Game, Games & Tech, Preview

Preview: Beautiful Book of Travels Is Full of Potential

Book of Travels is described by developer Might and Delight as a “tiny multiplayer online RPG.” That means there is an emphasis on the lone—or single player—experience in a world […]

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Stages, Theater

Review: The Soaring Language of Hamlet Thrills in Invictus Theatre’s Intimate Setting

Hamlet is all about the language. It’s thrilling to hear Shakespeare’s tragic tale spoken by a talented and well-directed team of actors. Invictus Theatre’s modern-dress production of the Bard’s 1601 […]

Nancy S Bishop /
Music, Reviews

Review: TV Girl Celebrates 6-1/2 Years of French Exit

TV Girl has been a band for roughly 12 years now, however they didn’t see viral success until the past year; and deservingly so. Some of the band’s music went […]

Andrew Lagunas /
Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Fantasy and Reality Collide in Edgar Wright’s Intriguing, Haunting Last Night in Soho

Last Night in Soho

Taking a walk down a decidedly darker path than he has in the past, director/co-writer Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho alternates between the swinging days of London in the […]

Steve Prokopy /
Folk and Bluegrass, Music, Reviews

Review: Aoife O’Donovan Enchants at Old Town School of Folk Music

Aoife O’Donovan is special. It’s easy to say that about many musicians, especially ones we hold dear, but there is something about O’Donovan that can’t be denied. Whether it be […]

Mariel Fechik /
Stages, Theater, Virtual

Review: Broken Nose Theatre’s Audio Play, Kingdom, Tells a Black LGBTQ Story With Heart

Arthur and Henry are long time partners; they’ve lived together for 40 years in Orlando, in the shadow of the “Magic Kingdom.” Now same-sex marriage has been legalized and the […]

Nancy S Bishop /
Comedy, Film & TV, Stages, Television, Theater

Preview: WTTW Celebrates Mother of Invention Viola Spolin in Inventing Improv

  Tonight WTTW’s Chicago Stories premiers “Inventing Improv,” a one-hour special about “Chicago’s greatest export,” improvisation, and its visionary creator, Viola Spolin. Writer/producer Jude Leak chronicles the journey of Spolin, the […]

Karin McKie /
Review, Stages, Theater

Review: Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s As You Like It Combines the Bard and the Beatles to Surprising, Engaging Results

As You Like It

Over the centuries, Shakespeare has been adapted in countless ways. It’s the appeal of his work, after all: universal in its appeal, timeless in its messages, and just as entertaining […]

Lisa Trifone /
Film, Film & TV, Film fest, Review

Dispatch: First Screenings at Chicago International Film Festival Feature Ties to City, State Plus Sneak Previews

Harold Washington

The first full day of screenings at the Chicago International Film Festival features a number of impressive films ready to be discovered, including several with Chicago ties. From a thriller […]

Lisa Trifone /
Chicago history, Interviews, Lit, Nonfiction

Interview: In Olde Chicago: A Talk with David Anthony Witter about His Book Oldest Chicago

David Anthony Witter was born in Miller, Indiana—“across the lagoon from Nelson Algren’s summer home,” as he puts it—but has spent most of his life in Chicago. Growing up in […]

Dan Kelly /
Music, Reviews

Review: Beach Fossil and Wild Nothing Put on a Wonderful Spectacle at Thalia Hall

Following the 10-year anniversary of both Beach Fossils and Wild Nothing’s debut albums Beach Fossils & Gemini, they announced a heaping tour together that naturally got music fans exhilarated. Of […]

Andrew Lagunas /
Art & Museums, Installation

Review: Newberry Exhibit Introduces Five Female Pioneers of the Chicago Avant-Garde

Five Chicago women—all artistic, ambitious pioneers—form a circle of 20th century innovation and boundary-pushing experimentation in Chicago during the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s. Their stories and their connections are curated […]

Nancy S Bishop /