Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 3/27 and Beyond
We’re at the end of March and Spring is still trailing behind schedule but that doesn’t mean we can’t head out and enjoy our wonderful city! There are fantastic events […]
Interview: Restaurateur Ivan Iričanin on Latest River North Restaurant, Balkan-Inspired Ambar
This April, the vibrant River North neighborhood welcomes a brand-new hot spot to their already top-tier food scene: Ambar, a Balkan-inspired and Michelin-recognized restaurant. Bringing his successful concept to Chicago, […]
Review: Invictus Theatre’s The Winter’s Tale Asks If Time Can Heal All Wounds
The Winter’s Tale is an unusual story, with two acts so different in tone that the play can be difficult to produce. Fortunately, Invictus succeeds. Under Charles Askenaizer’s direction, Winter’s […]
Review: U Should C Happy 2 B Here at the Annoyance Theatre
In most fields, calling someone or something “dumb” is an insult. Clients don’t want a “dumb” lawyer to handle their case. Authors aren’t going to include a critic’s “This book […]
Review: Art Institute’s Lines of Connection Exhibit Illuminates the Complexities of Printmaking
The new exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago, Lines of Connection, shows that the line between drawing and printmaking is not so clear cut as we imagined. The exhibit’s […]
Review: Strawdog Theatre Stages Shakespeare in a Pub—It’s Much Ado About Nothing: The Ides Reunion Episode
The Strawdog Theatre Company is staging a new take on Shakespeare with a satire of ’90s reality shows. Much Ado About Nothing: The Ides Reunion is a spoof of the […]
Gallery: Don’t Miss It! Chicago Botanic Garden’s India Blooms Enters Final Weekend
Midwesterners talk about the weather a lot. We try to avoid it, but with the way things have been this past week, let’s face it: March isn’t the time for […]
Review: Disaster Kid Takes Flight With Gentle Rare Bird EP
Last April, Chicago-based Disaster Kid retreated to a Wisconsin cabin and recorded half a dozen songs in just five days. From that session emerges the reflective Rare Bird EP, humbly […]
Review: Hannah Frey Can’t Help but See the Bright Side on New Album Lucky Girl
Hannah Frey and I share a Chicago timeline. I first discovered her on a weekend home from college listening to NPR on my mom’s speakers utterly transfixed by her song […]
Review: Jonathan Majors Transforms Physically and Emotionally for Intense, Impressive Magazine Dreams
This is a repost of a review originally published in 2023. Actor Jonathan Majors is about to have a substantial year. In addition to beginning his reign of multiverse-jumping terror […]
Review: In Remaking a 2019 Thriller, Locked Relies Too Heavily on Stars Anthony Hopkins and Bill Skarsgård to Drive the Drama
A remake of the 2019 Argentinian thriller 4×4 (and now adapted by Michael Arlen Ross), Locked tells the very stripped-down story of down-on-his-luck petty criminal Eddie (Bill Skarsgård) trying to […]
Review: Alien Thriller Ash Sees Eiza Gonzalez’s Sole Survivor Navigate Traumatic Memories and an Uncertain Future
Playing more like a greatest hits package of sci-fit/action/horror movies of years past, and less like the trippy, brain-bending story it thinks it is, Ash comes courtesy of director/composer/actor Flying […]