Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 8/3 – 8/6
Ah, Lollapalooza weekend. The biggest music festival in Chicago is taking over Grant Park this weekend and unless you got tickets way back in March, you may be stuck at […]
Game Review: Pyre is a Whole New Ballgame
Minor story and gameplay spoilers follow: Supergiant Games is best known for 2011’s Bastion and 2014’s Transistor. Both featured breathtaking art, an amazing soundtrack, and an engaging but poignant story. […]
Blondie and Garbage Prove They Can Still Rock
After 40 years, Debbie’s still got it. Punk rock veterans Blondie delivered an incredible performance at Ravinia Festival to a massive, diverse crowd. Both Debbie Harry and Chris Stein have […]
Waxhatchee Led a Night of Confident Performances at Thalia Hall
[soliloquy id=”15783″] As the gentle tones of “Recite Remorse” echoed through Thalia Hall, everything felt right. Waxahatchee, the band led and created by Katie Crutchfield, came to the stage […]
An Octoroon at Definition Theatre Meditates on Race and Identity in 19th and 21st Centuries
Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins gives us something to think about in the opening moments of his play, An Octoroon, by Definition Theatre Company, directed by Chuck Smith. An actor (Breon Arzell) appears […]
Sketchbooks Tell Stories at 8th International Urban Sketchers Symposium
This past week, Chicago hosted the 8th International Urban Sketchers Symposium, drawing over 600 artists and hobbyists from all over the world to fill their sketchpads with the bustling life […]
Game Review: Aven Colony is a Rewarding City Builder
Aven Colony, developed by Team 17, is a city builder, like Sim City or City: Skylines but with the goal of colonizing an alien world. Instead of building parks and […]
An American in Paris Brings Broadway and Ballet to Chicago
Calling all dance aficionados! Tony-Award winning, An American in Paris has arrived at the Oriental Theatre for its limited engagement running now through August 13. The coveted Broadway musical tells […]
Fresh Start to Your Week: 7/31 – 8/02
It’s Lollapalooza week! The now four day festival is kicking off on Thursday and most of the pre/after shows are sold out. Don’t fret, there are still plenty of things […]
About Face Youth Ensemble Explores Riot Grrrls Movement in Brave Like Them
The About Face Youth Theatre is staging an energetic and thoughtful world premiere, titled Brave Like Them, which revisits the riot grrrls punk movement of the 1990s. The movement countered […]
Film Review: Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit Feels Vital
In a single film, Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, Near Dark) has captured the history and the present of both the resilient city of Detroit […]
Film Review: Jenny Slate Delves Into ’90s Existential Turmoil in Landline
Gather around, children, and let me tell you a tale of a time before smartphones and social media. Sure, there were home computers, but most people didn’t really know how […]