Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 9/15 – 9/18
We are somehow already in the second half of September and I wouldn’t have it any other way. The weather is just right and the events are still flowing in. […]
From Their Seats: The Legacy of the Modern Chair at the Art Institute of Chicago
Stepping into the Modern Chair gallery at the Art Institute of Chicago, one is greeted by a small audience of seats. Among them sits a curvy wooden lounge chair from […]
Preview: Chicago Sinfonietta Goes Unhinged with the Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
Opening its 2016-17 season in a wild and exuberant fashion, conductor Mei-Ann Chen and the Chicago Sinfonietta present Unhinged, an evening featuring the ersatz histrionics of the Anderson & Roe […]
Who We’re Ready to See at Riot Fest 2016
Chicago’s festival season is culminating in, ironically, one of the most raucous and high-energy events. Riot Fest 2016 offers a slew of talented acts, including a Misfits reunion, the last show ever […]
Preview: Mild High Club this Friday (9/16) at the Empty Bottle
Thanks to Mac DeMarco, his disheveled friends can happily explore the many A-sides and B-sides of ’70s AM rock tunes in a puff of hazy smoke. And due to Mac’s […]
Third Coast Rewind: Another Chance to Kill Your Darlings
Welcome back to Third Coast Rewind. We’re back with another installment of readings from Kill Your Darlings. This is the second edition of the podcast that puts the spotlight on […]
The Hideout 20-Year Reunion in Review
I meandered through an industrial area along the North Branch of the Chicago River, past factories and the latest small businesses, only to make that familiar turn on Wabansia Street, finding the enclave […]
Interview with Chicago Artist Bailey Romaine in Berlin
By Vanessa Gravenor Bailey Romaine is a sculptor who has been based in Chicago for the last years. She completed her BFA at SAIC and her MFA at UIC in […]
“A Calling, Not a Job” Project&’s Working in America
Chicago icon and national treasure Studs Terkel made a career out of chronicling the stories of others. A new art exhibit, opening September 14th at the Harold Washington Library, is […]
It’s the Finale of Kill Your Darlings, A Live-Lit Mash-Up: On 9/14 We Explore Saloon/Lit Culture
Third Coast Review and Tree Falls Productions conclude Kill Your Darlings, their series of “live-lit/improv mashups” on Wednesday, September 14. That night will be devoted to Lit itself and we’ll explore Chicago’s saloon […]
E.D.G.E. Theatre Celebrates Election Year With Rousing Production of 1776
A new and intimate production of 1776 succeeds in reminding us that the founding fathers were real people with human problems who managed to make the close decisions that […]
Sully; Complete Unknown; Other People; Neither Heaven Nor Earth; My Love, Don’t Cross That River
SULLY When you cast Tom Hanks as the lead in your movie, it’s almost a shortcut to telling the audience who you’re meant to side with in a film in […]