Gorillaz are Coming! Gorillaz are Coming!
It’s highly unusual for Gorillaz to put out two albums within a year of each other, but it’s unheard of for them to have tour stops in Chicago two years […]
June at Midwest Independent Film Festival: The Charming, Musical Saints Rest
The first Tuesday of every month is a special night for Chicago film fans. Where a typical film festival presents all its selections in a truncated timeline—a long weekend or […]
Vic Mensa Kicks Off This Summer’s Vans House Parties
As the days get warmer and the nights get shorter, Chicago kicks into full summer mode with concerts and festivals all across the city. To start things off right, the […]
Fresh Start to Your Week: 5/4 – 5/6
There’s no use in sitting around and moping after hours because it’s the start of the working week. Get out there and discover all the fun events happening in the […]
Rauner Approves State Budget for the First Time as Governor
For the first time since he took office, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner approved a full budget on Monday afternoon at a press event at the Thompson Center in Chicago. “Today […]
Illinois Gubernatorial Race Tops $200 Million in Fundraising
Billionaire gubernatorial candidate JB Pritkzer surpassed Governor Bruce Rauner in campaign fundraising over the weekend after donating $25 million more into his campaign fund, bringing his war chest up to […]
Review: Trap Door’s Monsieur d’Eon Is a Woman Dazzles With Gender Questions
Trap Door Theatre takes on the contemporary issue of gender identity with the story of a famous soldier, diplomat and spy in 18th century France. Chevalier Charles-Genevieve-Louise-Auguste-Andre-Thimothee d’Eon had a distinguished […]
What to Watch on the Small Screen: June 2018
June marks the beginning of summer—a perfect excuse, in other words, to put off work and catch up on some good movies. Here are our recommendations for what to stream […]
Review: Red Faction Guerilla Re-Mars-tered Invites you to Wreak Havoc on Mars All Over Again
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: Guerilla, however, changed the formula […]
Interview: Gates McFadden, Host of This Weekend’s Juggernaut Film Festival at The Music Box Theatre
This weekend, Chicago is celebrating science fiction and fantasy film with the Juggernaut Film Festival at the Music Box Theatre. Now in its sixth year, this festival is being put […]
Review: Overload is Made for Nostalgics and No One Else
Revival Productions is an apt name for a group of developers trying to bring back an entire subgenre. The six degrees of freedom shooter has all but died out since […]
Review: An Amazing Evening with the Mountain Goats
[soliloquy id=”28939″] “Hi, we’re the Mountain Goats,” John Darnielle stated cheerfully at the beginning of Tuesday’s sold out concert at the Old Town School of Folk Music. This is a […]