We think you should definitely start planning your weekend because there’s just so much to do in our fantastic city! Especially with the start of Chicago Restaurant Week, you’ll be sure to […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 1/24 -1/27
Review: Ajijaak on Turtle Island Opens Puppet Theater Festival with Stunning Visuals and a Soaring Soundtrack
Michigan Avenue holds a lot of history in Chicago. Some of the most memorable and historic buildings populate the busy street–from Symphony Center to the Cultural Center and the Art Institute. Rarely […]
Review: The Realistic Joneses, A Play About Nothing, Laced With Existential Dread
Awkward dialogue. Misunderstood references. Two people with obscure diseases. Two couples named Jones. Two marriages in flux. The Realistic Joneses is about life and the fear of death—and about the life and […]
What’s Cooking at Third Coast? Chicken and Tangy Olives in a Ligurian Favorite
By M.D. Walters My first culinary excursion was to the colorful Italian Riviera, curving along the beautiful, blue Mediterranean Sea. Just south of Genoa, the pink, blue and yellow stucco buildings of […]
Review: Temporary Monuments: Work by Rosemary Mayer, 1977–1982
Temporary Monuments: Work by Rosemary Mayer, 1977–1982 Soberscove Press Edited by Marie Warsh and Max Warsh Introduction by Gillian Sneed I was never an art student, but I picked up a few […]
Review: A Woman of Means and the Women She Loves in I Know My Own Heart
Perhaps best known as the writer behind 2015’s Room, the film that won Brie Larson a Best Actress Oscar, Emma Donoghue has been producing plays, short stories, novels and more for more […]
Review: Evil Dead the Musical Is a Bloody Bucket of Laughs
The Evil Dead series is one that I hold dear to my heart, and I was excited, and worried, to see it in musical form. Evil Dead, especially the later entries, are […]
Review: Tomorrow Never Knows Ignites with Charly Bliss, Active Bird Community and Girl K
A three-bill lineup of explosive energy and raucous fun properly helped usher in the 2019 Tomorrow Never Knows festival Wednesday night at Lincoln Hall. Few bands can bring the level of untamed, […]
Review: Snail Mail Delivered Surprising Highlights to Tomorrow Never Knows
At Snail Mail’s headlining Tomorrow Never Knows show at Metro on Thursday, the highlights were surprising. Two Chicago bands, Varsity and Lala Lala, opened the night, and per usual the Chicago crowds […]
Review: Process–Works by Max Unterhaslberger at Adventureland Gallery
Process. That is the first thing a viewer may think of as they begin to take in the work of Max Unterhaslberger in his exhibition, Unterhaslberger II now on view at Adventureland Gallery. These […]
Review: Bad Bad Hats Bring Indie Magic to Tomorrow Never Knows at Schuba’s
Tomorrow Never Knows brought the festival vibes to a bitter January night at Schuba‘s, sporting a mostly midwestern line-up (retro synth outfit Video Age joined from Louisiana) for an evening of jaunty […]
Review: City Lit Stages Fuente Ovejuna, a Thoroughly Modern Tale 400 Years Old
Spanish playwright Lope de Vega wrote a compelling drama about a village that rebelled against its lecherous overlord to protect its women—a very 21st century story. De Vega wrote it 400 years […]
