Thursdays at Fan Expo Chicago are usually a bit low-key, with fewer guests on site and a lighter programming schedule given the shorter time frame, but this year Fan Expo […]

Writers: Pearl Shin, Antal Bokor and Marielle Bokor For the first time since the completion of the series, the main cast of Avatar: The Last Airbender reunited on the C2E2 […]

On paper, the Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved Americans on January 1, 1863, during the middle of the Civil War. But not all chattel slaves were immediately manumitted. Union General Gordon […]

If you’ve spent any time with Star Trek growing up or now as an adult, you’re probably aware of its central themes. Going back all the way to the original […]

Well, all good things must come to an end. As much as we’ve enjoyed ourselves at Star Trek Mission Chicago, it had to come to a close sometime. Unlike most […]

  With a convention like Star Trek: Mission Chicago the cosplay scene is a little different. And while you might think all you’d see was Starfleet uniforms, as they always […]

What a day it turned out to be at Star Trek Mission Chicago! The floor was packed and so were the panels, and with exclusive sneak peeks in abundance, fans […]

  Star Trek Mission Chicago continued at McCormick Place today, and if you’d been waiting for things to really kick off, Saturday was the day for it. The lineup of […]

  Some cons sort of amp up to their main day, with a short bit of weeknight programming or a full day that’s got a lot of room to breathe. […]

It’s been a long road getting from there to here. Conventions were one of the big parts of Chicago tourism culture that took a huge hit when COVID made its […]

Even in years past, Wizard World Chicago has seemed simultaneously long and short, with long days filled with panels, merch, cosplay and after parties. It seemed like we’d just gotten […]

  There were a lot of weird things about Summer 2020. I’m sure we don’t have to reach too far in the back of our minds to think of what […]