Day two of the Chicago Blues Festival was a trip down memory lane—the days of big production concerts, tailored clothes, and memories of summers in Louisiana. The mainstage performers on […]
By this point, if you don’t know at least a bit of what to expect—the color schemes, the deadpan dialogue, the kooky costumes and haircuts—when going into a Wes Anderson […]
June 4 marked the close of Nova Linea Musica’s inaugural season with a flourish of whimsy and music that, for me, evokes stories and visions of Chicago. NLM is the […]
June 5 at the Ramova was my opening day to summer in Chicago. The Chicago Blues Festival has kicked off, and what a blast it was. The last time I […]
Life is not remembered in a straight, unbroken line; we remember moments: the best and the worst can be recalled vividly in most cases, but our brain holds onto what […]
Unofficially subtitled “From the world of John Wick”—in case you couldn’t tell from the copious amount of violence, stunts, and eastern European mythology—Ballerina technically takes place between John Wick: Chapter […]
Though their earliest acting credits date back to the 1980s, it’s hard to argue that 1997 wasn’t the true launch of Matt Damon’s and Ben Affleck’s careers. Both featured in […]
I asked one of my Gen Z friends if they knew about the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Their quizzical expression hit me like a lead weight. The history of the Civil […]
Every week we get just a little bit closer to it truly being summer in Chicago! The temps are starting to even out and the fun outdoor events are rolling […]
I was reluctant because I walk by the line every day they are open and the wait is a block long. But then I did what everyone else in those […]
Bookstore cookbook aisles are lined with images reflecting our very online, very visible lives. Curated photos of perfect dishes and happy, beautiful chefs and cooks and influencers spooning sauces or […]
There are very few bands that have successfully put out flawless albums consistently back to back so I was rather astonished and heartbroken to hear the news that Alaina Moore […]
