A sold-out assemblage of Ann Patchett fans, most of them women, attended her book launch event Sunday at the Athenaeum Center. Patchett discussed her 10th novel, Whistler, with publishing executive […]
Reviewing an improv show is a tricky beast—after all, other audiences won’t experience the same show I saw on Thursday—but the talented cast of Second City’s Reality Detox: The Improv […]
Pitchfork Music Festival 2021 feels like a blur to me. The 2020 edition of the now defunct Chicago staple was cancelled due to the pandemic and even though things were […]
Dense, complicated, and ultimately fascinating, the latest film from artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel (Basquiat, Before Night Falls, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, At Eternity’s Gate), In the Hand […]
I fully recognize that comic performer Eric André has a large fanbase, and that means about as much to me as knowing that, at any given moment, André might take […]
Sometimes, all you need is an old-school crime drama with some better-than-average actors to get you through the day. Case in point: The Get Out, from director Derrick Borte (who […]
The cult classic Wet Hot American Summer came out in 2001. It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival alongside Donnie Darko and Memento. If I had to guess at the […]
Since 2012, Midsommer Flight has been dedicated to offering high quality, accessible productions of William Shakespeare’s plays around Chicago. The company’s newest production of the Bard’s popular comedy As You […]
Inventive, wildly entertaining, highly interactive, and unlike anything else you’ll find in Chicago theater. The Last Word at iO Theater is essentially a staged reading on drugs—in the best possible […]
It’s a busy summer for Jack Riedy. Between DJ sets and a show at Reggie’s on July 1, the Chicago rocker is celebrating the release of his catchy latest single, […]
It’s BBQ season and award-winning pitmaster and Illinois Institute of Art-trained Chef Dominique Leach is serving tangy starters, platters, Wagyu dogs, sandwiches, and soulful sides on the South Side. Located […]
Native Gardens is a play that tries to be relevant, to reflect the issues raised by age, privilege, race and ethnicity. And to some extent, it succeeds. The script by […]