Two lean years of pandemic economics, entwined with continuing, insistent calls for real racial justice and gender equity and an end to sexual abuse. The ‘20s have started as a […]
Ten years ago, ahead of the Pixar film Brave, I remember seeing a beautiful short called La Luna, about three generations of a family who were tasked with cleaning up […]
Chicago Independent Venue League (CIVL) is a coalition of more than 20 Chicago music venues who initially banded together to fight developers threatening the scene with corporate venues, and have […]
COVID-19 has put the breaks on the music industry for the time being. Local venues have shut down till April at the earliest. Some like The Vic, The Riviera, and […]
It’s a weird time out there right now with Covid-19 being classified as a worldwide pandemic and tons of things like the St. Patrick’s Day Parades being cancelled. So if […]
Geoffrey Baer’s latest “learn about where you live” offering, “Chicago by ‘L’,” premieres Wednesday, March 4, at 7:30pm on WTTW. The 130-minute special is a fantastic voyage through the bloodstream […]
[soliloquy id=”66532″] When Mikaela Straus appeared, a vision in red Jordan 23 jersey, the sold-out Riviera crowd was ecstatic—and out of breath, after several moments of cheer-screaming to friend of […]
It’s been another banner year for music. There have been so many fantastic releases this year that it would be near impossible to rank them in a way that we […]
It’s been ten years since Matt & Kim’s wonderful debut album Grand was released and the songs on that record sound as fun and as fresh as ever. It makes […]
It’s hot and humid and rainy, so it must be the last days of summer in Chicago. But don’t let the temperamental temperatures scare you into not going out! There […]
It’s another event-filled weekend in Chicago! What will you be up to over the next few days? Concerts, festivals, games, podcasts, zines and more are happening all over town to […]
It’s the final weekend of March! Start scheduling your days off and make the most of them with some great events including some wonderful concerts, movies, discussions, and some delicious […]