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Jordan Arredondo (Dom) & Courtney Ricki Green (Val). Photo by Justin Barbin
Jordan Arredondo (Dom) & Courtney Ricki Green (Val). Photo by Justin Barbin
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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
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    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
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Guy Ritchie’s Fountain of Youth Is a Fun Adventure Flick, if Not a Must-See Big-Screen Blockbuster

    There was a time not too long ago that a film like Guy Ritchie’s Fountain of Youth, now streaming on AppleTV+, would’ve garnered a major theatrical release, a star-studded premiere […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • May 23, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: First-Time Filmmaker Laura Piani’s Winsome Jane Austen Wrecked My Life Proves RomComs Are Here to Stay

    They say necessity is the root of invention, and while writer-director Laura Piani may not have invented anything entirely new with the winning French rom-com Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • May 23, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Two-Part Documentary Pee-wee As Himself Offers a Comprehensive Look Into the Life and Motivations of Comedian Paul Reubens

    Using 40 hours of new, raw interview material from its subject as framework, the two-part documentary Pee-wee As Himself explores the complex and conflicted life of Paul Reubens, who somehow comes […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 23, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In R.L. Stine’s Fear Street: Prom Queen, 1980s Teen Drama Is Too Broadly Drawn for Thrills

    Adapted from yet another one of author R.L. Stine’s Fear Street books (specifically The Prom Queen) and following up the 2021 trilogy of films directed by Leigh Janiak, Fear Street: […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 23, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    ,Review: In The Surrender, a Family Drama Wrapped in a Thriller, the Mother-Daughter Relationship Is Key

    I believe it’s safe to add yet another film to the growing pantheon of horror titles that are actually family dramas in disguise. From writer/director Julia Max (helming her feature […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 23, 2025
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