Jay-Son Tisa Dance Company Returns to the Stage
After a seven-year hiatus, Jay-Son Tisa Dance Company returns to the Chicago stage February 10. The company plans on making a splash with its return, presenting 15 pieces over the […]
Film Review: The Red Turtle, Magnificently Realized
The natural inclination after watching the Oscar-nominated, timeless, and slightly surrealistic The Red Turtle is to wonder what centuries-old mythology serves as its source material. In truth, this wordless story […]
Film Review: Fifty Shades Darker, Stupid and Loathsome
It’s true what they say: familiarity breeds contempt. And the more I get to know the characters in the Fifty Shades film, the more I find them stupid and loathsome. […]
The Ethereal Vibes of Sampha and Mal Devisa
[soliloquy id=”9526″] Few artists get as much attention as Sampha has gotten in the past few years. Thankfully, he has the talent and character to back it up. Sampha has […]
Film Review – John Wick: Chapter 2, Unflinchingly Brutal
During the course of the first John Wick film (released in 2014), writer Derek Kolstad and first-time director Chad Stahelski (a former stunt man and coordinator) hinted at a vast […]
Film Review: The Lego Batman Movie, Is it Possible to Have Too Much of a Good Thing?
Sitting through the high-energy, brightly colored, million-jokes-per-minute The Lego Batman Movie, I was reminded of a question that I haven’t had the opportunity to ask myself in recent months: Is […]
Northlight’s Faceless A Timely Courtroom Drama by Promising Playwright
There’s no doubting the timeliness of Selina Fellinger’s play, Faceless. In a world premiere directed by BJ Jones now running at Northlight Theatre, the 22-year-old’s play examines a variety of […]
TCR Mixtape No. 18: Wake Up!
The wintertime lull is still here, and that may have a few people down in the dumps. Chicago, ever the most flirtatious of cities, has teased us with a few […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 2/9 – 2/12
Next week is Valentine’s Day, either an excuse to do something nice for a loved one or a commercial holiday whose sole purpose is to sell cards/flowers/assorted chocolates to couples. […]
Public Art History at the Chicago Cultural Center
As Chicago enters into its Year of Public Art it seems necessary to take the time to look back on the works that helped to secure the cultural acclaim this city […]
The Bodyguard: Singing Along Because I Love the Music. The Play Not So Much.
I will admit that I had a smile on my face when I left the Oriental Theatre after seeing The Bodyguard. But, while I was smiling and singing along with […]
The Kates Prove Chicago Comedy Can Help You Get Thru Winter Misery
So Chicago is pretty good, right? The weather is shit, but it’s just as miserable and gray in Minneapolis or Milwaukee or Cleveland or Buffalo. Unlike those cities, in Chicago […]