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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
The second installment of our TCR Mixtape series is ready to be listened to. I’ve curated this week’s playlist with some of my favorite songs spanning the past and present. […]
