Get ready for a full weekend as there are so many movies, concerts, festivals and markets going on to get you into the summer spirit. So start planning the next […]

During the COVID-19 lockdown, each week I would choose a region around the globe and create a feast based on the traditional dishes there. It would be a multi-course meal […]

The Goddess and Grocer may be your quick lunch pick-up for inventive salads and sandwiches, but their claim to fame has to be their Goddess Rainbow Cake. Vibrantly colored layers […]

With the summer solstice just hours away, Giancarlo Guerrero led the Grant Park Orchestra through a program of contemporary music with a Latin American flavor and a Viennese masterpiece at […]

Those who have dived deep into the vernacular of Saturday Night Live are familiar with the “ten to one” slot—the last sketch of each episode, sandwiched between the musical guest’s […]

I’m perhaps most leery of documentaries in which the filmmaker is also, to a degree, the subject. Such is the case with Rachel Elizabeth Seed’s deeply personal film A Photographic […]

In the past, whenever Disney has given us a central character whose parents die in the early stages of the film, they are either left to fend for themselves (perhaps […]

I’m sure the elevator pitch for this one was something basic like “Bridesmaids meets Spy”—an action comedy starring Rebel Wilson as Sam, a highly effective secret agent who has buried […]

Twenty-three years after director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland brought us the lo-fi, virus-fueled horror favorite 28 Days Later, the creative team reunites for a very different type of […]

It’s outdoor art season in Chicagoland, finally, and two venues are bringing the bright, bold colors to our blooming prairie. Architecture and design firm Perkins&Will, in partnership with Chicago’s Department […]

Ulysses. The book Sylvia Beach’s Shakespeare and Company published in Paris in 1922. The book that was banned in the US and the UK. The book people either love or […]

Damian Serbu has often found inspiration in Chicagoland. Several characters in his Realm of the Vampire Council series, for instance, dwell in the Windy City itself. Self-described as an “author […]