Bites: What Chef Billy Lim Eats in a Day
Written by Elizabeth Deneff Noriko, a handroll bar that opened its doors to patrons this past February, is taking Chicago by storm. Located in Fulton Market under Perilla Fare, the […]
Preview: The End of Summer Is for the Dogs
The kids are going back to school and it’s time for some much needed quality time with your best friend. They have been patiently waiting for their time in the […]
Review: Lena Dunham’s Too Much Falls Short of Becoming a New Generation’s Girls
Netflix launched the TV series Too Much this summer amid a lot of buzz—well-deserved buzz, as Too Much is the first follow-up TV series from creator Lena Dunham since her […]
Review: Cynthia Erivo at Ravinia Defies Gravity
It’s storm season these days, with summer squalls and August tempests hitting town with blustery regularity. But a cyclone of a different sort blew into Ravinia last Friday night, when […]
Review: Incandescent Performances Highlight How to Transcend a Happy Marriage at Redtwist Theatre
Redtwist Theatre is high-kicking and playing on the edge for Season 21, themed “Defiant Femmes.” It is a timely theme and, in my opinion, needed to bolster the energy and […]
Review: At Writers Theatre, Hershey Felder’s Rachmaninoff and the Tsar Brings Duality to the Stage
Opposites may or may not attract but they can certainly produce lively theater. After years of creating solo portraits of famous composers—Gershwin, Chopin, Debussy among them—Hershey Felder pairs Sergei Rachmaninoff […]
Review: New Exhibition at Hyde Park Art Center Introduces Fresh Interpretations on Ageless Themes
Talking about how we process the world and our place in it through the visual arts rather than the spoken word can lead to some curious places. The people, things and […]
Review: Broadway in Chicago’s Dungeons and Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern Is a Night of Uproarious Laughter and Fun
Our mighty heroes have started their adventure. The Warrior (Madelyn Murphy), Mage (Diego F. Salinas), and Rogue (Anjali Bhimani). The goal? To save the Forgotten Realms. Projections designers Derek Christiansen […]
Review: Female, Ashkenazi With a Sewing Machine Tells a Story of Love and Illness
This oddly named play is a love story as well as the drama of a serious health risk faced by many women. Rather than treating it in documentary style, its […]
Review: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Enlist the Chicago Philharmonic to Bring Psych Rock to Ravinia
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard has been gracing Chicago stages for over a decade, with their earliest performances dating back to 2014 in spots like Beat Kitchen and Subterranean. […]
Review: A Strong Voice Cast and Unique Animation Helps Adult Comedy Fixed Be Worth a Stream from the Couch
Not unlike the 2023 “live-action” R-rated talking-dog movie Strays, the animated comedy Fixed is meant to show us the life of dogs from the perspective of said animals, particularly one […]
Review: In Highest 2 Lowest, Spike Lee Delivers a Sharp, Impressive Modern Take on a Kidnapping Story About Class, Wealth and Access
The most important part of director Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 High and Low (which in turn was based on the Ed McBain novel King’s Ransom) was never the story of a […]