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Review: Music of the Baroque Gives an Interesting But Incomplete Performance of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos

With Nicholas Kraemer directing from the harpsichord, Music of the Baroque gave an interesting if incomplete performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos at Harris Theater on Monday night. It […]

  • Louis Harris
  • October 14, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Interview

    Interview: Cinema/Chicago Artistic Director Mimi Plauché on the 61st Film Fest, Hidden Gems and Unexpected Themes in a Diverse Program

    When we spoke with Cinema/Chicago Artistic Director Mimi Plauché a year ago, she was on the verge of launching the landmark 60th Chicago International Film Festival at various venues across […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 14, 2025
    • Chicago history , Children's books , Fiction , Lit , Suburbs and exurbs

    Review: Just Imagine: Leaf Town Forever, by Kathleen Rooney and Beth Rooney, Illustrated by Betsy Bowen

    The 8-year-old inside me perked up early in my reading of Leaf Town Forever when two friends are hired by Lucinda at the Treasure Shop to search for treasures, such […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • October 14, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest

    Preview: 61st Chicago International Film Festival Offers a Breadth of Films and Events, an Embarrassment of Riches for Every Film Fan

    Heading into its 61st year, the Chicago International Film Festival shows no signs of slowing down. From October 15 through 26, the festival will pop up at venues across the […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • October 13, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Meet the Ageless, Timeless, Deathless Witches of Bushwick in Lazy Susan Theatre’s Wyrd

    Three ageless witchy sisters live together in a basement apartment in Bushwick, a Brooklyn neighborhood something like Edgewater or Andersonville. Wyrd is a 2018 play written by Matt Minnicino that […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • October 13, 2025
    • Classical , Festivals , Music , Reviews

    Review: Ear Taxi Festival Delivers a Concert Not to Be Missed at DePaul

    Ear Taxi Festival 2025 delivered another excellent concert on Saturday night, this one an Anchor Performance at Gannon Hall in DePaul University’s Holtschneider Performance Center. There, the William Ferris Chorale, […]

  • Louis Harris
  • October 13, 2025
    • Opera , Review , Stages

    Review: Lyric Opera Opens Season 71 with Cherubini’s Sorceress Medea

    The Lyric Opera of Chicago opened its 2025/26 season with a blockbuster with Italian composer Luigi Cherubini’s Medea. Just hearing the name evokes a dark tale of obsession, misogyny, and […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • October 13, 2025
    • Architecture , Chicago history , Chicago history , Design , Lit , Nonfiction

    Review: Imposing the Human Mark on the Landscape, Earth Shapers, by Maxim Samson

    Early on in Earth Shapers: How We Mapped and Mastered the World, From the Panama Canal to the Baltic Way, Maxim Samson writes, “Every landscape tells a story—the challenge is […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • October 13, 2025
    • Children's books , Events , Lit , Live lit events

    Dialogs: Young Readers and Lawn Lobsters—Kate McKinnon Discusses Secrets of the Purple Pearl at CHF

    My afternoon at Illinois Tech’s Hermann Hall started off with a hearty welcome by speaker Kate McKinnon to young readers. She was sure to bring them into the realms of […]

  • Holly Smith
  • October 10, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Tron Mythology Continues, For Better or Worse, in Modernized Yet Nostalgic Tron: Ares

    I’ll fully admit that neither 1982’s groundbreaking sci-fi adventure Tron, nor its 2010 sequel Tron: Legacy did much for me. The neon-soaked artificial environments certainly did a number on my […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 10, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Kathryn Bigelow Delivers a Tense, Timely Political Thriller in A House of Dynamite

    Effectively an update of the Cold War thriller Fail Safe (with a few major differences), director Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite is a single story told from three interconnected […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 10, 2025
    • Music , Reviews

    Review: Destroyer Boogies with Thalia Hall

    There are few shows as completely entrancing as a Destroyer show. There is just something about Dan Bejar, founding member and lead vocalist, that grabs hold of you before he […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • October 9, 2025
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