The latest manifestation of Chicago’s well-documented cultural phenomenon of partying in the streets is the Thirsty Ears Street Festival, Chicago’s first and only street fair devoted to classical music. Hosted […]
Freaky Deaky started off as a Halloween party in 2009 at the Congress Theater, booking bands like Crystal Castles until various building code violations, neighbor complaints and the termination of […]
Einstein’s Gift, the compelling new production being staged by Genesis Theatricals, is that most satisfying kind of play. It’s rich with historical detail and scandal and ripe with questions for […]
Shylock’s daughter, Jessica (Phoebe Pryce) and Shylock (her real-life father Jonathan Pryce) in Shakespeare’s Globe’s The Merchant of Venice at Chicago Shakespeare Theater (photo by Manuel Harlan). Director Jonathan Munby infuses the humor he brought […]
Cirque du Soleil’s touring show Toruk landed in Chicago this week and will be here until this Sunday, August 7, running two shows daily at United Center. Toruk is a […]
[soliloquy id=”6274″] They say that scent is the sense that can help us most powerfully recall memories, from the fizzy sweet smell of strawberry pop or the chlorine of […]
SUICIDE SQUAD You know those people who feel the need to tell everyone that they’re “weird” or have a twisted sense of humor or are a geek from way back? […]
Disney’s Newsies, currently playing at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, provides a strikingly relevant exploration of current conversations about workers’ rights, despite its period milieu. Set in 1899 and based on […]
I think I’m sick. I have a little cough, my joints hurt, and my stomach is a little uneasy. I have post-Lollapalooza exhaustion. The yearly festival of excess and drunken […]
The Princess Grace Foundation-USA recognized two Hubbard Street Dance Chicago artists this year as recipients of the 2016 Princess Grace Awards. Dancer Jeffery Duffy received a Dance Fellowship and choreographer […]
I thought I was listening to a song from the soundtrack of Sophia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette” upon first hearing “Don’t Want to Be Your Friend,” a track off Cassettes on […]
Have you ever felt like popular music has gotten too complex? Are you a bit tired of seeing a band with 9 members, two of which are on the xylophone […]
