Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 9/5 and Beyond
It’s the first full weekend of September and it is packed! There are so many unique events this weekend from special food fests, ZINEmercado, great music, and tons of great […]
Review: Tim Burton Returns to Weird in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, a Creative and Nostalgic Sequel
Filmmaker Tim Burton has garnered a reputation as a visionary and for being quite odd, and there’s nothing out there that says the two can’t be contained in a single […]
Interview: Tyrese Gibson On New Film 1992, New Album Beautiful Pain and Much, Much More
What I learned from my recent time spent with singer/actor/producer/model Tyrese Gibson is to expect the unexpected. Also, he’s a great talker when inspired to be one. Gibson was born […]
Review: City Lit Theater Completes Trilogy on the Golden Age of Comics With The House of Ideas
City Lit Theater is finishing off local playwright Mark Pracht’s Four-Color Trilogy—about key moments in the history of comic book publishing—with The House of Ideas. Directed by former artistic director Terry McCabe, it’s […]
Dispatch: The 2024 Chicago Jazz Festival Brings Spirituality and Dancing to the Party
The 2024 Chicago Jazz Festival ended on Sunday and was a great success. The weather cooperated beautifully with a hint of cooler days ahead. The Pritzker Pavilion stage had a […]
Interview: Squeeze’s Chris Difford on the Evolution of Their Sound, Songwriting, and Surviving the Music Industry
This interview was conducted by guest author Zoe Blakeman. With a career that spans over four decades, Squeeze has become a quintessential part of the British new wave scene, known […]
Interview: Daniel Borzutzky and The Murmuring Grief of the Americas
Conducted by Binx Perino I learned of Daniel Borzutzky’s work after reading Lake Michigan (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019). I had just moved to Chicago and was interested in the […]
Events: The Black Lagoon at The Parlour at Albion Manor
The Parlour at Albion Manor, an upstairs portion of the bar and restaurant, has a completely different vibe than the downstairs on a normal evening. Come October 1, when you […]
Chicago Is Lit: Printers Row Lit Fest and More September Events
Avid book lovers can be a solitary bunch—after all, it’s hard to lug our stacks (and stacks) of books around a party. But that is exactly what’s about to go […]
Dispatch: A Glorious Day for Jazz on Saturday in Millennium Park.
Chicago is so rich with talent and artistry that performers from every genre gravitate here, especially in blues and jazz. A kernel of each was brought here from the South […]
Dear Cinnamon: Not Too Cool to Take a Shot
Dear Cinnamon is a monthly column based on the idea that all of life’s questions can be answered by art, because, after all, art is the spice of life. To […]
Dispatch: Chicago Jazz Festival Brings the Hot and Cool to Millennium Park
This year’s Chicago Jazz Festival brings a cornucopia of talent to our fabulous city. This year, the variety of artists and styles of jazz promise something for everyone from fledgling […]