Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 9/11 and Beyond
Guess that cool front was just a little blip of refreshing weather as the next week is going to be filled with 80+ temps! All the better for all the […]
Review: Fall in Love with the Cosmic Romantics at the Den Theatre
When Elizabeth Messick, the more attractive half of the magical duo the Cosmic Romantics—that’s straight out of her partner Eric Thirstin’s introduction, not my own editorializing—first appears on stage during […]
Preview: Chicago Welcomes The CheckOut, a New Performance Space for Contemporary Classical Music
This weekend, Chicago’s north side will welcome a new performance space intended for contemporary classical chamber music. Formed by Access Contemporary Music, The CheckOut is turning a long-vacant 7-Eleven into […]
Review: Come to Laurel Chicago in the Talbott Hotel for a Feta Fete
Laurel Chicago, a Mediterranean-inspired restaurant located downstairs in the Talbott Hotel in Streeterville, presents a beautiful fare. Our server, Alexis, had great recommendations and took the lead in our culinary […]
Review: Ryan Center Artists Light Up Sunday in the Park With Lyric at Millennium Park
Sunday, September 7, was a memorable evening. The Corn Moon waxed full, hung in the clear over the lake. The temperature was cool with a nip of autumn to come. […]
Review: American Blues Theater’s Things With Friends Is an Irritating Mess
Things With Friends, the newest play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Kristoffer Diaz, directed by Dexter Bullard, makes its debut at American Blues Theater. It’s a surrealist, climate anxiety comedy of […]
Review: Eclectic Full Contact Theatre’s Refracted Light Tackles Mental Health in Family Drama
“Whenever I walk down a street, I find myself fascinated by the glow of windows and the curtains drawn across them, knowing that behind each one lives a world of […]
Interview: Discourse x Urbanbelly Continue Residency That Introduces the New Art of Coffee
Ryan Castelaz isn’t one to do things along a projected plan or path. All about playfulness, passion, and creating story, Discourse Coffee’s CEO gave me, and the patrons coming up […]
Review: The Fabric Closest to Our Skin, The Virtues of Underwear, by Nina Edwards
In Jane Russell’s first movie role in 1943, her bra was the star, even though it barely seemed to be there. The publicity posters for The Outlaw, directed by Howard […]
Interview: The Voice’s bodie on Being a Singer, Songwriter, and Stuntman
When Bodie Kuljian took the stage during blind auditions for NBC’s The Voice in 2022, it took just 20 seconds for Blake Shelton to press his button to indicate his […]
Review: The American Chamber Music Society Shows Off its Inner Voices at PianoForte Studio
The American Chamber Music Society introduced its second season with a radiant concert at PianoForte Studio in the South Loop on Saturday night. Headed by Chicago-based violinist Eric Gratz, ACMS […]
Interview: Filmmaker Bing Liu on Preparation for the Next Life, Casting a Uyghur Lead Actor, and Telling Immigration Stories
Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Bing Liu’s (Minding the Gap) latest film, Preparation for the Next Life, is about Uyghur migrant Aishe (newcomer Sebiye Behtiyar) living in New York City and […]