Bites: What Author Allison Buccola Eats in a Day
Written by Elizabeth Deneff. With her debut novel a few years behind her, author of Catch Her When She Falls Allison Buccola, has her second book out on the shelves. […]
Review: Court Theatre Brings Back Triumphant Production of An Iliad
It’s the top of the show. The Poet (Timothy Edward Kane) enters and the lights start to dim—but only just. With the house still lit, the Poet begins to introduce […]
Book Smarts: 57th Street Books: Stairs, Lore, and a Third Space
Book Smarts is a semi-regular feature in which Third Coast Review writers share their favorite Chicago-area bookstores. This month, Holly Smith explores Hyde Park’s 57th Street Books. Down the Stairs […]
Interview: Lindsey Anderson-Perez on Current Affairs with Wine at Uvae Kitchen and Wine Bar
Lindsey Anderson-Perez opened Uvae Kitchen and Wine Bar in 2019; the space has expanded to include a Fromagerie and Tasting Room, but the focus has remained steady on providing a […]
Review: Steppenwolf’s You Will Get Sick Is a Comic and Poignant Portrayal of Life and How People Endure
Playwright Noah Diaz wrote You Will Get Sick in 2018, but its first production was delayed until 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ironically, the wisdom or conspiracy was that […]
Review: His Mind Constantly on the Go, Lincoln the Citizen, by Henry C. Whitney, edited by Michael Burlingame
Abraham Lincoln’s friend and courtroom colleague Henry Clay Whitney remembered him as a man with an agile and restless mind, as “a versatile genius, whether as a man or boy. […]
Review: Liz Callaway’s To Steve With Love Celebrates Sondheim at the Studebaker Theater
Liz Callaway came home last night to deliver a love letter. Not a private note, but a public tribute on the Studebaker Theater stage, where she sang the works of […]
Review: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Is a Gorgeous and Trippy Journey by Joffrey Ballet
The Joffrey Ballet is known for its full-scale productions, which are cinematic in their staging. Atonement combined film noir with period piece drama. Studies in Blue was filled with dreamy […]
Review: Prime Minister Chronicles Jacinda Ardern’s Time as New Zealand’s Prime Minister, from Motherhood to Pandemic and More
If you’re willing to trek to Skokie this weekend, it would be worth it to see Prime Minister, one of the best documentaries of the year and a much-needed salvo […]
Review: Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney Star as Mother and Daughter in Echo Valley, A Taut, Character-Driven Drama
Firmly in the realm of B-movies, director Michael Pearce’s (Beast, Encounter) Echo Valley is certainly elevated by the work of terrific and compelling actors, who consistently pick up the slack […]
Review: Pierce Brosnan and Samuel L. Jackson Can’t Save the Unholy Mess The Unholy Trinity, a Wannabe Western
In this mess of a Western from director Richard Gray (Murder at Yellowstone City, Robert the Bruce), we’re told the story of a young man named Henry Broadway (Brandon Lessard), […]
Review: The Many Angles Of Pavements
Curtain opens, introduction of film through personal anecdoteI was one of those lucky enough to start following Pavement early in their career due to a college girlfriend with better musical […]