Review: To Infinity and Beyond at Out of Space Festival
On Saturday, July 27, it was one small step for music and one giant leap for womankind, as it was my first time attending the Out of Space Festival. Everything […]
Interview: Cast of Sing Sing Recounts Vulnerability On Set, Learning from Colman Domingo and Restoring Humanity Post-Incarceration
There are few films released in the last few years whose authenticity is a priority as much as director Greg Kwedar’s Sing Sing, starring Colman Domingo (Rustin) as John “Divine […]
Review: Kneecap Blurs the Lines of Art and Reality with Irish Rap Group’s Commitment to their Craft—and the Irish Language
When a British writer/director takes on the true story of an Irish rap group whose unifying theme and unlikely rise to fame centers on the preservation of the Irish Gaelic […]
Review: A Very “Vampire Weekend” at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
The incredibly talented and multi-instrumental New York-bred indie rock band, Vampire Weekend, spent a beautiful weekend in Chicago at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island last weekend. Chicago was in […]
Review: Saw the Musical: The Unauthorized Parody of Saw Isn’t Worth the Sacrifice
Like the film it parodies, Saw the Musical: The Unauthorized Parody of Saw is not for the faint of heart. Playing at The Den Theatre, Saw the Musical is coming […]
Interview: Anna Castellani on Loop’s Hottest New Food Hall
Anna Castellani, founder of Local Culture Management, is known for seeing what a city has to offer, seeing what the city needs, and creating spaces that enhance and reflect the […]
Interview: Filmmakers Behind Sing Sing Discuss Casting Prison Theater Program Alumni, Filming in Prison and Fine-Tuning a Script Based on True Events
Examining both the dehumanizing experience of being in prison and the healing power of the creative arts, writer/director Greg Kwedar’s deeply moving drama Sing Sing is based on the real-life […]
Review: Italian Opera Drama The Bohemian Glimpses the Opulent World of an Underrated Composer
This article was written by Tory Crowley. Watching The Bohemian is like entering another world. In a sense, we are entering the world of real-life Czech composer Josef Mysliveček, who […]
Review: Chicago Shakespeare’s Lord of the Rings, a Musical Tale—an Epic Fail
It took J.R.R. Tolkien three books, 62 chapters and more than a half-million words to tell his legendary story of Frodo Baggins and the quest to save Middle Earth. Adapted […]
Review: Grant Park Orchestra Gives an Enjoyable Performance of Grieg, Joachim, and Beethoven
In my first experience with overcast weather at the Grant Park Music Festival this summer, the orchestra gave an enjoyable concert at Jay Pritzker Pavilion on Wednesday evening. With the […]
Review: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Team Up for a Timeline-Hopping, Universe-Swapping Adventure in Deadpool and Wolverine
There were moments in the first two Deadpool movies in which the fourth-wall-breaking Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) would poke gentle fun at both the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the X-Men […]
What’s Cooking at Third Coast? Tomatoes, Tomatoes, Tomatoes
I’m not a tomato lover. I can’t pluck a cherry tomato off the vine and eat it raw and undressed. I used to tell my mom, no tomatoes, please. But […]