If you didn’t know who Sidewalk Chalk was before, you probably should now. The Chicago soul/hip-hop band’s fourth full-length, out June 2, 2017 via Ropeadope Records, is bombastic to say the […]

Starting Tuesday, June 6, Chicagoans working downtown can get a free dose of chamber music at the end of their Tuesday workdays. Running through August 29, Rush Hour Concerts returns for […]

There are literary references galore in The Night Season by Rebecca Lenkiewicz at Strawdog Theatre Company. But although you might be tempted to Google something at intermission, you’ll find this […]

As strange as it sounds, the new Vanessa Gould (Between the Folds) directed film about obituary writers at The New York Times is a genuine treat that celebrates inventive writing, […]

[soliloquy id=”13643″]   For me, a good lunch break is one where I pick up food from my favorite lunch spot and take a walk outside (weather permitting—this is Chicago […]

God help the outsider artists. The emotional carnage of their lives suggests they were abandoned by God long ago, yet they continue to reach out to any listening Supreme Beings […]

The Oscar-winning film, Shakespeare in Love, has been adapted for the stage, and what better company to present its Chicago premiere than Chicago Shakespeare Theater, whose lush costumes and dynamic […]

Broadway’s Aladdin takes a magical carpet ride into the Cadillac Palace Theatre! (no promises but I’ll try to keep the Aladdin-themed references to a minimum).  Director Casey Nicholaw alongside the […]

You have to love weird music festivals and North Coast Music Festival: Summer’s Last Stand absolutely fits that description. NCMF prides itself on bringing to together a huge gathering of […]

As we mentioned in this year’s wrap-up of C2E2, this year’s con was busier than ever, and that meant more people and more amazing costumes. Check out our gallery below […]

Kishi Bashi masterfully plays the violin. He strums it like a mandolin, plucks it pizzicato, and bows it in long sonorous strokes. He also loops himself and toys with pedals […]

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., author of fourteen novels and numerous short stories, was also a prolific visual artist during his lifetime.  On display at the National Veterans Art Museum is Vonnegut’s […]