Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 6/6 and Beyond
Say hello to June as we head into summer! As always there is just SO MUCH to do this weekend from amazing concerts at our favorite venues, great movies throughout […]
Review: Otherworld Theatre Takes Audiences on a Sexy Knight-Worthy Quest With Garters: A Queer Romantasy Play
Otherworld Theatre’s world premiere staging of Garters opens with four ensemble members (Chloe Basset, Bruce Holtman, Quinton Walker, and Kylie Carroll) welcoming the audience with a fourth-wall-breaking prologue. The four remain in […]
Review: Bad Boys: Ride or Die Reunites Will Smith, Martin Lawrence and More in a Messy Crime Actioner No One Asked For
Some movies just make you a little more cynical about the reasons people make them in the first place, and anyone who doesn’t recognize Bad Boys: Ride or Die for […]
Interview: Filmmaker Chris Nash Leans on Practical Effects Experience and Horror Tropes Turned Upside Down in In a Violent Nature
Before making his feature debut with In a Violent Nature, writer/director Chris Nash worked as a practical effect artist (he still does, actually), and it’s not difficult to see his […]
Review: Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre’s A Little Night Music Is Timely at Any Time of Life
A Little Night Music makes so many incisive points about aging that it ought to come with a trigger warning—or better yet, be required viewing—for people over 50. And what […]
Bites: What Read & Run Chicago’s Allison Yates Eats in a Day
Allison Yates began Read & Run Chicago after realizing her two loves, reading and running, were both allowing her to explore, experience and connect with Chicago in an exciting way. […]
Review: Only a Single Raincloud in Sight for Burr Oak’s Release Show at Schubas
I’ve been a big fan of Burr Oak and their debut album Late Bloomer since I saw them perform at the Metro with a slew of other local bands celebrating […]
Review: David Kwong’s The Enigmatist Entrances With Its Nesting Doll of Immersive Puzzles
At David Kwong’s The Enigmatist, an experience that is part immersive theater, part magic show and even part stand-up, the show begins before you even enter the theater. Theatergoers to […]
Review: Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution Is an Indictment of Past Racism and a Relevant Call for Change
The world premiere of Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution appears as America must be reminded that the power of a dedicated group can cause significant changes. It is also a reminder […]
Review: Knocked Loose, Blind in Their “Thirst,” Deliver the Most Brutal of Nights at the Salt Shed
The Salt Shed isn’t well known for being an old haunt of metal and/or hardcore bands, but that doesn’t mean they don’t partake in the dark arts from time to […]
Dear Cinnamon: The Art of Conversation
Dear Cinnamon is our monthly column based on the idea that all of life’s questions can be answered by art, because, after all, art is the spice of life. To […]
Review: At the World’s Edge Festival Entertains Chicago
Organizers from the At the World’s Edge Festival entertained a sold-out audience at Guarneri Hall on Wednesday evening. Led by artistic director Benjamin Baker and festival director Justine Cormack, AWE […]