December means holiday parties and traveling to see family and last-minute gift shopping…any free time you may have is quickly filled up by the demands of the season. If, by […]

This review was written by guest author Matthew Nerber. When we first meet Daje, the subject of Jeremy S. Levine and Landon Van Soest’s heartbreakingly sincere documentary For Ahkeem, she […]

Doctor Who has been around forever. Long before you could find a TARDIS shirt at the mall, it had left an indelible mark on the landscape of British TV. It predates […]

  The original Hand of Fate was a fun mashup of a deck-building style trading card game meshed with combat reminiscent of the Batman Arkham series. In practice Hand of […]

Sitting in the audience at the thoroughly impeccable Chicago premiere of Lizzie, it is easy to forget that this production is also the Chicago premiere of the newly christened Firebrand […]

It’s finally December – the only time of year (aside from summer) when you can safely let your binge-watching desires run amok. Here are our monthly recommendations for what’s worth […]

There is something particularly special about Red Bull Sound Select’s 30 Days in Chicago. Every show I’ve had the pleasure of going to in the series has been handled with […]

The question I’ve been asked the most since I caught the “work-in-progress” world premiere of The Disaster Artist at the SXSW Film Festival back in March has been a variation […]

It’s unavoidable now. December is here and the holiday festivities are in full swing! So instead of lamenting the same old Christmas music and shining decorations, embrace it in this […]

The Chicago Media Project (CMP) has announced the Chicago premiere of the new Netflix documentary Voyeur on, Nov. 30, at the Davis Theater in Lincoln Square, part of their Dinner […]

By Johanna Vargas “Inspired to build new neural pathways”; that is precisely the mission with which I left Circus in Progress, The Actors Gymnasium’s annual fundraiser. The cabaret-style circus art showcase […]

Now that the turkey’s gone and the pumpkin pie a memory, it’s time to get in the full swing of the holiday season. The Magnificent Mile’s had its lighting and […]