It’s the first weekend of October and there is so much going in our fantastic city! Music, art, talks, and bacon grab the spotlight this weekend, urging you to head […]

Mendoza, a thrillingly raw and earthy adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, is being presented this week at Goodman Theatre in collaboration with the Chicago Latino Theater Alliance. This very graphic and […]

There’s a song we hear on several occasions during the latest incarnation of A Star Is Born that begins with the lyric “Maybe it’s time to let the old ways […]

The Chicago Philharmonic is bringing its popular Side-by-Side program for the first time to Piotrowski Park in Little Village Saturday, October 6. On three previous occasions this year, the “Chicago […]

What makes one a victim? And what moral superiority does a victim have over their aggressor? When is one’s humanity lost, and what qualifications, if any, are there to getting […]

Mary Gibbons, co-owner of Pilsen Community Books says her store had a bevy of books… Nay—a surfeit of books… Strike that—a profound profusion, if not potential plethora of books in storage, […]

Latest Illinois Election Poll Shows Rauner Trailing, Voter Enthusiasm A new poll in the 2018 race for Illinois governor shows Democratic challenger billionaire JB Pritzker with a commanding lead over […]

A new comedy musical named Tootsie opened in a world premiere on Sunday for a limited engagement through October 14 before it heads off to Broadway in early spring. The Cadillac […]

Desperado Miller (Abby McEnany), the main character of Andy Kushnir and Carly Moseley’s spooky new comedy Ghost Squad, is an enthusiastic and self-appointed paranormal investigator. Her mother was (allegedly) murdered […]

Clinton Campaigns for Pritzker Former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton campaigned for Democratic gubernatorial hopeful JB Pritzker Monday at a roundtable discussion with high school […]

I met my good friend, Flats Slobnik—tuck pointer, softball shortstop, and professional Chicago everyman—at our favorite watering hole, Brzbchynski’s Tavern on Pulaski and Lower Wacker Drive. Karol Brzbchynski, a 300-pound […]

Friday Night at the Empty Bottle seemed like the destined moment for Lala Lala’s underground buzz to overflow. It had been hedging that way for years–since 2014 when the droning, […]