Lagunitas Beer Dinner
On Thursday, March 10, the Signature Lounge at the 96th (in the John Hancock) will be serving up a four-course dinner from Executive Chef Cardel Reid paired with five beer selections […]
Lyric Opera’s Romeo and Juliet: A Haberdasher’s Delight
“Do we really need to see Romeo and Juliet again?” asked the Lyric Opera’s pre-opening speaker. “Well, yeah,” he replied, especially during the city-wide “Shakespeare 400 Chicago” celebration, the Year of […]
Waffles and Hip Hop and Huber! Oh My!
On Saturday, March 5, the Empty Bottle and the Waffle Gang present Waffle Fest, a waffle and hip-hop showcase hosted by Awdazcate and featuring the stylings of Jeremiah Jae, 7oddz, […]
Director Munby Mines Humor in Modern Othello at Chicago Shakes
British director Jonathan Munby finds the humor amidst the racism and uxoricide in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s “Shakespeare 400 Chicago” production of Othello. For a play that starts with the curses […]
Zootopia, London Has Fallen, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, The Wave
ZOOTOPIA Going back to 2008’s Bolt, Disney Animation Studios has been on something of a roll, one rivaled only by its sister company Pixar. In terms of pure entertainment value, […]
The Interview Show celebrates eight years tonight at the Hideout
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G7Rh3oFtPo] Talk shows are usually the province of TV and guys in swanky studios in New York or Burbank. There are a handful of them in Chicago, and one […]
“Winning Works” Showcases Emerging Talent
This weekend marks the sixth annual Joffrey Ballet Winning Works program, which recognizing African, Latino, Asian, Arab and Native American emerging choreographers. This year, Jeffrey Cirio, Christian Denice and Mariana […]
Waco Brothers album release: Moving forward with the help of history
The rebellious words, “You can’t kill us/we’re already dead,” welcome you to the newest Waco Brothers album and journey, “Going Down in History.” Before listening to it, I anticipated a […]
Blacklisted!: An Afternoon of Songs “Joe McCarthy Didn’t Want You to Hear”
Making your living as an artist has never been an easy path, but it was particularly difficult in America from the late 1940s to the early 1960s during the Second […]
MCA’s Table Top Shakespeare is CliffsNotes with Cans and Bottles
Blake said: “To see a world in a grain of sand / And a Heaven in a wild flower / Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand / And […]
19th Chicago European Union Film Festival
The Gene Siskel Film Center will be holding the 19th European Union Film Fest from the first Friday of March until the last night of the month. The festival, which even […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 3/3-3/6
My thoughts for the entirety of yesterday consisted of this short video, for which I’ve decided to hold the first Third Coast Review caption contest: Unless you’ve buried your head so […]