Review: Chicago Philharmonic Revives the Roar of Marvel’s Black Panther for Juneteenth
The Chicago Theatre started out as a movie palace that could hold more than 3000 viewers for the silent films that were all the rage. It was normal for a […]
Review: The Strokes Energize Metro in Support of Candidate Kina Collins
It’s been a little over 20 years since The Strokes stopped by the Metro stage, right at the height of their Is This It release. That album is filled with […]
Review: Let’s Do It Again – Rufus Sings Judy at City Winery
On April 23, 1961, superstar Judy Garland launched yet another of her legendary comebacks and appeared on stage at Carnegie Hall. Subsequently called “the Greatest Night in Showbiz,” her performance […]
Review: Chris Hemsworth Is Sinister and Polished in Spiderhead, But the Film Dances Around Bigger Issues
Spiderhead is a fim adapted from Escape From Spiderhead, a New Yorker short story by George Saunders.
Glitch Art and the Surreal—a Look at 鬼鎮 (Ghosttown) Spirit Simulator, the Newest Exhibit at Chicago Gamespace, and a Conversation with Jonathan Kinkley
The curator for Chicago Gamespace loves video games. You can tell by the way he talks about them—and not just the games you know, but games that defy boundaries and […]
Review: Lightyear Reverse-Engineers the Buzz Toy and Creates an Entertaining Science-Fiction Adventure
There’s nostalgia mining, and then there’s Lightyear, the latest animated work from Pixar that technically isn’t a prequel or origin story or any of the other labels people seem eager to […]
Review: Ensemble Español Brings Andalusian Rhythm and Soul with Flamenco Passion
Review of a flamenco performance based in Spanish history.
Review: Redout 2 Is Slow to Get Off the Line
I love racing games—especially the futuristic type of super speed racers that seemed to be inspired by F-Zero. There is definitely a demand for spaceship looking cars careening through space, […]
Nightmare on Huron Street: Seven Hours in the ER
Yep. ER = Emergency Room. Not a place you want to spend time but if you have to go there, be prepared—to spend time. I had a late night medical […]
Review: Anne-Sophie Mutter and Lina González-Granados Exhibit Brilliance With the CSO
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra succeeded in a tall order on Thursday night: turning a major work that has often left me wanting into a thing of abject beauty. To accomplish […]
3CR’s Guide to Record Store Day June Drop in Chicago and Beyond
It’s time for another Record Store Day! Since COVID-19 forced the annual day of record store celebration to split into three in 2020 and two editions last year, things have […]
Review: Cha Cha Real Smooth, On Learning the Dance Steps as You Go
Filmmaker Cooper Raiff (Shithouse) is only 24 years old, yet he’s delivered one of the most emotionally mature, fully formed dramas of this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Cha Cha Real […]