Culinary Gifts That Won’t Fill Your Cabinets
I love a kitchen gift, but I already have the best fish spatula, every appliance one could wish for, and what is known as an investment whisk. So, when it […]
Review: Wizard of Oz Rarities Are Still Magical Off Screen in The Land of Oz: Beyond the Page at the Driehaus Museum
The Richard Driehaus Museum is a repository of decorative arts and Gilded Age treasures. I covered A Nativity Tribute last year at the Murphy Auditorium, featuring stained-glass windows and throne […]
Preview: Where Is The Cool? Gets Answered at Aragon Ballroom
Where are all the bands these days? Where is rock and roll going? These are common questions posed about the viability or relevance of rock music. Well, apparently, the folks […]
Review: Social Media-Centric Thriller Influencers Returns to Familiar Characters for More Timely (and Bloody) Online Drama
Returning for round two in the troubling adventures of CW (Cassandra Naud), writer/director Kurtis David Harder brings us Influencers, the sequel to the surprisingly effective story set in the world […]
Review: Bryan Fuller’s Dust Bunny Spins a Twisted Fairy Tale of Monsters, Murder, and Mikkelsen
After years of boundary-pushing success in television, writer/director Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies, multiple Star Trek series) finally gets a crack at his first feature film with the darkly inventive […]
Review: Ella McCay, the Latest from Accomplished Writer/Director James L. Brooks, Is a Letdown of a Modern Political Comedy
In such indisputable modern classics as Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, and As Good As it Gets, writer/director James L. Brooks profiled the lives of deeply flawed characters with good […]
Review: Chicago Opera Theater Delves Into Salieri’s Falstaff With a White Lotus Vibe
The Chicago Opera Theater, a much-enjoyed cultural institution, performs works from the corners of history that have been forgotten or have not received their due recognition. COT commissions and stages […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 12/11 and Beyond
We’re just about half way through the final month of the year and this is surely a jam-packed weekend! Tons of concerts, markets and winter-themed festivities going on to make […]
Review: Murder Girl in Milwaukee Becomes an Unlikely Holiday Hit
One addition to Milwaukee’s holiday entertainment roster this season has nothing to do with dancing nutcrackers or elderly English moneylenders. Instead, the cast of Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s Murder Girl by […]
Third Coast Curates: Chicago Culture Packs — Support Third Coast Review Today
It’s that time of year: we’re reaching out to you, our readers, because we know you appreciate what we do and want us to be able to keep doing it. […]
Review: South Chicago Dance Theatre Exopresses the Raw Emotions of Loss Through Lamentations of Peace
South Chicago Dance Theatre (SCDT) is in season 9 and continues to dance close to the edge. Founder Kia S. Smith choreographed Lamentations of Peace with a narrative of the […]
Review: A Year With Frog and Toad Delights Kids and Parents at Young People’s Theatre
A Year With Frog and Toad may not be a holiday play but it is a celebration of friendship throughout the seasons, from the moment the two friends wake from […]