“You don’t have to waste your time/Hiking up a hundred hills/You don’t have to, but I will”-“Husbands” “When I went deaf I used my eyes/They stood me in line ‘til […]
The Chicago International Film Festival begins its full week of screenings on Monday, October 20; here are the highlights our film critics recommend in the coming days. Follow along for all our […]
The lights come up and a fight begins. A Recruit chooses to fight an officer as a test of her fitness to join the Army. Members of the Army look […]
Ear Taxi Festival 2025 continued its run of excellence with an Anchor Performance by the Chicago Philharmonic at Harris Theater on Saturday night. Under the direction of Scott Speck, Marta […]
No Kings protests made Saturday an auspicious day across the nation, and the perfect way to wind down was a dance concert by Giordano Dance Chicago (GDC). Ignite the Soul […]
One of the many alluring things about River North’s Zg Gallery is that it is in open view from the outside. As you walk past the gallery on Superior, the […]
Across its first weekend (Saturday, October 18, and Sunday, October 19) the Chicago International Film Festival features several highly anticipated films with some of the year’s best performances; here are […]
As part of the 2025-26 season, the Lyric Opera Chicago presents Coco In Concert Live to Film, where the Lyric Opera Orchestra plays the entirety of the film’s score during […]
It´s easy to understand why one might be hesitant about watching Truth & Treason. It deals with too many hot-button issues, and could easily come across as preachy or politically […]
It would appear one of the hottest tickets for an actor these days is a Luca Guadagnino gig: Daniel Craig recently starred in Queer; Challengers featured Zendaya and Josh O’Connor; […]
With Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä at the podium, an expanded Chicago Symphony Orchestra gave dramatic and exciting performances of two symphonic gems by French composer Hector Berlioz on Thursday […]
In an alternate universe, singer-songwriter Brian Dunne’s latest album, Clams Casino, was a multiplatinum hit in the early 1980s, widely heralded as a cushy McCartney-esque masterpiece. Despite the throwback vibe […]
