Presented at the Athenaeum Theatre by Black Button Eyes Productions, Shockheaded Peter presents a series of gruesome vignettes adapted from a German book entitled The Struwwelpeter, written in 1845 by […]
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity is about pro wrestling in all its pounding, banging, slamming, kicking performance art glory. It’s loud and obnoxious. And much of the play that […]
Sonic Mania is classic Sonic. It’s so faithfully recreated that it was hard not to be hit hard by nostalgia from the very first chiming of the word “Sega.” Developers […]
Today, the sun will be blotted out in the middle of the day. At the same time, over in Glencoe, an unholy stench will fill the air at the Chicago […]
Today’s the day! The solar eclipse will be happening later today! Whether it’s with special glasses, solar lenses on cameras, or through the old tried and true pinhole methods, I […]
If the crux of your musical’s story centers around its 13-year-old protagonist’s attempted suicide, it may be best to forgo an Act II opener that dresses its young cast in […]
The day has finally arrived. Unless you’ve been very, very distracted, you’re probably aware that starting around 11:54 am today, local time, a total solar eclipse will occur. That’s rare […]
No Small Plans, a new graphic novel, tells the stories of three sets of teenagers and how they live in and try to understand their changing city in the past, […]
Chicago has a tax that we all pay. No, not the new soda tax. I’m talking about the dues we pay at the beginning of each August: the days before, […]
Have you ever contributed to a church or neighborhood cookbook? Have you ever bought one? Are matriarchal communities still pooling their creativity into volumes of recipes as a testament to […]
Outside of his work on the two Amazing Spider-Man movies, Marc Webb has made some very good movies over the years, as well as a fistful of great music videos. […]
Fight for your right to be sacrificed to the titular worm in developer Messhof’s Nidhogg2. This quick-fire half tug-o-war, half race to the other side is a follow up to […]
