Review: WINNER Takes It All at Their First-Ever Chicago Show
WINNER, a multi-genre K-pop group, made a stop in the Windy City as part of their EVERYWHERE tour. The fifth stop on their first-ever North American tour, the group consisting […]
Atlas Obscura’s First Ward Ball Celebrates Chicago’s Bawdy Levee District History
By June Sawyers New Orleans may have had its Storyville but Chicago had the Levee, the infamous red-light district on the Near South Side that was known for drinking, gambling […]
Record-Breaking Cold to Blanket Chicago, Early Voting Begins Tuesday, Preckwinkle, Daley Lead in New Poll – TODAY 01-28-19
More Snow, Record Breaking Cold to Batter Chicagoland Area This Week Record-breaking cold weather will roll through the Chicagoland area this week along with plenty of snow Monday morning. A […]
Review: Mallrat and Gnash at the Bottom Lounge Give You an Evening at the Spa
Bottom Lounge lit up Saturday night with acts Mallrat and Guardin as appetizers to its youthful audience before big-time-California-guy rapper Gnash. Mallrat shakes the stage with an undeniably cute smile, […]
Review: Jupiter String Quartet is Masterful at the Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival
The third and final weekend of the 2019 Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival opened in a marvelous way as the Jupiter String Quartet gave masterful performances of two titans […]
Dispatch: Sundance Film Festival Day One—An Anticipated Adaptation and Gibney’s Latest Documentary
Hello, everyone. As is tradition in my life, I’m attending the Sundance Film Festival once again, and I’m on deck to see close to 30 movies in the week that […]
Review: Colorful, Crazy Cult Classic Katamari Damacy Reroll Returns
The Nintendo Switch has increasingly been home to some unforgettable games from the past. Whether that’s with things like Nintendo’s Nintendo Entertainment System on Nintendo Switch Online or with the […]
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes Is An Odd Duck, But a Good Duck
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes is the third game in the No More Heroes series of action-adventure hack-and-slash games, developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and headed by Goichi “Suda 51” […]
Review: A Young Woman Rises to the Occasion in Powerful On Her Shoulders
Following an attack by the Taliban while on her way to school, Malala Yousafzai became a global advocate for peace, equality and education. Her name is known around the world, thanks […]
Review: Being Frank Gives a Misunderstood, Under-Appreciated Genius His Due
Although the feature film Frank was only loosely based on a damaged musician who still managed to function with his band enough to make freaky, trippy music, the real life Frank […]
Review: Compassion for Companionship in Silicone Soul
To make a film that examines people who have turned silicone companionship into an actual loving relationship seems almost too easy as a way to mock and belittle those who […]
Review: Fun for Everyone in Spirited, Adventurous The Kid Who Would Be King
It’s almost impossible to believe that it’s been eight years since writer/director Joe Cornish gave us the thrilling sci-fi action work Attack the Block, which was as much about alien dogs […]