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Preview: Neptune’s Core Makes It Easy to Love “Lemon Car”

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Review: City Lit’s New Musical Scaramouche Thrives on Comedy and Theatrical Flair

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Preview: Shedd Aquarium Opens New 4D-Experience Theater Where You Can Visit the World of Penguins, Sharks and Oct opuses

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Review: At Young People’s Theatre, The Hula Hoopin’ Queen Sings With Joy and Energy

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Review: In The Running Man, Glen Powell Is an Everyman Fighting to Change the Distorted, Dystopian System

If you’ve only seen the 1987 adaptation of Stephen King’s The Running Man and never read the 1982 novel (originally published under King’s pseudonym Richard Bachman, but written in 1973), […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 14, 2025
    • Dialogs , Lit , Live lit events , Nonfiction , Review , Stages , Talk show

    Dialogs: Jill Lepore’s Book We the People Tells Us Why Our Constitution Needs an Overhaul

    I like to think of Jill Lepore sitting down at her desk to plan her new book on the US Constitution. We don’t need just another history, she thinks. There […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • November 14, 2025
    • Lit , Poetry

    Poetry: Coin of the Realm (1793–2025)

    We hardly knew ye Or at the very least we took you for granted Even though your pedigree runs deep Alexander Hamilton gave you birth Despite your modesty You meant […]

  • June Sawyers
  • November 14, 2025
    • Lit , Poetry

    Review: The Ghost of Yeats in a Wine Bar: Jessie McCarty’s Pretty Punks

    Reviewed by Tori Rego To talk about Pretty Punks by Jessie McCarty, it is necessary to talk about W.B. Yeats. Like many, I’d venture to guess, I had not experienced […]

  • Tori Rego
  • November 14, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Known for Taking Risks, Nicolas Cage Attempts the Greatest Story…as a Horror Film…in The Carpenter’s Son

    It’s hardly breaking news that Nicolas Cage has starred in some doozies over his long career. But I’ll fully admit, it’s because an actor of his caliber still takes a […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 13, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Family Legacy and Italian Truffle Country at the Center of Melancholy but Authentic Trifole

    Combining a family drama with the world’s obsession with truffles and truffle hunting (it’s a thing, trust me), filmmaker Gabriele Fabbro (The Grand Bolero) brings us Trifole, the story of […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 13, 2025
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    Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 11/13 and Beyond

    It’s mid November and all the end-of-year holiday festivities are starting to trickle in during this relatively warm weekend! Ice skating, holiday lights, and winter markets filled with gift ideas […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • November 13, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Tin Drum Theatre’s The Unseen Dazzles and Disturbs

    It seems there’s a goldrush for plays people sense might be prescient or “timely.” Which in 2025 means shows that predict devastation and authoritarian nightmares. Tin Drum Theatre Company’s The […]

  • Adam Kaz
  • November 12, 2025
    • Classical , Opera , Review , Stages

    Review: Echoes of Excellence Carries the Legacy of Black Artists in Opera

    Some of the finest singers in opera today performed last Saturday on the newly christened Robert and Penelope Steiner Parquet at the Civic Opera House. The concert was a product […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • November 12, 2025
    • Food

    Avoid Your Oven This Thanksgiving; Chicago Restaurants Are Ready to Cater (or Host) Your Holiday

    As we careen full-steam ahead into the holiday season, it can all start to feel like quite a lot. If you’re looking for ways to minimize effort and yet still […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • November 12, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Filmmaker Gabe Polsky Brings New Documentary The Man Who Saves the World? to Hometown Chicago for Special Screenings

    “Patrick is probably the most extraordinary person I’ve met.” — Jane Goodall The above quote was made about Patrick McCollum, whose list of jobs, experiences, and titles is not only lengthy, […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 11, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Starring Joel Edgerton as a Man Confronting Change, Train Dreams Wrestles with Nature, Progress and Loss

    I sometimes think about the shrinking of our world. Each leap in transportation—trains, cars, planes—has made trips shorter and less significant, sapping our sense of wonder. Werner Herzog once said, […]

  • Anthony Miglieri
  • November 11, 2025
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