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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The contemporary version of the play Antigone, written by Jean Anouilh almost 2400 years after Sophocles’ original, preserves the Greek play’s theme: the conflict between individual conscience and governmental edict. […]

What separates the music documentaries directed by producer and Roots drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (Summer of Soul; Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius); Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years […]

Based on the Mattel toys and 1980s animated series, this current Masters of the Universe film is the second live-action adaptation of this material, following the 1987 version starring Dolph […]

Blues Festival 2026 is here! The festival has opened at the Ramova Theater with a lineup of Chicago blues legends who are alumni of Theresa’s Lounge on Chicago’s South Side, […]

Whenever my older sister and I asked our dad if we could watch the World War II television comedy Hogan’s Heroes, he also required us to watch the documentary series […]

It’s a new month and there’s so much to get done this weekend! While there may be a few moments of rain throughout the next few days, that’s no reason […]

I’m a point and click adventure game expert, and I’ve been a huge fan of these puzzle-laced narrative adventures since I was a kid. Back then, gameplay storytelling was done […]

While the tempos weren’t THAT much warmer than the first day of Warm Love Cool Dreams, day two certainly felt a little more palatable. The day lent itself more toward […]