Playing a thaumaturge as the main character in a game doesn’t sound like it would be that impressive. Thaumaturges are basically magicians that perform parlor tricks, and I’ve gotten used […]

You know it’s going to be a great day when an amazing band like Finom releases a new single and announces a brand new album. Finom, formally known as OHMME […]

Composer/violinist Jessie Montgomery hosted the latest installment of Music Now on Sunday afternoon at Symphony Center. Montgomery is the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Mead Composer-in-Residence. Using CSO musicians and conductor Lidiya […]

We live inn interesting times. Contrary to popular belief, that is not derived from a Chinese saying but from an American politician. In any case, it is a good basis […]

Once in a while, a theater production comes along that does better on tour than it does on Broadway. Mrs. Doubtfire, by the songwriting team of Wayne and Karey Kirkpatrick […]

After more than 25 years of March featuring the upcoming slate of films released from the nations of the European Union as part of their Chicago European Union Film Festival […]

It’s the first Friday of the month and it’s another Bandcamp Friday! Things have certainly changed since Bandcamp first announced their initiative to help bands affected by the pandemic shutting […]

The latest from filmmaker Sacha Polak, Silver Haze, re-teams her with her Dirty God star, Vicky Knight, who plays Franky, a 23-year-old nurse living at home in East London with […]

Like many of you out there, I love a good sad astronaut movie in the vein of Solaris (either version), Moon, and Ad Astra. So I was admittedly intrigued when […]

I’m not even going to try and predict what the weather will be like this weekend after the hectic start we had! Regardless, whether we’re facing freezing temps or nearly […]

Four young women actors, dressed in today’s version of a parochial school uniform (of this, more  later) mime a school day, beginning with their confessions. “Bless me, Father, for I have […]

As is often the case with origin stories, there’s a great deal of world building and character establishment that has to play out before we can even get to the […]