On a cold Tuesday night, 30 to 40 people crowd the back of Women and Children First in Andersonville. As people continue to arrive, extra chairs miraculously appear, pushed up against […]

Shakespeare in Russian rocks, especially when you start the evening with a shot (OK, shots) of vodka in a “Shakespeare 400 Chicago” glass. Kicking off a year-long, city-wide celebration of […]

Hey, everyone. Due to my recently concluded time at the Sundance Film Festival and an upcoming trip to London, I’m missing a fair number of press screenings, so I likely […]

Oracle Productions’ new play, The Hairy Ape, was one of Eugene O’Neill’s early works, written in 1922. It’s written in an expressionistic—rather than linear–style, which makes it suitable for director […]

The Music Box Theatre has hosted a number of different special screenings, Midnight movies and movie marathons during its illustrious history. I suggest film connoisseurs go to at least one […]

I’d like to start this off with a glimpse of perhaps the stupidest idea Uber has ever concocted. You may have heard about a couple of recent high-profile assaults carried […]

Hedwig Dances kicked off the new year with a move to the Ruth Page Center for the Arts. Headed by founder and artistic director Jan Bartoszek, Hedwig Dances becomes one of […]

The opening scene of Colours’ new video for “Monster,” the single from their debut album Ivory, introduces Victory Records’ hardcore alt-rock fans to a new realm of angst, betrayal and […]

Two words and 25 artists structure the upcoming exhibit, Present Standard, co-curated by Edra Soto and Josué Pellot at the Chicago Cultural Center. Surely those variables could lend themselves to an incongruous […]

In 2015, Chicago artist Deborah Boardman died (1958 – 2015) after uplifting, inspiring and encouraging artists from a vast variety of media and backgrounds. Boardman worked for 30 years in painting, drawing, illustration, […]

The world premiere of Another Word for Beauty at the Goodman Theatre was packed. Written by playwright Jose Rivera, the musical centers around the importance of an annual event at El […]

Humboldt Park native Phillip B. Williams returns to Chicago this week for two readings in promotion of Thief in the Interior, his latest collection of poetry out this month by […]