Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 3/21 and Beyond
It’s the penultimate weekend of this very long March! Some chilly weather is ahead of us but the events won’t let that stop them! Markets, concerts, food, movies, tattoos and […]
Interview: Elizabeth Flock Explores Women Versus the World in New Book, The Furies
Interview and article by Katherine Frazer. The Furies: Women, Vengeance, and Justice tells the story of three women across the globe, all united in their search for justice against their […]
Dispatch: SXSW Film & TV Festival Includes Three Major Actioners in Marquee Screenings, To Varying Degrees of Success
This dispatch was written by guest author Zachary Lee. Action films dominated this year’s Headliners section at the SXSW Film & TV Festival in Austin, Texas. This dispatch reviews three […]
Interview: In Late Night With the Devil, David Dastmalchain Steps Into a Leading Role, Bringing His Chicago Acting Chops With Him
David Dastmalchian is a journeyman actor whose visibility and popularity have been on the rise since his role as Thomas Schiff in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight (which made his […]
Review: Hurray for the Riff Raff Puts on One Colossus of a Show at Lincoln Hall
It’s a funny thing really… Just one month ago, my innocent ears had never heard one microsecond of anything by Hurray For The Riff Raff, but there I was one […]
Lollapalooza Turns 20 This August with SZA, Tyler the Creator, Blink 182 & More
We’re in the latter half of March and for festival lovers that mean that Lollapalooza is set to release their lineup! The now and likely forevermore four-day monster of a […]
Review: Love and Longing Are in the Spotlight in City Lit’s Two Hours in a Bar
City Lit Theater has a long and illustrious history in Chicago starting in 1979. They take works of literature and make them into staged works. They are often musicals or […]
Interview: Poet Hannah V. Warren on Apocalypse and Digging Up the Past
In the humid loam of a Jurassic-era feeling Southern United States, poet Hannah V. Warrendebuts her collection, Slaughterhouse for Old Wives’ Tales (Sundress Publications, January2024). Betraying the old adage, you […]
Review: What the Weird Sisters Saw by Idle Muse Reenvisions Macbeth Through the Eyes of Its Most Elusive Characters
Reminiscent of the Three Fates of Greek mythology and famous for their incantation, “Double, double, toil and trouble,” the weird sisters of Macbeth are an iconic trio. But what does the world […]
Review: Bill W. and Dr. Bob Is an Inspirational Play for Its AA Community
I was sitting in the lobby of the theater, waiting for the house to open. The lobby was crowded with people, chatting. A man came up to me and said, “Young […]
Review: The Strokes Return to Chicago in Support of Kina Collins
Back in 2022, Kina Collins put her best effort into her IL-07 Congressional campaign as she brought her friends and legendary rock band to Metro for a fundraiser. Collins, who […]
Review: Lenny Bruce Lives Again in I’m Not a Comedian… I’m Lenny Bruce at the Biograph Theater
Cancel culture started with Lenny Bruce. His mother, standup comic and entertainer Sally Marr, encouraged him to emcee his first show in 1947 where he found his calling. Bruce practically […]