Attention Book Lovers: Visit the Newberry Book Fair this Weekend
Running through Sunday, the 30th annual Newberry Book Fair is the place to be for any bibliophile. Here are some things to look forward to: Lots of books The Newberry […]
Jason Bourne, Nerve, Don’t Think Twice, Into the Forest, Microbe & Gasoline, Tallulah
JASON BOURNE Remember when you believed that Matt Damon’s long-awaited return to author Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne character was going to be one of the saving graces of the 2016 […]
Byhalia, Mississippi, Portrays Issues of Class, Race and Family in a Nowhere Town
Byhalia, Mississippi, is one of those nowhere, dead-end small towns that no one wants to live in. Except for the young woman from somewhere else, who just gave birth to […]
Check Out This Year’s Lollapalooza Streaming Schedule
You want to check out Lolla but suddenly remember that it’s supposed to be hot and gross as hell this weekend. You don’t want to deal with that. Luckily, Lollapalooza […]
PokemonGo On: Plenty of Pluses to This Game Mashup
It’s been less than a month since PokemonGo was unleashed on an unsuspecting real world, and it’s already taken over in that time. Chances are, every time you go to […]
Review and Interview of White Feelings at The Franklin
Guest writer Hiba Ali is a writer and digital media artist who holds two undergraduate degrees from the School of the Art Institute Chicago with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in […]
Preview: Cook County Social Club Returns to IO for Two Performances
Guest Author Patrick McManus is a stand-up comic living and working in Chicago. Patrick is a real cool guy who won the 100 Proof Comedy’s Chicago’s Top College Comedian Competition […]
Highs and Lows from the Comedy Exposition
Guest Author Patrick McManus is a stand-up comic living and working in Chicago. Patrick is a real cool guy who won the 100 Proof Comedy’s Chicago’s Top College Comedian Competition […]
Direct from Death Row: The Scottsboro Boys, a Riveting Tale in Narrative & Vaudeville
Direct from Death Row: The Scottsboro Boys fools you into thinking you’re getting a straight retelling of the events and trials of the nine young African-American men who were falsely […]
New to DVD: Bloodsworth, State of Control & Foodies
This August Kino Lorber will be releasing three socially aware documentaries addressing a smorgasbord of topics. BLOODSWORTH If you want to know what freedom is like, just have someone take […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 7/28 – 7/31
If you haven’t heard. this weekend is the 25th anniversary of Lollapalooza. The festival that has called Grant Park home since 2005 is a huge, over the top spectacle that […]
Celebrate Peppers at the Chicago Botanic Garden
[soliloquy id=”6149″] Peppers are magic, be they bell peppers perfectly charred on the grill for your fajitas or the almighty chile pepper, small in stature but giant in heat […]