Melancholy Fondness: Small-Town Love and Loss in ATC’s Picnic
How do we contend with the frustration of our desires, with our failure to achieve them? How do we access desires that have been submerged beneath the expectations of polite […]
Extreme Ice at MSI Provides Poignant Proof of Climate Change
[soliloquy id=”11084″] Photography is a medium of great power. It can show us things we’ve never seen before, transport us places, and capture a moment in time like an insect […]
“Our House” at Notebaert Nature Museum Educates on Climate Change
[soliloquy id=”10903″] As Carl Sagan famously said, “Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever […]
Broaden Your Worldview at the 2017 Doc10 Film Festival
For the second year in a row, Chicago Media Project, a non-profit organization supporting social-impact documentary film, presents the DOC10 Film Festival, running Thursday, March 30 through Sunday, April 2 […]
J. Lindsay Brown Dance Brings New Perspectives with Out of the Echo Chamber
This weekend, J. Lindsay Brown Dance asks audience members to get outside of their own mindsets and see things from a different perspective with Out of the Echo Chamber, an […]
Irie Bar & Grille Brings Jerk Chicken to Wrigleyville
Irie Bar & Grille, Wrigleyville’s new Jerk chicken paradise, is hosting a grand opening this Saturday, April 1. Get your jerk on! Chicago only houses a few Jerk restaurants, and […]
Five Minutes With Mauro: 3CR Interviews Jeff Mauro at IHHS 2017
As we mentioned in our IHHS 2017 wrap-up, there’s a lot going on during the International Home and Housewares Show. With 2,200 exhibitors and 5 separate expos, at any moment […]
Pianist Daniil Trifonov Dazzles at Symphony Center
For the second time in as many months, a young, European, piano phenom blew away a Symphony Center audience with a dazzling display of bravado and artistry. Russian pianist Daniil […]
The Top 10 Things to See at the 2017 International Home and Housewares Show
This time last week, over 62,000 people were participating in a massive meeting of minds at McCormick Place. The topic? Housewares. Each year, our behemoth of a convention center houses […]
Goodman’s Destiny of Desire Transports Your Favorite Telenovela to the Stage
Destiny of Desire arrives at the Goodman Theatre to bring its audiences a whole lot of flavor and not too much class. This play succeeds in both parodying the scandal […]
The Cleveland Neighborhood Guidebook Will Make Even Non-Clevelanders Homesick
I’ve loved Cleveland since I went to the Westside Market during a road trip with my parents when I was in middle school. It was the first time I’d been […]
Regina Spektor Gives the Chicago Theatre Time
Regina Spektor couldn’t have chosen a better venue at which to represent herself and her music Friday night, as she performed her Remember Us To Life tour. I have followed […]