I’ll be the first to admit, I never really understood the mystique of the Mary Poppins character. Or perhaps to put it more precisely, I certainly got what she represented […]
With the release of the Nintendo Switch’s online capabilities was the announcement of, and subsequent preorders for, classic NES controllers that can pair to your Switch to be […]
There was a time when first-person shooters were known as “Doom clones”—a reference to the extremely popular 1993 game that popularized and shaped an entire genre of games, and many […]
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has been one of my go-to games this year. Developer Fatshark isn’t always popular with its entire fanbase (Which developer is?) but they have been steadily adding […]
Pokémon : Let’s Go, Eevee! and Let’s Go, Pikachu! were a huge deal when they were first announced for the Nintendo Switch earlier this year. After the success of Pokémon […]
Man Fatally Struck by Red Line Train at Belmont A man was killed Monday morning after being struck by a CTA Red Line train at the Belmont Avenue station in […]
In case you think brooding suggests gloom and doom, think otherwise. Trap Door Theatre’s The Old Woman Broods is chaotic, cacophonous and more than a little cuckoo. The 1969 play by Polish […]
It is perhaps a sign of programming genius that the team at Chicago Shakespeare Theater slotted the whimsical comedy delight A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the middle of a long, cold, […]
Last month, K-Town LA’s beloved resident rapper Dumbfoundead released his latest EP, Cafe Bleu, a follow up to last year’s Rocket Man and Foreigner EPs. Cafe Bleu EP is the […]
Indoor markets are helping us remember those good old days of summer. I long for fresh-baked pastries, fruits of the season, herbs and veggies. Fortunately for us city dwellers, the […]
When Red Velvet visited Chicago back in April for their first US fanmeet, they asked their fans if they would be willing to come to their concert if they were […]
[soliloquy id=”43503″] Upon nearing Park West, a line wrapping around the venue could easily be spotted from a few blocks down. Despite it being a rather cold December evening, energy […]
