The Addictive Magic of Great Seas
Guest author Julia Pham is a queer feminist who dropped out of art school at age 23 to pursue cooking. After working in several cafes and restaurants, she opened an […]
Caravan Palace at House of Blues Chicago: Step into this wonderland for a dreamy aftermath
This Saturday at the House of Blues, Caravan Palace will bring you a seamless blend of swing, gypsy jazz and electronic music as the band showcases its 2015 album, <|°_°|>, also […]
James McCartney Makes His Way to Schubas on June 21
[soliloquy id=”5311″] Despite having been imbued with music his entire life, James McCartney didn’t start performing his own songs live until his thirties. He performed on albums by his parents […]
Review: Disco Demolition Night by Dave Hoekstra
The front page of the July 13, 1979, issue of the Chicago Sun-Times featured a photo of Sox fans storming the field. In the background, the scoreboard reads “please return to your […]
Interview with Chef Melissa Novak at The Chopping Block
Melissa Novak has been a chef at The Chopping Block for the past four years where she teaches a whole host of cooking classes to bridesmaids, singles on blind dates, […]
Tapped Tap Dances a Satire on Surveillance Society, Sluggishly
Tapped, a Treasonous Musical Comedy, is a frothy approach to political satire, featuring tap dancing spies and snitches, a six-piece live band, and songs with refrains like “Everybody loves a […]
Cirque Italia Blends Old World Charm with High Tech Glitz
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin once said that circus was the people’s art, and by that he probably meant that people really need some slapstick and shocking good fun to take their […]
Mothxr at the Beat Kitchen: Bringing Chicago’s sounds to Chicago
Four-piece Brooklyn band Mothxr pounded through the Beat Kitchen Friday with a colorful synth and breezy vocals, following a set from opener Shah Jahan. Though Mothxr, “pronounced like the woman […]
Giordano Dance Chicago Closes “Made in Chicago”
On Saturday, the Auditorium Theatre closes its “Made in Chicago” series with a company that has made this city home for more than five decades–Giordano Dance Chicago. “The ‘Made in […]
Summer of Silence at Facets and Music Box
Silence will be golden this summer as movie lovers around the city will have various opportunities to appreciate the history of silent films. Facets Cinémathèque will launch a new monthly […]
The Conjuring 2, Warcraft, Now You See Me 2, Presenting Princess Shaw, The Idol, Older Than Ireland, Puerto Ricans In Paris, Unlocking the Cage
THE CONJURING 2 You know a filmmaking team (especially in the horror genre) has confidence when a storyline involving the Amityville Horror case is relegated to the prologue of your […]
City Lit’s Hauptmann Tells Tense Story of Another “Trial of the Century”
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, the “baby killer,” the man tried, convicted and executed for the 1932 kidnapping of the Charles Lindbergh baby, is vividly personified by George Seegebrecht in City […]