Review: An Updated Take on Austen, Fire Island Takes on Contemporary Romance, Gay Culture and Coming-of-Age
What little I knew about New York’s Fire Island (which runs parallel to the south shore of Long Island) before…
Theater Memories: RIP House Theatre of Chicago and So Many More
We learned this week that House Theatre of Chicago, a 21-year-old company, will cease to exist this summer. House will…
Review: Chicago Philharmonic’s Aretha Rising Paid (and Played) Respect
Chicago Philharmonic focused most of its 2021-22 season on great composers—such as Mozart, Copland, Brahms, Dvorak and Respighi—featured by most…
Review: Makaya McCraven’s Avant-Garde Jazz Transports Lincoln Hall
The crowd at Makaya McCraven’s Friday night show at Lincoln Hall was as varied as the hometown artist’s take on…
Review: Court Theatre’s Two Trains Running Cannonballs Home
There are two ways to tell history: the Big Men, Big Events timeline that Henry Ford once called “just one…
Review: The Bob’s Burgers Movie Is More of What Fans of the Show Already Appreciate
Less a feature film and more of an expanded episode of the television series (not a criticism, just an observation),…
Review: Dancing with Joy at Broadway in Chicago’s Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of the Temptations
That drumbeat hits and then you hear a voice like no other—“I know you wanna leave me but I refuse…
Review: Top Gun: Maverick Features Impressive Flight Scenes But More Nostalgia Than Novelty
I recently had a wise person tell me that nostalgia is for those who are afraid to face the present,…
Review: Sniper Elite 5 Has Refined Its Formula to Near Perfection
I’ve been playing Sniper Elite games since I stumbled across the first game on Steam during a sale or possibly…
Feature: Beautiful Bronzeville Explored by TikTok Historian Dilla for the CHF
The Chicago Humanities Festival sponsored a bus tour of Chicago’s South Side, the “Black Belt,” for the spring Public-themed series.…
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird Isn’t Your Parents’ Mockingbird, But It Tells a Powerful Story
Aaron Sorkin’s To Kill a Mockingbird is not the same story you read in high school or reread last year. It’s not the…
Review: The CSO Under the Baton of Karina Canellakis Delivers the Goods
What kind of concert starts with an 11-minute introductory piece that ends up getting two ovations? A Chicago Symphony Orchestra…
