The 52nd edition of the Chicago International Film Festival is upon us, beginning tonight with the Chicago premiere of the highly acclaimed La La Land. This is the new project […]
For this week’s playlist, we’re mixing it up. Since the four brother act The Avantist is physically releasing their full-length debut album tonight at Township—a record that even features the Mars […]
It’s mid-October and the Cubs are still playing. I’ve been a fan of these lovable perennial losers since my friend’s dad, a firefighter with an injured shoulder, caught a ball […]
Whenever a friend would recommend a new band to me, I’d always be caustically optimistic. There’s nothing like the rush of discovering a new band, but we’re dangerously approaching “content […]
North America’s longest-running competitive film festival, the 2016 Chicago International Film Festival, begins on Thursday, Oct. 13 at the AMC River East 21 (where every single CIFF screening will be […]
[soliloquy id=”7254″] This past Saturday night around Wrigleyville was a madhouse. The noise coming from the friendly confines of Wrigly Field was loud and energizing, matching the excitement in the […]
Do you believe in God? How about in magic, or nature? Do you believe in love? Windy City Playhouse’s Apartment 3A, led by Eleni Pappageorge as Annie, José Antonio Garcia […]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPAQe5brCjc] Cymbals Eat Guitars has been around for nearly a decade. And it might just be me, but the time between 1996 and 2006 seems like a longer time […]
Day 4 of the Ear Taxi Festival (ETF) continued the excellence and excitement that had been ginned up in the previous days, but ended up in an especially spectacular […]
Halfway through its six-day run, the Ear Taxi Festival (ETF) continues to showcase Chicago’s rich contemporary classical music scene, with 88 local composers presenting 54 world premieres played by over […]
American Honey American Honey is a swirling, passionate and chaotic road journey. At nearly three hours, it is an essential epic about youth as well as an intimate portrait of […]
There are a few things about this version of The Girl on the Train that I like. First and foremost is the idea of just letting Emily Blunt play full-on, […]
