Barbara H. Rosenwein’s Winter Dreams: A Historical Guide to Old Age is a deep dive into the feelings humanity has held towards older adults over the last two millennia—as seen through […]
It’s hard to believe that Filipino bakery Del Sur has only been open for five months. Helmed by Chef Justin Tiu Lerias, Del Sur earned rapid, and well deserved, name […]
The final day of the Chicago Jazz Festival had some outstanding up-and-coming performers as well as some legends gracing the stage. This year, I managed to get to the Von […]
Ithaki Estiatorio, Greektown’s newest eatery, had a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 314 S. Halsted at Jackson on Wednesday, August 27, complete with local dignitaries, passed noshes and sips, and a “good […]
It was another fabulous summer day in Chicago with some familiar names on the Pritzker Pavilion stage. First up was Ava Logan, who has been in at least two productions […]
The F*ck House, now being staged by Strawdog Theatre, is a comic coming-of-age story about two 13-year old girls. The world premiere by playwright Susan H. Pak brings us a […]
Eiren Caffall, a Chicago-based author (and musician), had a novel hit bookshelves this year. All the Water in the World was released on January 7, and is the story of […]
The second day of the Chicago Jazz Festival veered into the unexpected for me. The Pritzker Pavilion stage featured an international roster of musicians and singers. Opener Sarah Marie Young […]
I own a car (don’t tell anyone). I live a very car-free life and promote a car-free existence to the point that my children at the age of two were […]
As the summer days begin to cool, there is still the heat from jazz bubbling in Millennium Park. The Chicago Jazz Festival is in its 46th year and is still […]
Marking his feature filmmaking debut, writer/director Alex Russell delivers a fine-tuned examination of ego, stardom and entitlement in Lurker, a thriller where the scariest moments are the ones that ring […]
Based on the 1981 novel The War of the Roses by Warren Adler, The Roses is a new adaptation that moves the action from Washington D.C. to the west coast […]
