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Review: Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman Bring Energy, Urgency to August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

By Steve Prokopy on December 17, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

If you asked me who my favorite playwright of all time is, I wouldn’t hesitate to answer August Wilson. I was living in New York City in 1990 when I saw The […]

Review: Modernist Homes in Midcentury Chicago, Modern in the Middle, by Susan Benjamin and Michelangelo Sabatino

By Patrick T. Reardon on December 17, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929–75 By Susan Benjamin and Michelangelo Sabatino with a foreword by Pauline Saliga The Monacelli Press Pauline Saliga, executive director of the Society of Architectural Historians, […]

Your #StaytheFHome Chicago Curated Weekend: 12/17 and Beyond

By Julian Ramirez on December 17, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Things still aren’t fully ok in the world and with Chicago tightening their rules more and more with travel restrictions and being back to tier 3 mitigations; that means you should take […]

Review: When the Past Was Around Is a Point and Click Love Story Full of Folk Whimsy

By Alex Orona on December 16, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

  Videogames are a medium for interactive storytelling. Some games expand artistic boundaries by telling smaller, more intimate vignettes–personal stories that aim for the heart and are not made to be a […]

Review: A First-time Filmmaker Discovers Her Truth in Fascinating, Frustrating My First and Last Film

By Steve Prokopy on December 15, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )
My First and Last Film

In an attempt to make a documentary about what it means to turn 60, reluctant filmmaker (and retired tech executive) Tracey Thomas ended up making a movie about mortality, grief, loneliness, and […]

Review: The Last Sermon Seeks to Understand how Religion Becomes Radicalized

By Steve Prokopy on December 15, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )
The Last Sermon

In April 2003, filmmakers Jack Baxter and Joshua Faudem were shooting a documentary about a blues music bar in Tel Aviv called Mike’s Place, that just happened to be located next door […]

Review: Monster Sanctuary Brings Back Memories but Lacks Punch

By Alex Orona on December 15, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Monster Sanctuary is a new retro RPG that brings the 16-bit nostalgia of the glory days to a modern console generation. It takes bits and bobs of the SNES classics and combines […]

Interview: Luke Ray Debuts EP, “Thank You, Anyone”

By Michael Kocourek on December 15, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

The liveliness of music is what moves people. An authentic, simple, yet warming tone is what Luke Ray creates when he picks up his guitar. Ray grew up in a Chicagoland suburb, […]

Review: Calico‘s Marshmallow World Delights but Deflates Due to Clunky Controls

By Marielle Bokor on December 15, 2020 • ( 25 Comments )

I have a lot of good memories growing up of time spent with My Little Ponies and Barbies and Strawberry Shortcake dolls. It wasn’t necessarily about the dolls, all soft plastic and […]

Ric Wilson Turns Up “Trunk Music” for All to Hear

By Julian Ramirez on December 15, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Last year, Ric Wilson took the stage at Pitchfork Music Festival and wowed the early Saturday crowd with an incredibly fun performance that I still think about. Whether he was on stage […]

Feature: Chris Porterfield Is Surviving, and That’s Enough

By Matthew Nerber on December 15, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Chris Porterfield sings with a kind of howl. On his songs, recorded with the folk-rock band Field Report, his words come out with a ferociousness that charges the poetry with immediacy. His […]

Interview: Poor Calvin, Back in Action, “Get” Ready for a New Year

By Michael Kocourek on December 13, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Well, they’re back! November marked the one-year anniversary of Optimism Inc. by the soulful, modern indie rock band, Poor Calvin. Last Friday marked their newest single, “Get,” on all platforms and special […]

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