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Review: In Bono: Stories of Surrender, the U2 Frontman Recounts His Life More as the Stuff of Legend than History

Rather than do a simple book tour for his 2022 memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, U2 frontman Bono did a series of theater appearances that were more like a […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 30, 2025
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    Review: Karate Kid: Legends Revisits Familiar Characters (and Dialogue) More for Nostalgia’s Sake than the Film’s

    It’s been 15 years since the last Karate Kid movie (the Jackie Chan-starring The Karate Kid, which was more about kung fu than karate, if we’re being honest), and more […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 30, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Legend of Kingdom Come Spotlights the Art of Alex Ross

    First published in 1996, the DC Comics miniseries “Kingdom Come” has become a pillar in the comic book pantheon. The amazing Gouache watercolor style paintings, the work of Alex Ross, […]

  • Alex Orona
  • May 29, 2025
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    Review: First Floor Theater’s Evanston Salt Costs Rising Borrows a Lot and Reveals Little

    First Floor Theater brings something strange but not altogether original with its debut of Evanston Salt Costs Rising, written by Succession writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Will Arbery and directed […]

  • Adam Kaz
  • May 29, 2025
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    Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 5/29 and Beyond

    We’re stepping out of May and dipping our toes into June this weekend and there is plenty to do! Tons of amazing events have settled on this weekend to satiate […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • May 29, 2025
    • Cafes and restaurants , Food

    The Thing: Chicken Caesar Wrap at Village Tap

    It sells out. It gets mentioned in all the best of lists. But I am here to confirm that Village Tap’s Chicken Caesar Wrap really is the thing while roaming […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • May 29, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Beckett’s Endgame at Facility Theatre Is a Study in Inertia

    People who are familiar with Samuel Beckett’s work won’t be surprised by their frustration in trying to identify a clear meaning from any of his plays, including Endgame. This faithful […]

  • Anthony Neri
  • May 28, 2025
    • Music , Reviews

    Review: Baroness Baptizes Sleeping Village in Red andBlue

    Two of the most enthralling live music pleasures are the full album play-through and the intimate smaller-than-usual venue show. Baroness provided both on Wednesday, as they performed their first 2 […]

  • Patrick Daul
  • May 28, 2025
    • Architecture , Chicago history , Design , Lit , Reviews

    Review: Nora Wendl Explores the Relationship That Resulted in That Famous House in Almost Nothing: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth

    “The house is a house, but it is also a metaphor; it has been described as a quantity of air trapped between floor and roof, … as a glass cage, […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 27, 2025
    • Children's books , Food , Lit

    Review: A Sweet and Wonder-filled Book, Our Food Grows written by Sarah M. White, illustrated by Tessa Gibbs

    Throughout human history, children grew up watching plants grow and become food. They helped plant seeds. They helped tend the field or orchard. They helped harvest the rice or the […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • May 27, 2025
    • Cafes and restaurants , Food

    Interview: With A Triple D Stamp of Approval, Sfera Now Ships Nationwide

    Sfera Sicilian Street Food is well-known in Edgewater and beyond for their arancini. That beyond is about to grow after a visit from Flavor Town mayor himself, Guy Fieri, and […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • May 27, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Theatre Evolve Unleashes a Redeemed MedeaMedeaMedea

    The tale of Medea presents a paradox in contemporary times. Euripides, Ovid, and Seneca cast her as a villain who manipulates Jason, the Argonaut, to achieve her ambition of becoming […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • May 25, 2025
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