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Review: The Mammals We Share Our State With, Field Guide to Illinois Mammals, by Joyce E. Hofmann

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Review: John Carney’s Latest Music Movie Power Ballad Is a Slight yet Heartfelt Tribute to Songwriting and Finding One’s Voice

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Review: Allison Janney and Andrew Rannells Center the Bittersweet Yet Charming Grief Dramedy Miss You, Love You

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Review: World War II Docudrama Pressure Recounts 72 Hours—and a Weather Forecast—that Changed History

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Preview: Riot Fest Reveals Big 2026 Lineup Featuring Tool, Alanis Morissette, and More

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Quick Spins: Blackwater Holylight, Vienna Vienna, Ulrika Spacek, Dust Bunnies, Blood People, and Ashes and Diamonds

Quick Spins takes a quick look at recently released albums to make certain you’re listening to all the quality music being released these days. And with today being Bandcamp Friday, […]

  • Jim Kopeny / Tankboy
  • February 6, 2026
    • Jazz , Music , Pop , Reviews , Venues

    Review: Patti LuPone at the Auditorium—a Warm Welcome on a Cold Night

    It was a cold Saturday night when Patti LuPone returned to Chicago. But LuPone brought a warm message in a revised edition of Matters of the Heart, the concert piece […]

  • Doug Mose
  • February 6, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Horror Film Whistle Finds Scares Are Familiar Genre Tropes With a Solid Young Cast

    One of these days, horror movies are going to run out of cursed objects to trigger deaths after a certain number of days. But until that time comes, welcome to […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 6, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: As Mockumentaries Go, The Moment Lacks the Awareness Needed To Be In on the Charli xcx Frenzy

    I have no doubt that being a successful, touring pop star can be extremely stressful. So when Charli xcx’s album brat ended up being a massive hit (her biggest commercial […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 6, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Dispatch: One Last Sundance in Park City, One Last Round of Film Reviews

    Enjoy our latest dispatch from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival…. Next year, it will be Boulder. Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie One of the strongest docs at Sundance […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 6, 2026
    • Beer and wine , Cafes and restaurants , Food , Interviews

    Interview: Stevan Miller Gives Us the Inside Scoop on His World as a Beverage Director for Three Chicago Restaurants

    It’s no secret that Chicago has some of the best food in the world, but it is also home to some of the best bars, cocktail lounges, speakeasies, and more. […]

  • Elizabeth Deneff
  • February 6, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Dispatch: As Sundance Film Festival Winds Down, On-Screen Discoveries Abound

    Enjoy our latest dispatch from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival…. Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! If Sundance Film Festival is about discoveries, a film like Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! Surely fits […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • February 5, 2026
    • Front page

    Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 2/5 and Beyond

    It’s a whole new month with tons of exciting events ready to fill up your weekend! We’re at the final weekend of Chicago Restaurant Week, first weekend of the Chicago […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • February 5, 2026
    • Events , Fiction , Lit , Live lit events , Poetry

    Chicago Is Lit: February Literary Events, News, and More

    Third Coast Review writer Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch is stepping away from writing the Chicago Is Lit column, though she will continue to contribute to TCR. In the meantime, Lit editor […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • February 4, 2026
    • Games & Tech , Review , Reviews

    Review: Cairn—A Brutal, Beautiful Struggle Against the Mountain

    We are, seemingly, in the middle of a climbing game renaissance. Following the meditative flow of Jusant in 2023 and the high-stakes co-op of 2025’s Peak, Cairn arrives to offer yet another […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • February 4, 2026
  • Makari Robinson-McNeese as “Abner” and Shenise Brown as “Sara” in CONFEDERATES from Redtwist Theatre, now playing through March 8.
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Redtwist Theatre’s Confederates Navigates Nuanced Conversations in Two Eras

    It’s evening, and Sandra (Monique Marshaun) is alone in her office. She pulls out a bottle of wine and is set to unwind until co-worker and assistant professor Jade (Toccara […]

  • Lauren Katz
  • February 4, 2026
    • Children's theater , Puppet theater , Review , Stages

    Review: Roald Dahl’s The Enormous Crocodile—A Family Delight With Ingenious Puppetry

    The Enormous Crocodile by the Roald Dahl Story Company is adapted from Dahl’s 1978 book about a greedy crocodile that wants to eat children. This gigantic creature is rumbling through the […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • February 4, 2026
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