Feature: Bob Mould Is Tank Man / Electrical Audio Is Mecca
Bob Mould seems to be comfortable alone. He’s released 15 solo albums since 1989’s Workbook and is currently touring to support his most recent offering, Here We Go Crazy. Even […]
Review: It’s a Revival! Music Theater Works Revisits Godspell Over 50 Years Later
The musical Godspell was a colossal hit off-Broadway, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by John Michael Tebelak. It was 1971, and the news trumpeted stories about […]
Review: With Nouvelle Vague, Richard Linklater Crafts a Love Letter to French New Wave and Jean-Luc Godard
If one takes a passing glance at Richard Linklater’s filmography, helming a black-and-white, mostly-in-French retelling of the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal French New Wave classic Breathless might seem a […]
Dialogs: Just an Emotion—Horror Writing and Religion at the American Writers Museum
The American Writers Museum (AWM)’s exhibit American Prophets: Writers, Religion, and Culture will look “through the pages of American history to explore the influence of religion and spirituality on writers […]
Review: Paint and Sip at The Gwen Is an Experiment in Colorful Cuisine
A Spirited Affair saw Fess Parker Winery, a Santa Barbara fixture, paired with The Gwen Chicago for a remarkable paint and sip event. Bites and sips pairings were designed by […]
Review: Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos Brings his Bold, Singular Style to Timely, Sharp Satire Bugonia
Fifteen-odd years ago, as a 20-something with a budding interest in independent and international film, I discovered a movie unlike anything I’d ever seen. To be fair, that was happening […]
Review: With a Title like Regretting You, the Bad Movie Puns Practically Write Themselves
When a film gives you a word like “Regret” in its title and it also isn’t very good, the jokes write themselves. So I won’t stoop to that level and […]
Review: In Deliver Me From Nowhere, Jeremy Allen White Channels Springsteen’s Angst and Insecurities While Crafting Iconic Music
At some point years from now, I’m sure someone will attempt an actual biopic or biographical series about Bruce Springsteen. But for now, I think Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere […]
Preview: Courtney vs Cancer Is Comical and Courageous
Brave. Poignant. Inspirational. These are the default adjectives writers are supposed to use when describing an autobiographical narrative centered around a cancer battle. And while they all certainly apply to […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 10/23 and Beyond
It’s the weekend before Halloween and there are so many fun fall events ready to make this final full October weekend a blast! From concerts to movies, Halloween parades to […]
Review: Ear Taxi Festival Continues With the Soaring Compositions of Gustavo Leone on the Magnificent Mile
The stunning Buchanan Chapel at Fourth Presbyterian Church was the scene of an incredible immersive experience in new music on Tuesday evening. In a program entitled Viaggio Profondo: An Homage […]
Bites: What Author, Preservationist and Architecture Expert Carla Bruni Eats in a Day
For almost 20 years Carla Bruni has been studying, preserving and writing about historic architecture. Her recent book Chicago Homes: A Portrait of the City’s Everyday Architecture (Agate), written with […]