Ellen Fairey knows Chicago. She knows and replicates its sights, sounds and cultural wrinkles in Support Group for Men at the Goodman Theatre, directed by Kimberly Senior. For 95 minutes, Fairey […]
The Steam Summer Sale is upon us again. Sometimes, I feel like it’s a bust–every year I buy way too many games, with few ever hooking me. It was mostly […]
My phone was either lost in the depths of the sand or stolen in Mamby’s DJ tent during Duke Dumont; some would say this would be a hindrance to me […]
Hoagie sent me the unmastered version of the album a few months ago, but the new Sonny Falls LP is finally officially coming out next month! I’ve written about the […]
July has just begun and Chicago is already a couple heatwaves deep into this summer. If you’re jonesing for better A/C than your third-floor walk-up can muster, knock out a […]
After the tectonic cultural shift that was Black Panther and the world-breaking climax of Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel’s final film of 2018 will probably be something of a relief to […]
July has finally arrived in Chicago—and with it an increased likelihood that we’ll all become the unwilling victims of gruesome, debilitating heat waves. If you need something to do while […]
Chicago Police shot and seriously wounded a 17 year-old boy Monday night on the city’s South Side. Police allege that Kevon Purell approached an officer’s vehicle that was parked at […]
The first thing that struck me walking into the building that houses Trace, a four-story art installation created by Chinese artist and activist Ai WeiWei, was the stark stone staircase […]
The last time I was in Chicago’s House of Vans was last October, when I waited in line for 2 hours to watch The National play a cohesive set that had […]
Red Faction has traditionally been about destruction in one form or another. Way back to the original, it was about destructible terrain. 2009’s Red Faction: Guerrilla, however, changed the formula up […]
P.A.M.E.L.A. released on Steam Early Access early last year, and despite early mixed reviews, has made several strides towards winning its intended audience. Now, I hadn’t played P.A.M.E.L.A. until the […]
