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Review: The First Homosexuals:  The Birth of a New Identity 1869–1939 Fulfills an Ambitious Goal at Wrightwood 659

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Review: Robots Rule in Century-Old Play, R.U.R. Rossum’s Universal Robots, at City Lit Theater

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Review: Oil Lamp Theater’s First Date—Millennial Romcom of Cringe and Courtship

First Date, directed by Christina Ramirez, with a script by Austin Winsberg, slams us with all the goofs and hiccups of modern dating, which, without the bubbly, rambunctious soundtrack and […]

  • Anthony Neri
  • September 10, 2024
    • Cafes and restaurants , Food

    Bites: What Theater Artist Mitchell Bisschop Eats in a Day

    He may currently live in Los Angeles but Mitchell Bisschop grew up in Chicago and recently returned for the run of his one man show, Royko: The Toughest Man in […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • September 10, 2024
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    Review: Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago Tells the Story of Chicago in the ’60s and ’70s

    If you lived in Chicago during the Richard M. Daley years, you lived in what I call, the real Chicago. We were a bare-knuckled city where people were born with […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • September 9, 2024
    • Music , Reviews

    Neon Nostalgia: Squeeze Brings ’80s Pop Back to Life

    This review was written by Zoe Blakeman. Stepping into the Chicago Theatre for a Squeeze concert felt like traveling back to the heart of 80s pop. With neon lights flashing […]

  • Guest Author
  • September 9, 2024
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    Review: The First Concert by the American Chamber Music Society Is Dramatic and Excellent

    A Chicago audience got its first taste of a new musical organization at the PianoForte Studios on Saturday evening. The American Chamber Music Society introduced itself in a dramatic fashion […]

  • Louis Harris
  • September 9, 2024
  • Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks at the 2024 One Book, One Chicago unveiling at Harold Washington Library Center
    • Events , Fiction , Lit

    2024 One Book, One Chicago Celebrates Intersection of Gaming, Art, and Literacy

    As a child, going to the library with my mother was a beloved weekly event. I vividly remember browsing through the hard-copy card catalog and wandering the stacks searching for […]

  • Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch
  • September 7, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Lex the Movie Expands as Within a Shadow by Red Theater

    I saw myself as a character on the stage at the Den Theatre. It was weird and exhilarating to see the everyday struggles of a young Black woman making her […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • September 7, 2024
    • Music , Reviews

    Review: It Was Nothing but Smiles As the Gaslight Anthem Blaze Through the Salt Shed With a Show for the History Books

    There are a select few bands in my life that are as special to me as The Gaslight Anthem. I was first introduced to them through my Mom constantly playing […]

  • Lorenzo Zenitsky
  • September 6, 2024
    • Features , Music , Previews , Reviews

    Review: Tamar Berk Delivers Good Times On Her New Album

    Just before the release of her fourth album in four years, Tamar Berk posed the reasonable question, “So in your opinion when is the right time for a ‘greatest hits’ […]

  • Jim Kopeny / Tankboy
  • September 6, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Documentary Seeking Mavis Beacon Chronicles a Filmmaker’s Journey to Find a Digital Icon

    For millions of would-be typing students in the late 1980s through the 1990s, the educational software known as Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing instructed people around the world using a digital […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 6, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Actioner Rebel Ridge Unspools at a Sharp Clip as an Ex-Marine Uncovers Corruption in a Small Town

    From the masterful writer/director Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room, Blue Ruin, Hold the Dark) comes Rebel Ridge, the story of ex-Marine Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre, The Underground Railroad), who comes to […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 6, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: David Chase Recounts Creating Iconic HBO Series The Sopranos in Two-Part Alex Gibney Doc Wise Guy

    Directed by the great Alex Gibney (The Inventor, Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) and divided into two distinct parts, Wise Guy: David Chase […]

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  • September 6, 2024
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