Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 9/6 – 9/9
Summer season is technically over, but that doesn’t mean the fun events go away! There’s still plenty to do and a little rain shouldn’t scare you off. Concerts, comedy, crafts, […]
Review: Jordanna Brings Top Local Talent and a Dazzling Set to First Headlining Gig at Schubas
A four-bill show at Schubas Tavern on Labor Day Eve felt like a giant, warm hug. Carefully curated by Chicago R&B headliner Hayley Jordanna (“Jordanna”), the lineup featured local, genre-bending […]
Preview: Matt Mays Will Bring a Hell of a Time to Schubas
Matt Mays has had a pretty great and storied musical career. Mays started out with The Guthries, a Canadian country rock group, before embarking on an excellent solo career that […]
Review: Tres Bandidos Reaches for the Sky and Hits the Mark
If you’re familiar with the concept of a bottle episode of a TV show, you might also know how notoriously difficult they can be for writers. Bottle episodes keep a […]
The Fire at Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro, The Field Museum, and the Treasures in Our Own Backyard
The first thing I thought of when I first heard the news of the devastating fire at the Museu Nacional in Rio de Janeiro was something I saw in one of the […]
The Chicago Video Gamers Club is Great for Social Gamers
I Play Games (IPG) is an organization we’ve become familiar with at video game events around the city, from Bitbash to C2E2 and even out in Milwaukee for the Midwest Gaming […]
Rahm Emanuel Will Not Seek Re-election
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will not seek a third term. Emanuel made the stunning announcement Tuesday morning in a hastily drawn together press conference on the 5th floor of City […]
Interview: Kin Filmmakers (And Twin Brothers) On How Their Short Film Became a Feature That Could Launch a Franchise
In 2014, Australian-born twin brothers Jonathan and Josh Baker wrote and directed the short film Bag Man, about a 12-year-old, African-American boy who leaves his home in Harlem carrying only […]
Review: Ninjin: Clash of Carrots is Bursting at the Seams with Style and Charm
One of my favorite games of all time is Castle Crashers. The satisfaction of beating the snot out of goons with over-the-top weapons and magic, and then using the experience and […]
Review: Scorched Tundra Fest Brings a New Side of Metal to Empty Bottle
This weekend the Empty Bottle hosted back-to-back soldout shows for the annual Scorched Tundra festival. Since 2011, Alexi Front has been curating and highlighting some of the most innovative acts […]
Interview: Searching Filmmakers on How FaceTime, Angelina Jolie and Saying No Made The Film Possible
I’ll admit, I did this interview so long ago, I almost forgot I’d done it. But when reviews began to pop up for the exciting screen-centric, missing-person thriller Searching, I […]
Review: Ultimate Fishing Simulator is a Good Catch With Few Snags
There was a time I considered myself a hobby fisherman. I wasn’t crazy about it, but it was something I liked to do throughout my 20s. Eventually life caught up […]