Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 8/4 – 8/7
I think I’m sick. I have a little cough, my joints hurt, and my stomach is a little uneasy. I have post-Lollapalooza exhaustion. The yearly festival of excess and drunken […]
Chicago Dancers Receive Princess Grace Awards
The Princess Grace Foundation-USA recognized two Hubbard Street Dance Chicago artists this year as recipients of the 2016 Princess Grace Awards. Dancer Jeffery Duffy received a Dance Fellowship and choreographer […]
Cassettes on Tape Album Review: Anywhere but away
I thought I was listening to a song from the soundtrack of Sophia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette” upon first hearing “Don’t Want to Be Your Friend,” a track off Cassettes on […]
Album Review: Tides by Ballroom Boxer
Have you ever felt like popular music has gotten too complex? Are you a bit tired of seeing a band with 9 members, two of which are on the xylophone […]
Our Lovely Secret Wreck at HUME
It doesn’t take much digging to uncover one of the less acknowledged etymological roots of domesticity. The Latin domos points back, as so much of our contemporary culture ultimately does, […]
Vic Mensa and the (Attempted) Radicalization of Lollapalooza
https://www.instagram.com/p/BIihVpZBiqX/ Last week, our friends at Chicago Reader asked a question. Can Vic Mensa radicalize Lollapalooza? We’re not quite sure his message reached everyone, but during Mensa’s headlining set […]
3CR’s Guide to a Better August
Stages Stage Left Theatre’s Drekfest @ ComedySports, 929 W. Belmont Tuesday, August 16, at 7:30pm Stage Left Theatre presents its annual national contest for the Worst Ten-Minute Play. CSz team […]
Silence Is Golden: A Look At The Silent Summer Film Festival
Silent films are part of our cinematic roots, says Dennis Wolkowicz, the program director for the Silent Film Society of Chicago. Thanks to the society, movie fans will have an […]
Attention Book Lovers: Visit the Newberry Book Fair this Weekend
Running through Sunday, the 30th annual Newberry Book Fair is the place to be for any bibliophile. Here are some things to look forward to: Lots of books The Newberry […]
Jason Bourne, Nerve, Don’t Think Twice, Into the Forest, Microbe & Gasoline, Tallulah
JASON BOURNE Remember when you believed that Matt Damon’s long-awaited return to author Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne character was going to be one of the saving graces of the 2016 […]
Byhalia, Mississippi, Portrays Issues of Class, Race and Family in a Nowhere Town
Byhalia, Mississippi, is one of those nowhere, dead-end small towns that no one wants to live in. Except for the young woman from somewhere else, who just gave birth to […]
Check Out This Year’s Lollapalooza Streaming Schedule
You want to check out Lolla but suddenly remember that it’s supposed to be hot and gross as hell this weekend. You don’t want to deal with that. Luckily, Lollapalooza […]