Shout Out Louds Bring the Energy to a Packed Lincoln Hall
I started listening to Shout Out Louds when I discovered one of their songs in the hit CW show, One Tree Hill (I know, I know…this is a safe space though, […]
Pioneers of German Graphic Design Shows Links to Chicago’s Graphic Design History
Pioneers of German Graphic Design by Jens Müller is a deep dive into the early history of graphic design and demonstrates why Germany (and Austria and Switzerland) are so important […]
Susanne Sundfør’s Mystical Performance at Chop Shop/1st Ward
On the coattails of the release of her new album, Music For People In Trouble (released Sept. 8, 2017, via Bella Union), Susanne Sundfør has embarked on her first U.S. tour. The Norwegian […]
Fresh Start To Your Week: 11/13 – 11/15
This past weekend we had our first showing of snow! Luckily it was short lived and didn’t deter you from heading out and enjoying all the great events! The beginning […]
The Drums Create a Fun, Inclusive Time at The Metro
Methyl Ethel kicked things off with a hazy, moody set at the Metro on the cold Thursday night. The Australian quartet warmed things up with a mix up jangly pop […]
Taylor Swift Still Manages to Project Heart Through All the Sheen Glossing Over reputation
CAVEAT: This review doesn’t mention Taylor Swift’s celebrity, or the paparazzi, or her squad, or possible dodges of cultural appropriation, or the latest dude she’s dating because, c’mon, this is […]
Trap Door’s Occidental Express: An Expressionistic Riff on War, Borders, Homeland, Identity
Trap Door Theatre is staging an expressionistic, phantasmagorical tale of eastern European drama. Their new production, Occidental Express, by Romanian-born playwright Matei Visniec, is a sometimes wacky, often chilling, always […]
Foo Fighters Sell Out Wrigley Field, So Let’s Add Another Date!
I keep having to remind myself the Foo Fighters are kind of a big deal. They probably own lots of leather-bound books and everything. But to me they will always […]
The Chicago Food Encyclopedia: The Best Gift for the Food Obsessed
The gift-giving season is upon us. And if you are like me, you struggle to find the perfect gift for the person who seems to have everything. Happily, I have […]
Auditorium Theatre’s “Golden Celebration” Focuses on Dance Legacy
Fifty years ago, the Auditorium Theatre reopened after a 26-year hiatus as a performing arts space. In celebration of that first show reintroducing the building as a place for the […]
Film Review: Lady Bird Sings
Let’s just cut to the chase: Lady Bird, written and directed by Greta Gerwig (and marking her first time behind the camera), is a perfectly pitched coming-of-age comedy that accomplishes […]
Film Review: One Legendary Scene Takes on New Meaning in 78/52
For both uber-film nerds and casual fans of director Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 ground-breaking Psycho, the documentary 78/52 is a compact film studies program that examines the power of camerawork, editing, […]