Perhaps it was my childhood experience making awful squawking sounds on a clarinet, but it just feels like a brass or woodwind solo is a particularly hazardous high-wire act. Maybe […]
Get ready for the weekend and discover some great events going on in Chicago! Whether you’ll be celebrating the Lunar New Year during the Argyle Street Lunar New Year parade […]
What is true? What is false? And who gets to decide? In Lisa Loomer’s powerful production of Roe, directed by Vanessa Stalling, at the Goodman Theatre, people change their minds […]
Upon entering Schubas for this quick two act bill, I instantly felt a sense of deja vu. A few years a ago I was lucky enough to see Jorja Smith […]
Local comedian Drew Michael brought his stand-up tour home to Chicago last weekend. Michael performed at The Den Theatre’s Main Stage for a full audience. Maddie Wiener was the opening […]
With some early voting options opening up as early as next week, Illinois election officials are making assurances to the public that they’ve beefed up security measures. “We strive to […]
Politics. Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. This article is a review of The Adult in the Room, a one-woman show about U.S. House Speaker […]
[soliloquy id=”65799″] Tomorrow Never Knows always brings some of the best shows to Chicago and this year’s edition of the winter festival certainly delivered. One of the best evening of […]
Since I first played Kid Chameleon on Sega Genesis way back in the day, I’ve had a thing for games that let you swap headgear for specific powers. In […]
The old rock trope says that punk music is “three chords and the truth.” That holds true for the fact-based story about a kid punk band from Evanston in the […]
Perhaps best known as the longest-running play ever (notching north of 28,000 performances and counting), Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has been continuously on stage in London’s West End since 1952. […]
“Let’s have a party, Chicago!” From the moment people trickled into the House of Vans Warehouse upon opening, Chaz Bundick greeted fans with a smile and his charismatic presence. The […]
