October 21st, 2016 at Lincoln Hall was a night of nostalgic, accessible rock music that never crossed the line of unoriginality. Throughout the entire night, whispers circulated in the crowd […]

Jesse Case (left) plays piano as well as Richard Wagner alongside bonafide opera singers Jonah D. Winston (center) and Tracy Cantin (right) in “Longer! Louder! Wagner,” a collaboration between the Lyric […]

I love this time of year for so many reasons– the weather, the leaves, the clothes and color palette, the new appeal of warm seasonal beverages, children playing soccer outdoors, […]

It’s been another solid week in cinema here in Chicago. The Chicago International Film Fest wrapped up it’s stellar two week run yesterday. We took a look at Inferno, the […]

Red Theater is issuing a writing challenge to Chicago’s current and future playwrights. Write a new short play every day in November—all 30 days–and post it according to challenge rules. […]

Can we be honest? Ron Howard’s adaptations of author Dan Brown’s ongoing chronicles of symbologist (or whatever his job title is) Robert Langdon were never particularly good. The Da Vinci […]

This mix tape was inspired by the Ear Taxi Festival (ETF), an extraordinary event that, over six days, shined a bright light on Chicago’s contemporary classical art music scene. From […]

Bit Bash has grown quickly from their humble roots. They started out in 2014 in direct response to a then recent report that video game developers in Chicago and the […]

The Cubs are in the World Series for the first time in over 70 years and the frenzy surrounding them is almost inescapable. Halloween isn’t until Monday, so what are […]

The Cubs are in the World Series and it’s Halloween weekend! As if things couldn’t get any better, Your Chicago Curated Weekend is here to fill your days with as […]

Welcome back to Third Coast Rewind. We’re back with another installment of readings from Kill Your Darlings. While the initial run of Kill Your Darlings has come and gone, you […]

Phil Huckelberry wrote about the highs and lows – mostly lows! – of Chicago and Illinois politics for the mighty Gapers Block. He is a software engineer by day and […]