Sanders, Biden to Campaign in Illinois Ahead of Primary
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders will hold a rally in Chicago on Saturday, 10 days before Illinoisans head to the polls. Saturday’s afternoon rally in Grant Park will be the first […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 3/5 – 3/8
A new month means new events! Head out there and check out these great readings, concerts, and some dinosaurs! Let’s get on with your curated weekend! THURSDAY, MARCH 5th Chicago […]
Review: Harris Theater Glows and Mourns at the End of the Beethoven 250 Festival
What’s a reviewer to do when he walks in to review a performance of his favorite symphony and the orchestra delivers a magnificent rendition? For one thing, don’t take notes—just […]
Review: Help! The Help Has Disappeared in Congo Square’s “Satirical Fantasy,” Day of Absence
The playwright conceived it as a reverse minstrel show, with black actors playing in whiteface. But Douglas Turner Ward’s Day of Absence is a lot more. As staged by Congo […]
Review: Steppenwolf’s I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Is Nearly Perfect
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is a pretty perfect play, full of youthful exuberance and teen angst, righteous anger and pure joy, and seasoned with tacos and horchata, […]
Review: Piano Trios Highlight Beethoven 250 at Symphony Center
The Beethoven 250 celebrations shifted to Symphony Center Monday night where Emanual Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma put the more genteel side of Ludwig van Beethoven on display. Much […]
Preview: City’s Transit Lifeblood Explored in WTTW’s “Chicago by ‘L’”
Geoffrey Baer’s latest “learn about where you live” offering, “Chicago by ‘L’,” premieres Wednesday, March 4, at 7:30pm on WTTW. The 130-minute special is a fantastic voyage through the bloodstream […]
C2E2 2020 Sunday Panel Catchup
Contributing authors: Aaron Cynic, Antal Bokor, Julian Ramirez, Pearl Shin. Sunday used to be a little bit lackluster when it came to star power and panel panache, but even going […]
Book Review: American Warsaw—The Story of Poles in Chicago
American Warsaw: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Polish Chicago by Dominic A. Pacyga (University of Chicago Press, $27) As Dominic Pacyga notes in his fine book about Chicago’s Polonia, […]
GALLERY: Sunday Cosplay at C2E2 2020
C2E2 has finally come to a close, and once again things are as they were before. Nerds go into the phone booth and come out in their business casual attire, […]
Game Over–C2E2 Day 3 Game Retrospective
It’s all over folks, C2E2 2020 is done and gone, leaving us only with fond memories. It feels like C2E2 gets bigger every year–their game presence certainly has. There was […]
Review: The Ghost in Gadsden’s Garden Cracks the Case with Circus and Storytelling by the Actors Gymnasium
The Ghost in Gadsden’s Garden is a charming tale (part coming-of-age story, part Scooby Doo mystery) of the new kid looking to fit in after having just moved to town […]