Fresh Start to Your Week: 1/15 – 1/17
Oh boy, the snowy weather has come back and blanketed our city in a few inches of its fluffy substance. Don’t let the little flurries stop you from going out […]
Chicagoans’ Coffee Habits Feed Restaurant Industry Business Void
Chicago’s food industry is thriving due to the city’s coffee lovers, who have proven themselves creatures of habit. Good deals and loyalty programs are feeding the morning ritual. The coffee […]
Chicago Might Become One of First Set of Cities to Adopt Textalyzer Technology
The Textalyzer is a tool police would use to determine when a driver was texting before a traffic accident. Ald. Edward Burke proposed the use of the technology, though he […]
Upcoming Renovations to Displace Some Single-Room Occupancy Residents
Residents of Wilson Men’s Hotel in Uptown are preparing to pack and leave amid the “cage hotel” closing for renovation by its new owners. Some of those residents do not […]
Pro Publica Illinois and Free Street Theater to Get People Talking Around the State
ProPublica Illinois is joining with Free Street Theater to listen to people around the state and and “to think creatively about how to bridge divides and earn trust among the […]
At Stage Left Theatre: Insurrection: Holding History Time Travels to Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion and Back
Insurrection: Holding History by Robert O’Hara is a satirical, time-traveling look at our history of slavery and repression, race and identity. O’Hara turns time on its head to take us […]
Theater Wit’s Flamingo & Decatur Takes a Gamble and Doesn’t Quite Break Even
Flamingo & Decatur, the world-premiere play by Todd Taylor now on through February 18 at Theater Wit in the Belmont Theater District, is a bit of a cross-country sort of […]
Film Review: Don’t Miss the 4k Restoration of Renoir’s The Crime of Monsieur Lange
I shouldn’t have to convince you to see a beautifully restored, 4K presentation of a great French film by the director of Grand Illusion and The Rules of the Game, […]
Film Review: Rose Marie’s Iconic Comedy Career Chronicled in Wait for Your Laugh
By what I think is complete coincidence, Facets Cinémathèque is opening the documentary Wait for Your Laugh just two weeks after the passing of its subject, the legendary comic talent […]
Film Review: Starring Anton Yelchin, Porto Is Melancholy and Marvelous
Porto, the feature debut by former Chicago film critic Gabe Klinger (his follow-up to the engaging 2013 documentary Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater), is a film about being […]
Film Review: As Liam Neeson’s January Action Flicks Go, We’ve Seen Worse Than The Commuter
As the seasoned moviegoers that I’m sure most of you are, you don’t need me telling you that the month of January has long been considered a dumping ground for […]
Sam’s Club Closing Six Locations in Chicago Area
Walmart is closing 63 of its Sam’s Club locations nationwide in an effort to keep a balance between physical stores and online retail hubs. Six of the warehouse clubs closing […]