Where to Celebrate Burns Night in Chicago
January 25th is the birthday of Scottish bard, Robert Burns. You know him for writing poems like “Auld Lang Syne” and “A Red Red Rose.” Scotland’s national poet, and perhaps […]
826CHI Hosts Charitable Scrabble Tournament
826CHI, the nonprofit creative writing and tutoring center for children, is hosting a charity scrabble tournament in late February. The tournament pits teams of two against each other in a […]
The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America by Ethan Michaeli
Available now from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in hardcover for $20.oo. Throughout the 20th century, African-Americans faced extraordinary difficulties as they tried to earn a decent living and break the barriers that […]
Timeline’s Sunset Baby Is a Tough Story of Broken Dreams
The bluesy, politically charged music of Nina Simone is the aural background for Sunset Baby, Timeline Theatre’s Chicago premiere of the 2012 play by Dominique Morisseau. Nina (AnJi White), the […]
Dirty Grandpa, The 5th Wave, Synchronicity, All Things Must Pass, Mojave
DIRTY GRANDPA I think the record stands firm that for decades, Robert De Niro had been one of the greatest deliverers of four-letter words in the history of film. Sure, […]
Fillet of Solo 2016 Serves Up Storytelling Goodness
Lifeline Theatre presents Fillet of Solo, a festival which celebrates Chicago’s storytelling and live lit scene. 14 storytelling collectives and solo performances come together for a three-week, multi-venue performance of […]
Your Curated Chicago Weekend: 1/21-1/24
We’ll start off with a song of the day: “The Way” by Fastball. You might have heard that in the far-off suburb of Wood Dale, just beyond the nether regions […]
Griffin Theatre’s London Wall: Marriage Was the Only Escape for a Working Girl
Griffin Theatre creates a perfect microcosm of the pre-feminist age in London Wall, the 1931 John Van Druten play about the personal lives and work culture in a London law […]
Mr. Carmack’s Comfort Zone
My best friend and I have a habit of sending each other links to new songs, artists and articles. Inspirational quotes, celeb gossip and mixtape leaks breathe in between our […]
R.O.W.E. Week 2: Zelda
I’m Brianna Kratz, a Chicago poet and reader. For 2016 I am reading only women authors for my Read Only Women Experiment (R.O.W.E.). For weekly updates on challenges, conversations, and […]
Get Refreshed at MCA Prime Time: ⌘R
Last year the Museum of Contemporary Art added an after-hours series called MCA Prime Time to their already fantastic events program. The event sees the MCA partnering with different cultural […]
In ATC’s Bruise Easy, Two Siblings Try to Remedy a Broken Past
American Theater Company’s world premiere of Bruise Easy is a troubling play about two siblings trying to establish a relationship after years of estrangement and a lifetime of parental […]