Your Chicago Curated Weekend, 3/24-3/27
Before we get to this weekend’s awesome events, a note on some changes I’ll be making to the Curated Chicago Weekend feature. As you may or may not have read, […]
The Shoulda Been Candidate
While the Republicans were playing clown car with 17 candidates on the debate stage, the Democrats had three. And the best one—I believe the most electable one—never got any traction, […]
Going Beyond Beyond
When we launched Third Coast Review in January, we defined the Beyond page this way: We’ll go Beyond. Our focus will clearly be Chicago but occasionally—because of travel or whim—we’ll report […]
Cole Theatre’s The Bachelors Would Be Better Off Remaining Single
We are at an ideal time to be making a social commentary on the male perspective. That’s right – the male perspective, the very perspective that has idealized femininity since […]
Strong work in AFT’s after all the terrible things I do
About Face Theatre’s Chicago premiere of playwright A. Rey Pamatmat’s after all the terrible things I do delivers on the company’s promise to produce plays that “advance the national dialogue on […]
R.O.W.E. Week 11: A Posting Hiatus
I’m Brianna Kratz, a Chicago poet and literature enthusiast. In 2016, I’m reading only women authors for my Read Only Women Experiment (R.O.W.E.). For weekly updates on challenges, conversations, and […]
Chopping Block’s Pasta Bootcamp Cured My “Pastaversion”
I consider myself to be competent in a kitchen, but if you want to unsettle me quickly, just ask me to make you some homemade pasta. I’ve long considered pasta […]
EU Film Fest: Films We Watched for You, March 18-24
The Chicago European Union Film Festival continues through the end of March at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St. See Colin Smith’s preview. Each week, we’ll provide brief […]
Divergent Series: Allegiant, Eye in the Sky, Creative Control, The Bronze, Chimes at Midnight
DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT Most science fiction works on multiple levels, and the best of it cares equally about telling both its character-driven story and crafting its social commentary. My issues […]
Corinne Peterson’s Campaign for “The Cairn Project”
Before Gapers Block’s hiatus in the beginning of this year, I interviewed Corinne Peterson about her ongoing workshop and installation based work, “The Cairn Project,” which has been in action […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 3/17-3/20
This goddamn partisan turmoil just won’t stop, will it? Unless you have set yourself firmly against all forms of consuming the news, you heard that President Obama nominated Merrick Garland […]
Gogol Bordello at the Metro Chicago: “It’s a celebration despite all odds”
Preparing for a performance on stage is to Gogol Bordello as breaking bricks is to martial arts. It’s natural. “I don’t do anything in particular” to prepare, said Gogol Bordello […]