Review: Serviceable Humor Me Is Good for a Few Laughs
I’ll fully admit, I’ve never heard of the 2009 online series “Old Jews Telling Jokes,” but apparently it featured Jewish men and women over the age of 60 telling their […]
I’ll fully admit, I’ve never heard of the 2009 online series “Old Jews Telling Jokes,” but apparently it featured Jewish men and women over the age of 60 telling their […]
Filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev has become something of a master at conveying what many of the dark corners of Vladimir Putin’s Russia look like without saying or showing it outright. It’s […]
Going out on a limb here, I’m guessing this reboot of Death Wish will not play well in Chicago, where it is actually set and appears to have been mostly […]
Folk legend Bela Fleck is a man of few words. As he came onstage with his wife, singer-songwriter Abigail Washburn, it was clear he was not going to be the […]
We’ve gotten a bit of a reprieve from winter this past week, but we all know it’s a fluke. Usually this time of year we’re grumbling about shoveling, sick of […]
Netflix’s list of March releases contains a solid variety of cinematic and TV-related treats. In honor of Women’s History Month, moreover, there’ll be lots of original content celebrating the work […]
March comes in like a lion…as the saying goes. Our latest slate of cinematic options fits the bill this month, as the year’s biggest night in movies is just four […]
New month, new curated weekend! It always feels so oddly refreshing when one of these posts starts off a month. So having it occur twice in a row this soon […]
[soliloquy id=”24508″] All Photos by Elif Geris Paying an overdue visit back to one of my favorite venues, Schubas Tavern, on Tuesday night was just the thing I needed. But […]
A class action lawsuit was filed this week by attorneys for people unconstitutionally detained in Cook County jail after their bonds were paid. The suit challenges Sheriff Tom Dart’s newly […]
Four neighborhood organizations–the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, Grassroots Collaborative, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, and Mijente–are holding a press conference and picket line at Alderman Edward Burke’s private law office this […]
Despite fierce opposition from parents, teachers and students, the CPS Board of Education voted yesterday to close the last four neighborhood high schools in Englewood. The schools to be closed […]