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Review: At Chicago Children’s Theatre, Goodnight, Moon Has a Talented Cast in Constant Motion and Merriment

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Preview: Chicago’s Home-Grown Horror Convention, Flashback Weekend Chicago, Features Tributes, Film Series and Chances to Meet Your Favorites

North America’s longest-running horror-themed gathering, Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Convention, celebrates its 24th year August 1-3 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Chicago in Rosemont. The schedule includes a celebrity guest line-up […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 30, 2025
    • Classical , Music , Reviews

    Review: Marin Alsop, Stephen Williamson, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Give a Passionate Performance at Ravinia

    With Marin Alsop conducting, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra continued its summer residency at Ravinia late Sunday afternoon with a passionate performance of two classical chestnuts, Felix Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony, No. […]

  • Louis Harris
  • July 30, 2025
    • Cafes and restaurants , Food

    Where to Escape the Lolla Crowds Without Missing a Beat

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  • Tumpale Mwakasisi
  • July 30, 2025
    • Art & Museums , Design , Review

    Review: Design Museum Recreates Classic Great Ideas Series With New Voices and Expanded Focus

    The Design Museum of Chicago has reached back into design history for a landmark advertising campaign developed by a Chicago corporation; the curators have recreated it as a modern-day exhibit […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • July 29, 2025
    • Cafes and restaurants , Food

    Interview: Chef Matt Eckfeld Preps Opening of Dimmi Dimmi

    This August Cornerstone Restaurant Group (CRG) opens their new Chicago-Italian neighborhood restaurant Dimmi Dimmi under the culinary leadership of executive chef Matt Eckfeld. Eckfeld, who previously worked under CRG’s Chef […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • July 29, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In Oh, Hi!, Gen Z-ers Fumble Through a Fledgling Relationship Rather Than Grow Up

    Molly Gordon may be best known to Chicagoans as Claire Dunlap, Carmy Berzatto’s on-again, off-again love interest in FX’s smash hit series The Bear. She also co-wrote and co-directed 2023’s […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • July 28, 2025
    • Chicago history , Chicago history , Lit , Nonfiction

    Review: Ever So Slow Integration, Justice Batted Last, by Don Zminda

    Ernie Banks and Minnie Minoso are the headliners in Don Zminda’s book Justice Batted Last: Ernie Banks, Minnie Minoso and the Unheralded Players Who Integrated Chicago’s Major League Teams. But […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • July 28, 2025
    • Comedy , Review , Stages , Theater Festival

    Dispatch: iO Fest 2025 Closes With POC Comedy, Off-Kilter Standup and Shakespearean Bloodshed

    By Third Coast Review Staff iO Theater’s second annual iO Fest closed Sunday after 100-plus comedy acts performed over the four-day event. The fest featured homegrown Chicago talent and nationally […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • July 28, 2025
  • The cast of Billie Jean includes (front, left to right) Julia Antonelli, Nancy Lemenager, Elena Hurst, Murphy Taylor Smith, Carolyn Holding, (back, left to right) Callie Rachelle Johnson, Chilina Kennedy, Lenne Klingaman, and Courtney Rikki Green. Written by Lauren Gunderson and directed by Marc Bruni. Running July 18–August 10, 2025, in The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare. Photo by Justin Barbin.
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    Review: Chicago Shakespeare’s Billie Jean Is Bold and Riveting  

    When audiences walk into The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, they are immediately transported to a tennis match. Scenic designer Wilson Chin completely transforms the space— with audience stands on […]

  • Lauren Katz
  • July 28, 2025
    • Festivals , Music , Pop , Reviews

    Review: A Magical Night with Rodgers and Hammerstein in Millennium Park

    The duo of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein has left an indelible legacy in American music. Indeed, they created the golden age of Broadway musicals and a canon of songs […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • July 27, 2025
    • Beyond , Soapbox

    Essay: I Shed a Tear as I Watched My Beetle Drive Away

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  • Nancy S Bishop
  • July 27, 2025
    • Comedy , Review , Stages , Theater Festival

    Dispatch: iO Fest Kicks Off With Party Rock and a Lineup of Female Comedy Acts

    By Third Coast Review Staff Chicago’s rich comedy and improv tradition takes center stage this weekend as iO Fest 2025 returns July 24-27 to the iO Theater with 120 comedic performances from […]

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