Book Smarts is a semi-regular feature in which Third Coast Review writers share their favorite Chicago-area bookstores. This month, Holly Smith explores Hyde Park’s 57th Street Books. Down the Stairs […]
Lindsey Anderson-Perez opened Uvae Kitchen and Wine Bar in 2019; the space has expanded to include a Fromagerie and Tasting Room, but the focus has remained steady on providing a […]
Playwright Noah Diaz wrote You Will Get Sick in 2018, but its first production was delayed until 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ironically, the wisdom or conspiracy was that […]
Abraham Lincoln’s friend and courtroom colleague Henry Clay Whitney remembered him as a man with an agile and restless mind, as “a versatile genius, whether as a man or boy. […]
Liz Callaway came home last night to deliver a love letter. Not a private note, but a public tribute on the Studebaker Theater stage, where she sang the works of […]
The Joffrey Ballet is known for its full-scale productions, which are cinematic in their staging. Atonement combined film noir with period piece drama. Studies in Blue was filled with dreamy […]
If you’re willing to trek to Skokie this weekend, it would be worth it to see Prime Minister, one of the best documentaries of the year and a much-needed salvo […]
Firmly in the realm of B-movies, director Michael Pearce’s (Beast, Encounter) Echo Valley is certainly elevated by the work of terrific and compelling actors, who consistently pick up the slack […]
In this mess of a Western from director Richard Gray (Murder at Yellowstone City, Robert the Bruce), we’re told the story of a young man named Henry Broadway (Brandon Lessard), […]
Curtain opens, introduction of film through personal anecdoteI was one of those lucky enough to start following Pavement early in their career due to a college girlfriend with better musical […]
Angela Hewitt gave a riveting performance of one of the most intense pieces of music ever written for keyboard. At Ravinia’s Martin Theater on Wednesday evening, she was playing a […]
On the heels of the 2025 Tony Awards, where the delightful and surprisingly touching Maybe Happy Ending won the American Theater Wing’s award for Best New Musical, Chicago welcomes the […]
