Gallery: Friday Cosplay at Wizard World Chicago 2018
If Thursday started slow, Friday was in full force from hour one, and we saw plenty more cosplay out on the floor at the crack of noon when doors opened, […]
Wizard World Chicago 2018 Thursday Panel Catchup
It was time to hit the floors at the Donald E Stephens Convention Center today, as things kicked off a little early for Day One of Wizard World Chicago. The […]
Gallery: Thursday Cosplay at Wizard World Chicago 2018
[soliloquy id=”35483″] It might have been a slow start for cosplay at Wizard World Chicago as the doors opened Thursday at 2 for Outlander fans to get their Caitriona Balfe […]
Fortnite, Overwatch, Pro Gamers, Open Play and More at Wizard World Chicago 2018
Summer might be starting to wrap up, but Wizard World Chicago is just getting started. We were out on the floor for the first day of the convention, and we […]
Preview: Wizard World 2018 to Bring Nostalgia, Mystery and Sci-Fi Goodness to Rosemont
We’re quickly careening towards Labor Day, kids are headed back to school and (hopefully) we’re looking at a cooldown from the hot hot heat of summer. But don’t despair, even as summer […]
Tempel Farms Teams with Escuela Clasica Lipizzana of Chile for 60th Anniversary Celebration
Last year, we introduced you to the Lipizzan horses of Tempel Farms—their tradition, their lineage, and the riders and caretakers. We talked about the art of the classic school of riding, […]
Review: Sixth Annual Nerd Comedy Fest Remains Full of Heart
It’s been about a week since the sixth annual Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival. In its sixth year at Stage 773, this festival has always been an intimate favorite, truer to […]
Review: Acrobatica Infiniti is Nerdy and Amazing After Dark, With No Pants
Tana Karo started Acrobatica Infiniti, billed as the world’s first “nerd circus” back in the era of Gaper’s Block. It was 2015, and “nerd culture” was on the rise, as was the […]
Calling All Nerds: It’s Time to Assemble for the Sixth Annual Chicago Nerd Comedy Fest
It’s time once again to buckle up for three days of nerdy performance fun at Stage 773 tonight as the sixth annual Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival begins. This year’s […]
Review: Festival of Me with Jonah Ray at @North Bar a Hulk-Style Smash
Chicago’s a comedy city. Throw a stone and you’ll hit a great comedy stage, and whether it’s Second City, iO, Annoyance or somewhere else you’ll be guaranteed a laugh or two. […]
Spike the Corpse Flower, 2.0–Chicago Botanic Garden’s First Corpse Flower Finally Blooms Big
Back in the summer of 2015, I was working for Chicagoist and in covering arts and culture there, had gotten myself unofficially on museums and park duty (no surprise […]
Preview: Jonah Ray Hits Chicago for Comedy, Raydio and Riffs with ‘Festival of Me’ at North Bar This Weekend
While you might have been forgiven a few years ago if you were unfamiliar with Jonah Ray, these days you’d have to have more or less lived under a rock […]