Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 6/20 and Beyond
Today’s the first day where the temps are not well into the 90s, but the weekend is looking to be as hot as the last few days. So that means […]
Review: Thelma Is a Tour de Force for a Hardworking Actor Too Long Taken for Granted
Can I adopt June Squibb as my grandmother? I suspect that will be the question crossing the minds of anyone without a living grandparent after coming out of Thelma, Josh […]
Interview: Ananda Lima Launches Fiction Debut With Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil
Ananda Lima’s fiction debut, Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil, launches at Women and Children First this Friday, June 21. Filled with double meanings, a very meta perspective, rebellions […]
Review: Orville Peck Rounds Up His Stampede Tour to the Aragon Ballroom
Orville Peck is no stranger to the limelight having been thrust into it immediately after his debut album Pony, deservedly so. And with his star ever rising, this is his […]
Review: Trapped in Abby Geni’s The Body Farm
The characters in The Body Farm span across generations, backgrounds, lifestyles, and conflicts, but they all seem to share one thing: they’re trapped. This is Abby Geni’s second short story […]
Review: Black Ensemble Theater Gives the People What They Want in The Salon
Black Ensemble Theater (BET) has been a mainstay of Black theater for almost 50 years. That takes grit which is a step above determination. It takes vision, talent, and fearlessness—the […]
Review: The Kite Runner Reveals Complex Story of Guilt and Redemption
The Kite Runner is a contemplative play that spans decades, continents and various aspects of the human heart. The national tour production is currently playing at the CIBC Theatre through […]
Review: The Body Keeps Score in A Small Apocalypse by Laura Chow Reeve
Laura Chow Reeve’s debut short story collection A Small Apocalypse is, like any good collection these days, thematically rich. It is mostly about young queer characters in the present day, […]
Kitchen Test: A Cook’s Review of The New Chicago Diner Cookbook
Meat-free since 1983 in a city filled with hotdog stands and beef sandwiches is reason enough to know the flavor is there to keep The Chicago Diner the long-lasting vegan […]
Siskel Film Center’s Rise & Shine Series Wraps with Good Morning, a 1959 Rumination on the Everyday
This article was written by Anthony Miglieri. The air is buoyant in the early hours—it reaches the brain more quickly than usual. Armed with seven to nine hours of sleep […]
Review: Putting on the Glitz—Driehaus Museum’s Jewelry Exhibit and Ellie Thompson’s Designing American Jewelry Book
As we navigate the current Gilded Age, it’s helpful to reflect on the last one. The Driehaus Museum at 40 East Erie is showcasing 200 pieces of dazzling past and […]
On the Road: A Look at Some Tony Award Contenders
On the eve of Sunday’s Tony Awards broadcast, here’s a look at four productions that will be vying for recognition in various categories. All four of them are musicals, and […]