I grew up watching shows like Ed Sullivan and American Bandstand. The most memorable act was the Ike and Tina Turner Revue. The Ikettes formed a backdrop to the long-legged […]

The Inspired Home Show, or #TIHS23 (formerly known as the International Home and Housewares Show) is a pretty big deal. Not only has the show been hosted in Chicago since […]

Before I start my review, I just want to make something clear: unlike most reviews, I wasn’t there because the venue or the performance group offered me a comp ticket […]

For reasons I’ll never understand, I have a deep affection for bad disaster movies, and in any given month, there are an assortment to choose from. Because I know I […]

From director Matt Smukler comes an unusual coming-of-age drama about a teenage girl named Bea Johnson (real first name: Bambi, played by Kiernan Shipka), who opens the film in a […]

Netflix had a banner year for animated films in 2022, including the Oscar-nominated The Sea Beast and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, which ended up with the Academy Award for Best […]

I first saw Sloan in the mid-‘90s, and have seen most every tour they’ve played since then. The most remarkable thing about the band is that they haven’t picked up […]

If you needed me to give you an accurate, detailed summary of the plot for the Shazam! sequel, Fury of the Gods, well I’d probably die of old age and […]

With the rampant popularity of true-crime stories in all possible mediums, it’s no surprise that the tale of the so-called Boston Strangler finally makes it to a movie screen, loaded […]

The Riviera Theatre is a handful of years into its second century in Chicago and I guarantee you it’s never seen a professional whistler open for one of indie’s most […]

Much of the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations happened last weekend, but Friday is actually 3/17 and there are still tons of amazing concerts, markets, and shows of all kinds are […]

I’m no pinball wizard, but I’ve always been fascinated by pinball machines. There’s something incredibly satisfying about all of the electro-mechanical sounds along with the tactile feeling of hitting a […]