The 38th Chicago Duo Piano Festival kicked off at the Music Institute of Chicago’s Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston on Sunday. MIC faculty members Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem, who […]
No Dogs in the Kitchen, a young company on Chicago’s storefront scene, is performing Oscar Wilde’s famous comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, at the Facility Theatre. Leaning hard on […]
Demystifying the significance of the old Chicago Reader for today’s young urbanites recalls illustrator Doogie Horner’s flowchart “How to Explain the Internet to a 19th Century British Street Urchin.” First, […]
The latest chapter in the decades’ old Evil Dead franchise might be its nastiest and meanest yet, and while that’s not inherently a bad thing, it does seem to stray […]
Live-action remakes of beloved animated films are a mixed bag at best and totally unnecessary in every case. That doesn’t mean that a few of them aren’t good, but without […]
Carlos Kalmar returned to the helm of the Grant Park Festival Orchestra at Jay Pritzker Pavilion on Wednesday night. He and the orchestra were joined by Chicago’s own Third Coast […]
Menses are syncing up at the CIBC Theatre in downtown Chicago, both with the strong women and non-binary-presenting performers in the cast of 22 (some playing male parts) and in […]
Last year, the Brookfield Zoo announced a rebranding, adding the word “Chicago” to the end of its name; it makes sense, as the zoo is best known for being here […]
What draws a critic to one performance over another is entirely subjective. For me, it is sometimes the chance to hear a specific performer; other times, it is the opportunity […]
A riveting tale of grief, love, purpose, and forgiveness, Man Overboard! by Chicago author Kathleen Rooney dives headfirst into life’s biggest existential questions (literally). Told through the perspective of a […]
Reviewed by Donna Kossy. Through the history of an obscure alphabet conceived in the middle of the 19th century by Mormon church leaders, this fascinating work of scholarship reveals much […]
The Goodman Theatre continues to commemorate its 100-year anniversary with the 40,000-year-old caveman musical, Iceboy! The Completely Untrue Story of How Eugene O’Neill Came to Write “The Iceman Cometh.” Marc […]