Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 6/11 and Beyond
Hope everyone’s okay after that severe storm this week! We’re still going to get a little bit of rain here and there this weekend but we can head out and […]
Dispatch: Chicago Blues Festival Hosts Powerhouse Women and Pays Tribute to Billy Branch, a Living Legend of Chicago Blues
Day three of the2026 Chicago Blues Festival featured beautiful sunny, hot weather. Musicians performing included Billy Branch with Sons of the Blues, Ronnie Baker Brooks, and Kenny Neal, and they […]
Review: Carmine’s Chicago New Terrace Brings Amalfi Vibes to Rush Street
This article was written by Mackenzie Sinta. The first taste of summer in Chicago means two things: spending time outdoors and enjoying a cocktail. When temperatures reached 80 degrees this […]
Dispatch: Love, Baseball, Free Speech, Route 66—Authors Discuss Their Work and Actors Read a Play at the American Writers Festival
The American Writers Festival, held over the weekend at the American Writers Museum and the Harold Washington Library, was presented by the museum in partnership with the Chicago Public Library. […]
Photos: Kevin Morby Is in Full Bloom for Little Wide Open at Metro
Kevin Morby has long been the Midwest’s grandest bard, mixing so much of what makes the region unique deep into his music. Elements of the bible belt, modern secular life, […]
Review: The Joffrey Ballet Performs a Superb Eugene Onegin
The Joffrey Ballet is concluding its 70th season with a superb production of Eugene Onegin, based on Alexander Pushkin’s 1833 novel of the same name. This is a premiere in […]
Review: In Wetiko, New-Age Mysticism, Hallucinogenic Toads and Striking Production Create a Breathtaking Indie Thriller
This article was written by Lauren Weiner. Wetiko is a beautiful movie. Its visual allure comes from the sinister yet whimsical filmmaking. At some uncertain point in the narrative, you […]
Interview: Filmmaker Adam Carter Rehmeier on Creating Carolina Caroline with Romance, Sleight of Hand and the Perfect Cast
Writer, director, cinematographer, editor, and producer Adam Carter Rehmeier first got no small amount of recognition for his divisive 2011 horror film The Bunny Game, about a prostitute searching for […]
Review: Soundgarden Guitarist Kim Thayil Delivers a Rocking Memoir
It’s hard to believe 40 years have passed since Soundgarden made their debut as one of six featured artists on the legendary Deep Six compilation, which spotlighted some of the […]
Dispatch: Chicago Blues Festival Celebrates 55 Years of Alligator Records on Day Two
The skies threatened on the second day of the Chicago Blues Festival at Millennium Park. I recalled last year’s rain blip that caused a delay, and C.J. Chenier & The […]
Review: Chicago Shakes Stages Brokeback Mountain, a Heartfelt Love Story About Two Ranch Hands
It all began with a short story published in the October 13, 1997, issue of the New Yorker. And then it became an Academy-Award winning film, later an opera, not […]
Review: Blooming Under Blue Skies Is a Brilliant Season Finale for Nova Linea Musica
Nova Linea Musica completed their season on Wednesday with Blooming Under Blue Skies, a journey beyond the standard chromatic scales to pastoral tunes from the Balkans, the Mediterranean, and South […]