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Review: Sunny Afternoon at Chicago Shakes Is a Rock and Roll Fantasy

They were the most English of British Invasion bands. While other English musicians adopted American styles and turned their backs on their own musical traditions, the Kinks doubled down, writing […]

  • June Sawyers
  • March 31, 2025
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    Review: Impostor Theatre’s Helena & Hermia in the Enamored Odyssey Parodies Love’s Whimsies

    A musical version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Helena & Hermia in the Enamored Odyssey whirls and bumbles us through love’s entanglements. What sets this production by the Impostors […]

  • Anthony Neri
  • March 31, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Stage Left Theatre’s The Distrikt of Lake Michigun Plays With the History of Streeterville and Its Rogue Namesake at Water Tower Place

    Stage Left Theatre, a Chicago company with 40 years of history, is redefining storefront theater with its new production, The Distrikt of Lake Michigun, in an empty retail space on the […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • March 30, 2025
    • Music , Reviews

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    Yes, I couldn’t come up with anything clever enough for the title of this review, so instead, I just decided to be as upfront with my opinion on the album […]

  • Lorenzo Zenitsky
  • March 28, 2025
    • Feature , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Indie Drama Bob Trevino Likes It Explores Parent-Child Relationships But Lacks Real Emotional Depth

    Relationships always have the potential to be fraught, but that of a parent and child is perhaps the most uniquely challenging. As such, filmmakers have long been exploring these connections […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • March 28, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: With a Solid Premise, Death of a Unicorn Mixes Too Many Themes for Any One of Them to Really Matter

    About six miles north of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is a satellite campus known as The Cloisters, a set of medieval stone buildings set at the top of […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • March 28, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review:Misericordia Pulls off an Anti-Hero Story as Only the French Can 

    When I first sat down to watch Misericordia, I naively assumed that it would avoid the cliché hallmarks of French films: sex, death, existential angst. I was wrong, of course, […]

  • Tory Crowley
  • March 28, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Between Borders Tackles Religion and Politics with Surprising Finesse

    Between Borders, directed by Mark Freiburger, is inspired by the true story of the Petrosyan family as they seek refugee status in the United States following the fall of the […]

  • Tory Crowley
  • March 28, 2025
    • Front page

    Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 3/27 and Beyond

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  • Julian Ramirez
  • March 27, 2025
    • Cafes and restaurants , Food

    Interview: Restaurateur Ivan Iričanin on Latest River North Restaurant, Balkan-Inspired Ambar

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  • Erin Ryan
  • March 25, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Invictus Theatre’s The Winter’s Tale Asks If Time Can Heal All Wounds

    The Winter’s Tale is an unusual story, with two acts so different in tone that the play can be difficult to produce. Fortunately, Invictus succeeds. Under Charles Askenaizer’s direction, Winter’s […]

  • Devony Hof
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    • Comedy , Review , Stages

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