Teatro Vista’s The Wolf at the End of the Block Is a Thriller Set in Chicago’s Mean Streets
It’s the end of the evening, the end of The Wolf at the End of the Block. The lead character, Abe (Gabriel Ruiz) is in a bar, thinking about what […]
Preview: Fulcrum Point New Music Project Hosts Second Black Composer Speaks
In keeping with its long-term efforts to leverage different styles of new music, the Fulcrum Point New Music Project will convene its second Black Composer Speaks concerts and discussions this […]
Review: Richard Crawford, ‘Compositions in Color’ at Everybody’s Coffee
It is always intriguing to see an artist’s first public exhibition, particularly if it’s a solo show. Richard Crawford’s debut exhibition, Compositions in Color, displaying 27 of his works at Everybody’s […]
Movie Night, Nostalgia and Fearless Conversation Make Memorable Evening with George Takei
The Chicago Theatre went back to its roots last night, and resumed its role as a movie palace for a special screening of Star Trek II: The Wrath of […]
The Nether at A Red Orchid Predicts a Darker Side of the Web and Virtual Life
Jennifer Haley’s very contemporary play, The Nether, is set in a world we may find all too familiar. Neither real nor unreal. Mostly virtual, in fact, rather like our social media […]
Review: Vostell Concrete at the Smart Museum of Art
To celebrate the return of Concrete Traffic, a 1970 sculpture conceived by Wolf Vostell (1932-1998) specifically for Chicago, the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago has organized […]
Led By Light with Cigarettes After Sex at Schubas Tavern
Schubas Tavern was transformed into a meditation salon Thursday night at the Cigarettes After Sex concert. The band, led by vocalist Greg Gonzalez, emitted a sound that washed over the crowd […]
Film Review: Saving Banksy, A Glimpse Into the Clandestine Grey Market of Purchasable Street Art
Although it doesn’t end the debate about whether street art/graffiti art/anonymous art is a fancy term for vandalism, the documentary Saving Banksy lays out the captivating story of a handful […]
Film Review: The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Richly Textured and Truly Terrifying
The richly textured and truly terrifying The Autopsy of Jane Doe has been impressing festival audiences for months now and has slowly been creeping its way across the country since […]
Film Review: The Salesman, A Methodical Examination of the Human Condition
Nominated for this year’s Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award, The Salesman reveals to us something that is rarely portrayed in movies from Iran: a detailed look at the country’s […]
Film Review: Julieta, Emotionally Gripping
Returning to his more plot-heavy yet still quite emotionally gripping style of filmmaking, writer-director Pedro Almodóvar (Talk to Her, Volver, All About My Mother) brings up Julieta, the complex, time-jumping […]
Film Review: I Am Not Your Negro, A Powerful Odyssey Into the Heart of Civil Rights
One of the many Oscar-nominated films in theaters right now is the documentary I Am Not Your Negro, a kind of personal history of the American black experience, as told […]