Review: Through the Lens of Frank Styburski: Stunning Photos of Household Objects
Most of us don’t pay close attention to the visual details of everyday objects that we use in our home. Items such as scissors, spools of thread or clothes hangers […]
Review: Milwaukee Rep Stages World Premiere of Lloyd Suh’s The Heart Sellers
The state of Wisconsin is currently swept up in a slate of new plays, all part of a project called World Premiere Wisconsin. The project, with multiple sources of funding, […]
Review: Griffin Theatre’s Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle Presents a Charming May-December Romance With a Headscratching Title
Georgie and Alex aren’t exactly a matched pair. She’s American, a bit loud and aggressive; she swears a lot and doesn’t seem to be able to tell the truth about […]
Review: Prince Daddy Starts a Chemical Fire at Bottom Lounge
I’m going to start this review by being totally up front with all of you Prince Daddy & The Hyena fans out there with your pitchforks and knives at the […]
Review: A Social Media Novel Not for the Faint-hearted, , by David Scott Hay
If ever a trigger warning was needed, it’s the one for David Scott Hay’s new novel [NSFW], which cautions the reader that the novel includes “sex, drug use, witchcraft, profanity, […]
Review: Return to Seoul Is an Evocative, Moving Search for Identity, Family and Home
With so much content to consume on any given platform on any given day, releasing movies these days is more a labor of love than a business endeavor. Some of […]
Review: Latest Children of the Corn Adaptation Updates Stephen King’s Story but Loses All Its Bite
Admittedly, it’s been a few decades since I read the original Stephen King short story Children of the Corn, which was first adapted into a film in 1984 and spawned […]
Review: Bush Brings Outstanding Showmanship to the Salt Shed
Last year, The Salt Shed debuted their outdoor stage and safe to say, it was fantastic. They successfully managed to capture a festival-like feel and transport it to the their […]
It’s Bandcamp Friday, Let’s Go and Support Some Local Artists!
We’re rushing through the year as we enter a brand new month and that means another round of Bandcamp Friday! At the end of January, Bandcamp announced their 2023 plans […]
Review: In Creed III, a Retired Boxing Champ Faces His Greatest Opponent Yet: His Past
For the first two movies in what is now a trilogy of Creed films about boxer Adonis Creed (played by a distractingly ripped Michael B. Jordan), son of fictional Rocky […]
Review: Alt-Rock Makes a Comeback Via Quarters of Change at Chop Shop
New York natives, Quarters of Change, sold out a Monday night show at the Chop Shop on one of many stops during their Into The Rift tour. The quartet is […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 3/2 and Beyond
It’s the first weekend of March, with plenty of amazing concerts, markets, restaurant weeks, and shows of all kinds are happening all weekend long. While it feels like the pandemic […]