Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 10/19 and Beyond
Let the spooky season continue to roll on! There are so many fun movies and events going on that take advantage of the season we can barely fit them in! […]
Dispatch: A Riotous Whodunit, an Eat-the-Rich Satire and More Continue Screenings at 59th Chicago Int’l Film Festival
Weekday screenings continue at the Chicago International Film Festival, and while some of the event’s most anticipated film screenings have passed, there’s still plenty to see and do. Alien Island […]
The Haunting of Hemingway House: Four Women Writers Make Hemingway’s Childhood Home a Clean, Well-Frighted Place
Note: The event is sold out, but Ernest Hemingway’s Birthplace Museum continues to present tours and weekly events all year round. As the quintessential literary man’s man, it’s easy to […]
Review: Set on a Remote Scottish Island, The Road Dance Is Romantic and Melodramatic
The Road Dance is a sad and romantic film with a too-good-to-be-true ending. Director Richie Adams (Of Mind and Music) seems to want to tie up everything with a blue ribbon, whereas […]
Review: See Spooky Stories with Rough House Theater’s Puppets
Puppeteer Sam Lewis. Puppets by Emilie Wingate and Tom Lee. Photo Credit: Yvette Marie Dostatni
Review: Raven Theatre’s Night Watch Has Vivid Costumes, Pallid Performances
Caftans!!!… Statement Jewelry!!!… Plot-driven Thrillers on Stage!!!… Yes, it’s the ’70s again at Raven Theatre as they present the first show of their 41st season—a revival of Lucille Fletcher’s woman-in-peril […]
Review: The Chicago Philharmonic Blends Classical Overtures with Exquisite Arias from Met Star Ryan Speedo Green
October is Chicago Artist Month, and our city is so fortunate to have what I call treasures with our arts institutions. One of our finest treasures is the Chicago Philharmonic, […]
Review: Music of the Baroque Brings Vivaldi to Life With the Help of Strong Voices
Music of the Baroque Orchestra and Chorus gave a wonderful performance of music by Antonio Vivaldi at Harris Theater on Monday night. In a program entitled Viva Vivaldi, MOB, under […]
Review: A Sparkling, Gritty, and Compassionate Collection, Dona Cleanwell Leaves Home: Stories, by Ana Castillo
The seven stories in Ana Castillo’s sparkling and new, yet gritty and compassionate collection Dona Cleanwell Leaves Home, share several common themes. Ghosts, for one, including a beautiful naked woman […]
Review: Refracted Theatre Drops a Discography on Black Agency and Dystopian Nightmares with Tambo & Bones
Review by Anthony Neri.es Tambo & Bones has come to Chicago, presented by Refracted Theatre Co. at the Den Theatre. It’s dense and thought-provoking like a treatise with a burning thesis, […]
Dispatch: Chicago Int’l Film Fest’s Full Week of Programming Opens with Impressive, Compelling International Filmmaking
The Chicago International Film Festival continues through October 22, and this full week of screenings means there are still dozens of opportunities to see many of the global films selected […]
Last Minute Plans: Psymon Spine Brings Their Indie-Rock Dance Party to Color Club Tonight
Psymon Spine hails from NYC and traffics in the kind of basement dance-party indie rock pioneered by bands like LCD Soundsystem and the sounds familiar to the DFA label. OK, […]