Focus On: Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
[soliloquy id=”9223″] The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is the oldest museum in Chicago, having just recently celebrated its 160th year in January. Situated in Lincoln Park, in an angular […]
A Family 20 Years Later in Raven’s Assembled Parties
“Times change,” Julie’s neurotic-if-charming sister-in-law, Faye, tells her near the end of The Assembled Parties, now in its Midwest premiere at Raven Theatre. “Yes,” is Julie’s reply. “Times change and […]
TCR Mixtape No. 17: Hyperlocal Edition
We know that you know Chance The Rapper. We know that you know Twin Peaks. We definitely know that you know Wilco. But who are the up and comers in […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 2/2 -2/5
Well, that was a tough January. But let’s not let ridiculous executive orders, incompetent appointees, or a general lack of empathy stop us from getting our voices heard. As difficult […]
An Evening of Remarkable Sounds with Esmé Patterson and Pool Holograph
[soliloquy id=”9164″] I had the pleasure of seeing Esmé Patterson perform last year at Evanston SPACE, a few months before the release of her latest album We Were Wild. […]
Cigarettes After Sex: Love, Hysteria and Chills This Thursday at Schubas Tavern
Another beautiful, spine-tingling band will be joining us Thursday at Schubas Tavern. Cigarettes After Sex is vocalist and guitarist Greg Gonzalez, keyboardist Phillip Tubbs, bassist Randy Miller and drummer Jacob […]
The Lemon Twigs: Leg-Kicks and Glitter
The headliners at the Empty Bottle wore black Sharpie X’s on their hands. They also donned blazers: one wore a tie, the other sported a turtleneck. The elder member of […]
Your 3CR Guide to a Better February
Groundhog Day. the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Black History Month. Two presidents’ birthdays. The Day the Music Died. Thomas Edison’s and Steve Jobs’ birthdays. February is a short but mighty […]
Review: Out of the Basement Describes the Birth of the Punk Scene in Rockford
Out of the Basement: From Cheap Trick to DIY Punk in Rockford, Illinois, 1973-2005 is an autobiographical look at how the punk music scene started in David Ensminger’s hometown of Rockford, […]
Viviane Sassen’s UMBRA Is Illuminating Walk Through the Shadows
The walls at the Museum of Contemporary Photography are lit this evening by overhanging gallery lights. Photographs of shadows dancing across hidden faces, hunching figures, barren landscapes, and wrinkled clothes […]
Steep Theatre’s Earthquakes in London: A Sly, Carnival-Like Treatment of the Planet’s Demise
Three sisters. Estranged from their climate scientist father. Their lives each upended by climate change. And dozens of other characters. Steep Theatre’s U.S. premiere of Earthquakes in London spans eras […]
Review: ‘Nothing from Something’ at Gallery 19
The new exhibition, Nothing from Something, at Gallery 19 explores when a moment of clarity is experienced through the realization of perfect peace, perhaps no matter how fleeting or how […]