Review: Greg Freeman Gives Schubas a Night of Punky Pedal Steel and Power Stances
Gone can mean a lot of things, but not “sold out”. No, when a show is sold out, it’s sold out, and Greg Freeman sold out Schubas Saturday night for […]
Review: Suzy Eddie Izzard Talks Shakespeare N’Stuff at Chicago Shakespeare
Actor/comedian/marathoning fundraising activist Suzy Eddie Izzard (she/her) stopped by Chicago Shakespeare Theater for a chinwag with artistic director Edward Hall last week, also taking many audience questions in a freewheeling, […]
Review: Scary Cherubs and the “Hebrew” Nickname, Lost in Translation: Recovering the Origins of Familiar Biblical Words, by Joel S. Baden
When it comes to history, including religious history, Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, writes that it’s important to attempt “a real engagement with the strangeness of the past.” […]
Review: Eureka Day by Timeline Theatre Is a Play for Today About Vaccine, Parenting and Group Decision-Making
Eureka Day is a play about vaccination and anti-vaccination. But of course, it’s about a lot more. The play, now being staged by Timeline Theatre, tells the story of how […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 1/22 and Beyond
It’s going to be an extremely cold weekend ahead of us with temperatures dipping well below zero! So while there are plenty of events going on (like the start of […]
Review: Otherworld Theatre’s Prospera: A Sci-Fi Retelling Imagines a New World But Gets Too Complicated
Prospera: A Sci-Fi Retelling is a fanciful but complicated story in its new production by Otherworld Theatre. The play is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s late play, The Tempest, but you […]
Review: Trio Seoul Wows the Audience at the Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival
With an unbelievable combination of youthful exuberance and mature technique, Trio Seoul wowed a large audience at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in Evanston on Sunday. They did it with a program […]
Review: In 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Filmmaker Nia DaCosta Achieves That Rare Film Feat, Improving an Already Legendary Franchise
When you examine previous films from Nia DaCosta (Candyman, The Marvels, Hedda) and the now-four-film 28 (Days/Weeks/Years) Later franchise, you’ll notice one important thing: they rarely repeat themselves. Ignoring the […]
Review: In a Career-Best Performance, Amanda Seyfried Stuns in The Testament of Ann Lee, an Epic of Grand Scale and Great Faith
I entered a screening of The Testament of Ann Lee much the way I enter most film screenings: knowing as little as possible. Sure, I knew Amanda Seyfried stars as […]
Review: “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” Locating Loss in Lake Markham’s Lo Siento
Reviewed by Tori Rego The well-worn “a stranger comes to town” narrative genesis is given new life in Lake Markham’s debut novel, Lo Siento. The main character, as much as […]
Preview: Winnetka Music Festival Announces 10th Anniversary Lineup
It’s never too early to start planning your summer festival schedule! Earlier today SPACE Presents and Valslist Music took that to heart as they released the lineup for Winnetka Music […]
Review: The Voice of Hind Rajab Offers a Fast-Paced, Emotionally Riveting Recreation of a Harrowing Incident in Gaza
I’ve seen The Voice of Hind Rajab categorized by some as a documentary, which it absolutely is not. But I can see why some might react to it as if […]