Whenever music finds itself in less than typical venues, the result are often spectacular. I’ve seen ethereal sounds under the greenery of Garfield Park Conservatory and tender indie rock at […]
If you want to see classic Shakespeare without flying to London, you can drive up to Stratford, Ontario, to see a production of Macbeth or As You Like It this […]
A couple of weeks ago, Chicago emcee Rich Jones dropped by The Dojo, an arguably secretive DIY spot in Pilsen. The January chill had slowly set in on that Saturday […]
I’m Brianna Kratz, a Chicago poet and literature enthusiast. In 2016, I’m reading only women authors for my Read Only Women Experiment (R.O.W.E.). For weekly updates on challenges, conversations, and […]
Back in the day when record players were originally popular and William Burroughs still roamed the earth, he and fellow artiste Bryon Gysin created a real life Dreamachine from an […]
Eddie Mannix had a life fit for a movie: He was a studio executive who worked the press to protect the image of his film stars, had affairs with women–and […]
Uncovered is a new Third Coast Review series devoted to Chicago bookstores. Rivers of digital ink have been spilled on standbys like Myopic, Unabridged, and 57th Street Books, and with […]
With the possible exceptions of New Year’s Eve and Mother’s Day brunch, no other holiday combines high expectations with the even higher probability of your best-laid plans going absolutely pear-shaped […]
The pace of modern culture is almost unrelentingly swift. The lifecycle of an average piece of entertainment is not blessed with a half-life of more than a few months. As […]
Before the age of 10, Andrew St. James sang and toured for the San Francisco Opera. It was his first job, but it couldn’t last forever. “My voice dropped, and […]
When I interviewed Grizfolk for a feature in Paste Magazine last month, they were gearing up for their first headlining tour. I asked them what they had learned opening for bands […]
Andrew Holmquist delivers a cohesive and fluid exhibition in his current show, STAGE LEFT. By encompassing the theatrical role of the dramaturgy, the artist creates a visual delight. This new […]
