Preview: Check out the Mothergunship Gun Crafting Range Available Today
Bullet hell and Tower of Guns successor Mothergunship is fast. After playing modern shooters for so long, when I got at the controls, I felt like I was driving a […]
Review: Paul Schrader’s First Reformed Is Combustible, Captivating
I’ve been watching a lot of movies for a long time, and yet I’d be the first to admit I have a lot to learn about the movies. I went […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 5/24 – 5/27
It’s Memorial Day Weekend! While many will be out and about traveling for festivities or staying home to grill out with the best of them, some of us are looking […]
New Report Shows Negative Effects of Chicago School Closings
A new report from the University of Chicago’s Consortium on School Research confirmed what many educators, parents, students, and activists long-held about Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s controversial closing of nearly […]
Obama Presidential Library Takes Another Step Forward
The Chicago City Council approved plans Wednesday in a 47-1 vote for the Obama Presidential Library, ignoring concerns of neighborhood residents regarding displacement and gentrification. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who placed […]
City Council Postpones Vote on New Police Academy
The Chicago City Council postponed a planned vote on building a new $95 million police academy Wednesday on the in Garfield Park on Tuesday amid a contentious City Council meeting […]
Preview: Rockefeller Carillon New Music Festival Will Ring Out This Friday and Saturday
The Rockefeller Chapel will be hosting the Carillon New Music Festival this Friday afternoon/evening and all day Saturday. This festival features the world premieres of 16 works, including several commissioned […]
Spring Awakening Music Festival After Parties Keep the Music Going All Night
Spring Awakening Music Festival, which brings all the EDM goodness you could want, is so right around the corner! SAMF will be taking over Addams/Medill Park from June 8th -10th […]
Review: Chicago Celebrates Deeper’s Album Release at the Empty Bottle
The Empty Bottle saw a lot of bottles emptied last Friday. The night wasn’t just a concert; it was a celebration. Local DIY band staple Deeper played their debut album […]
Court Theatre’s The Originalist: Two Legal Intellects Skirmish From Political Extremes
The Originalist profiles one term in the career of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The Court Theatre production, directed by Molly Smith, proves that although Scalia may have been […]
Review: Solo Fits Comfortably into an Ever-Expanding Star Wars Universe
The key to watching any of these “Star Wars Stories”—Rogue One a couple years ago, and now Solo, the tale about how Han Solo started on his journey to become […]
Review: Safe House–Bond. James Bond’s… Boss
It must be rough for the character of M. While 007 galivants around the globe to foil evil plans with a flying car and a few martinis, poor M is […]