[soliloquy id=”6274″]   They say that scent is the sense that can help us most powerfully recall memories, from the fizzy sweet smell of strawberry pop or the chlorine of […]

SUICIDE SQUAD You know those people who feel the need to tell everyone that they’re “weird” or have a twisted sense of humor or are a geek from way back? […]

Disney’s Newsies, currently playing at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, provides a strikingly relevant exploration of current conversations about workers’ rights, despite its period milieu. Set in 1899 and based on […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]