“I think about that a lot.  How if you are a bird, your nest is home.  Absolutely everything else is the world.  You stick out a wing, and there you […]

  Prey has had a long and storied development. Originally being developed by a different studio as a follow up to 2006’s Prey, it took on a life of its […]

In the historic River North Gallery District on the second floor of 300 W Superior, you’ll find The Rangefinder Gallery. There you will be welcomed into gallery owner Dan Tamarkin’s […]

[soliloquy id=”13453″]   Paradise Blue by Dominique Morisseau muses on the troubled relationships of jazz musicians in an old jazz club, but she overlays their story with the political turmoil […]

In the latest installment of the Symphony Center’s Piano Series, Murray Perahia gave a delightful recital of Baroque and Classical works to a large audience on Sunday. During a lengthy […]

In the nearly 20 years I’ve been a part of Ain’t It Cool News, I’ve been very fortunate to be a part of some truly great events. But never in […]

The Oscar-winning film, Shakespeare in Love, has been adapted for the stage, and what better company to present its Chicago premiere than Chicago Shakespeare Theater, whose lush costumes and dynamic […]

It’s the beginning of most people’s work schedule, but that shouldn’t stop you from enjoying a good night out. Take a look at the cool events happening during the first […]

Playwright Lauren Yee calls her play Hookman an “existential slasher comedy.” And Steep Theatre’s new production takes her up on that with creative staging, solid performances, especially by the three […]

Photo by Ebru Yildiz Glen Ellyn native and iconoclast Laurie Anderson returns home for a lovely, lyrical and melancholy meditation on the current state of affairs in her ongoing exploration, “The […]

Oh, how I loathed this movie. And it’s not just that I hated the characters in the film—I’m certainly capable of liking a work with bad people at its center—I […]

If I’ve got my timelines correct, when Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras (CitizenFour), was holed up in a Hong Kong hotel room with Edward Snowden and a pair of journalists, […]