi Horror Masterpiece Soma is on Xbox One
Guest Author James Brod reviews the recently released Xbox One version of Soma by developer Frictional Games. Minor Spoilers Follow: Horror games are tricky to get right. For them to […]
Giuliani Endorses McCarthy for Mayor, Chicagoans Fight For Rent Control, Neighborhood Tries to Save ‘Healing Village’ – Third Coast Today 8-6-18
Rudy Giuliani Endorses Garry McCarthy for Mayor Former New York City Mayor and staunch Trump loyalist Rudy Giuliani endorsed former Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy for mayor over the weekend […]
San Diego Brewery Ballast Point Comes to Chicago
Earlier this summer, California brewery Ballast Point opened a brew pub in the West Loop at 212 N Green St. It’s the brewery’s second venture outside of its home state; […]
Review: Happy Campers Are All Alike
Journalists love looking for America, and Dave Hoekstra—WGN radio host and author of The Camper Book: A Celebration of a Moveable American Dream—is as smitten as the rest. For the […]
Lake Shore Shutdown, Emanuel Lawsuit, Saving Woodlawn’s Healing Village – Third Coast Today 8/3/18
In this inaugural edition of the all new Third Coast Today on Friday, August 3, we take a look at the anti-violence march that shut down Lake Shore Drive, the […]
Review: Christopher Robin May Not Be Essential Viewing, But There’s a Heart To It
Unlike last year’s Goodbye Christopher Robin, which was an account of the circumstances that led to A.A. Milne creating the Winnie-the-Pooh character, this week’s Christopher Robin is a fictional story […]
Review: Generation Wealth Is Part Autobiography, Part Cautionary Tale
Over her 25-plus years as a filmmaker and photographer, Lauren Greenfield has returned to the themes of wealth culture, economic disparity, the life of children of wealthy families, eating disorders, […]
Preview: 24th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival
On Saturday, August 4, downtown’s Gene Siskel Film Center launches the 24th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival, “a month-long celebration of the stories, dreams, history, and legacy of African Americans […]
Review: The Personal Becomes Art in Fashion Doc McQueen
It seems as if we’re getting a documentary related to the fashion world about once every other week these days. The truth is, I’m truly enjoying the immersion into a […]
Review: The Darkest Minds Falls Short as a Poor Man’s Mutant Story
The only thing missing from The Darkest Minds is a Stan Lee cameo and maybe a quickie Wolverine appearance. And I’m fairly certain that the only thing stopping the studio […]
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