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

by Julian Ramirez
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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

by Nancy S Bishop
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Review: Second City’s Pandemonium, Please Hold Is Hilarious Musical Mayhem

by Anthony Cusumano
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Review: An Evening With David Byrne Is An Evening to Remember at the Auditorium Theatre

It’s been 50 years since David Byrne first introduced his trademark brand of quirky pop-punk/world music fusion to audiences as the frontman of Talking Heads—note the lack of “the” in […]

  • Anthony Cusumano
  • November 3, 2025
    • Classical , Music , Reviews

    Review: An Exuberant Nova Linea Musica Evening with Owls at Guarneri Hall

    I felt an extra sense of excitement about going to Guarneri Hall on a windy evening. Nova Linea Musica presents the finest chamber music experience in Chicago, and the performers […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • November 2, 2025
    • Jazz , Music

    Review: Herbie Hancock Is Still a Jazz Master in His Fifth Symphony Center Performance

    Herbie Hancock landed in Chicago for his fifth appearance in a Symphony Center Presents Jazz performance. His band included another jazz master, Terence Blanchard on the trumpet, James Genus on […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • November 1, 2025
    • Classical , Music , Reviews

    Review: Muti Leads the CSO Through a Rousing Performance of Dvořák, Hindemith, and Strauss Jr.

    Maestro Riccardo Muti returned to Symphony Center to lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through a rousing program of 19th and 20th century music on Thursday evening. Following an overture by […]

  • Louis Harris
  • November 1, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Different Sort of Crime Family in Violent Ends, Part Crime Procedural, Part Tale of Vengeance

    There are different kinds of crime families. There are the ones we’re more familiar with who live in big cities, dress to the nines, and influence everything from the police […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 31, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Colin Farrell and Tilda Swinton Star in Ballad of a Small Player, a Gambling Drama with Little Payout

    Capturing on film a high-stakes gambler’s inner workings, let alone a degenerate gambler with seemingly no bottom in which to bottom out, is tough for any filmmaker—and many have tried. […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 31, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Creates Tension, Sympathy in It Was Just an Accident, a Story of Survival and Revenge

    Winner of the 2025 Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival’s top honor, It Was Just an Accident is the latest from Iranian writer/director Jafar Panahi (who previously won the award for […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • October 31, 2025
    • Fiction , Lists , Lit

    Horror Stories: Abbott and Costello Meet the Crazy Mixed-Up Featured Creatures from Planet X

    Welcome to the sixth installment of Third Coast Review’s Featured Creatures, in which we ask Midwestern horror authors to recommend writers, artists, musicians, and stories that deserve more attention. Find […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 31, 2025
    • Front page

    Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 10/30 and Beyond

    It’s the day before Halloween and there are so many fun events ready to make this fall weekend a blast! Take in the last few hours of Halloween goodness before […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • October 30, 2025
    • Fiction , Interviews , Lit , Nonfiction

    Interview: Becky Siegel Spratford’s New Anthology Asks Horror Authors Why They Love Their Genre

    Horror authors are often asked where they get all their wonderful, horrible ideas, but rarely why they get them. Librarian Becky Siegel Spratford wondered about this herself. Since 2007, she’s […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 30, 2025
    • Preview , Stages , Theater

    Preview: “It’s All Inside Your Head, But Is Any of It Real?” Theater of the Mind, Co-Created by David Byrne, to Open Next March

    Chicago will have a new entertainment space that will enable you to “step into a new world of totally different experiences” from those you usually find in a theater or […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • October 30, 2025
    • Interviews , Opera , Stages

    Interview: Maestro Enrique Mazzola Shares his Vision for the Lyric Opera of Chicago

    Maestro Enrique Mazzola is now entering his 5th year as music director and conductor of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Mazzola is the third music director since Bruno Bartoletti, when […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • October 30, 2025
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