By Adam Prestigiacomo News last month regarding plans to restore the Uptown Theatre came as a welcome surprise to Chicagoans and cinema lovers nationwide. It was hailed by theater enthusiasts as the […]
O.K., I’ll admit upfront that headline is a bit histrionic. But The Phonographs don’t shy away from hyperbole. Anyone who drops Big Star and The Redwalls in their pitch to listen to […]
Every once in a while you get to see a work of theater that seems as if it could reinvent the form. Manual Cinema is a Chicago-based company that has earned international […]
It seems like it has been a while since a really effective documentary has struck fear in me for the future of our country on an issue that, on the surface, should […]
One thing was clear and frankly, obvious from the get-go at Wednesday evening’s mayoral forum – none of Rahm Emanuel’s nine challengers have much good to say about him. Residents of the […]
Way back when the Wii was at the height of popularity, third party games were fighting for shelf space. Many of those games have since fallen to obscurity, but there were those […]
Festival and markets, concerts and art shows, beer and more beer. There is so much happening in Chicago this weekend it would be a shame to miss out on some of these […]
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner remains the third least popular governor in the country, according to a new survey by Morning Consult. Some 60 percent of Illinoisans disapprove of Rauner, about the same […]
President Donald Trump will make an appearance in Granite City, Illinois Thursday afternoon to take credit for an idle steel plant reopening its doors after he imposed increased tariffs on imports. “Our […]
It’s not a true Pitchfork Festival unless it rains (or gets hot and humid). But the festival didn’t ever get rained out, and the acts didn’t disappoint. (There was a “weather” delay […]
Tom Cruise is 56 years old, and I choose to believe he could keep making Mission: Impossible movies for the rest of his life. (Or Jack Reacher films or maybe even a […]
A pop-up bar themed after the television show ‘The Office’ opens its doors on Friday, July 27th at Replay in Lincoln Park. The bar will host regular trivia and karaoke nights to […]
