Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 3/26 and Beyond
It’s another roller-coaster of a weekend with the weather being nice and warm to rainy and chilly depending on the hour. Add to that all the amazing events happening around […]
Review: Celebrate Pâques/Easter at River North’s Lush La Grande Boucherie & Area Eateries
Ah, Paris in the spring. Or at least Chicago’s Parisian restaurant La Grande Boucherie during false spring as well as Easter, or Pâques, en français. Spanning two floors over 10,000 […]
Review: Lyric Opera’s El último sueño de Frida y Diego Is a Magical Ride of Love, Mystery, and Tradition
El último sueño de Frida y Diego premiered at the Lyric Opera last weekend, and it was one of the most thrilling operas I have seen. The music was written […]
Interview: Lionel Boyce Talks Project Hail Mary, Filming The Bear in Chicago and Chasing Fear in His Next Roles
Actor Lionel Boyce is likely best known by most Chicagoans as the kind-hearted pastry chef Marcus Brooks on the series The Bear, for which he received an Emmy nomination in […]
Recap: Survivor 50 Episode 4: Zac Brown Overstays His Welcome
When the Survivor 50 trailer dropped at the end of last year, fans were mostly thrilled to get a sneak peek at the milestone season. One element, however, was met […]
Review: Trap Door Theatre’s The Cuttlefish, or the Hyrcanian Worldview Will Test Many but Rewards Everyone
After reading the play The Cuttlefish, or the Hyrcanian Worldview, about an artist driven to despair due to censorship, by the early 20th century Polish avant-garde writer Stanislaw I. Witkiewicz, […]
Review: Dine Like the GOAT—A Slam Dunk Experience at Michael Jordan’s Steak House
Review by Mackenzie Sinta. Perfection doesn’t happen by chance, but is built through practice. As one of the most revered athletes of all time, Michael Jordan has long been a […]
Review: “Louis” and “Dan” to Each Other, Daniel Burnham and Louis Sullivan, by Trygve Thoreson
Louis Sullivan and Daniel Burnham lived parallel lives. Both were born in the East and came to Chicago in their youth. Both were poor students and relatively aimless until they […]
Early Access Impressions: Finding Serenity and Bureaucracy in Ranger’s Path: National Park Simulator
When Ranger’s Path: National Park Simulator came across my desk at CultureCombine, I wondered: how the hell do you simulate that? Developer To-Go Games took the premise of being a park […]
Review: Four Weddings and a Musical in Theo Ubique’s The Drowsy Chaperone
In 1998, the short and sweet musical The Drowsy Chaperone was created in Toronto as a bachelor party gift for creators Bob Martin and Janet Van de Graaff. The first […]
On the Road/Preview: Violinist Benjamin Beilman Is Amazing at the Sun Valley Music Festival Winter Season, Just in Time for a Performance in Chicago
With a fascinating program celebrating the change of seasons and the Americana of Sun Valley, Idaho, violinist Benjamin Beilman, festival Music Director Alasdair Neale, and festival musicians entertained large audiences […]
Review: Bach in the City Brings a “Lost” Passion of St. Mark to Glorious Life at St. Vincent DePaul Church
Bach in the City performed the Passion of St. Mark at St. Vincent DePaul Church in Lincoln Park on Friday. The chorus and an orchestra of authentic Baroque-period instruments performed […]