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Dispatch: Juicy Plays at Wisconsin’s American Players Theatre Are Ripe for the Picking

There’s no better time for Chicagoans to point their cars north towards Wisconsin than right now. Some people might head to campgrounds, others may find a secret fishing spot, and […]

  • Anne Siegel
  • August 8, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Weapons Turns Small-Town Horror Into a Gruesome, Genre-Bending Mystery

    In 2022, for reasons that are still a mystery to some, writer/director Zach Cregger’s twisty, bizarre Barbarian became something of a hit among even non-horror enthusiasts, perhaps because it leaned […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 8, 2025
    • Classical , Music , Reviews

    Review: Giancarlo Guerrero Conducts Joshua Bell and the Grant Park Orchestra Through an Outstanding Performance

    With violin extraordinaire Joshua Bell headlining, the Grant Park Orchestra gave an outstanding performance at Jay Pritzker Pavillion on Wednesday evening. Giancarlo Guerrero conducted a program of works by 19th […]

  • Louis Harris
  • August 8, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest

    Preview: Big, Bold, and Gloriously Analog—The 70MM Film Festival Returns to Music Box Theatre

    One of the city’s most immersive film experiences is back in full force. The 70MM Film Festival at Chicago’s beloved Music Box Theatre runs August 8 through 21, offering two […]

  • Tumpale Mwakasisi
  • August 7, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Freakier Friday Is a Sequel Nobody Asked For—and It Shows

    In August of 2003, Lindsay Lohan was seventeen years old and at the nascent days of her teen stardom; she’d starred (twice, technically) in Disney’s 1998 remake of The Parent […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • August 7, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Sketch Mixes Magic, Grief, and Big Emotions in a Thoughtful Family Tale

    The average moviegoer likely doesn’t pay much attention to which studio is behind releasing the movie they’re forking over their hard-earned money to see. Sure, there’s the Marvels and A24s […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • August 6, 2025
    • Music , Reviews

    Review: Djo Comes Back Home to Chicago for an Exciting Show

    It came with no surprise that Djo, the viral musical moniker of actor and musician Joe Keery, took over Chicago’s Lollapalooza Music Festival over the last week! Not only was […]

  • Andrew Lagunas
  • August 6, 2025
    • Fiction , Lit , Romance

    Wide Open Doors: Bookstore Romance Day at The Last Chapter Book Shop

    On Saturday, August 9 and Sunday, August 10, Roscoe Village’s The Last Chapter Book Shop is celebrating Bookstore Romance Day. Amanda Anderson, the store’s owner and dedicated proponent for romance […]

  • Holly Smith
  • August 6, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Kokandy’s Amélie Recreates the Film Classic

    Kokandy Productions kicks off its 2025 season with the Chicago premiere of the musical adaptation of the 2001 French film, Amélie. The play is directed and choreographed by Derek Van […]

  • June Sawyers
  • August 5, 2025
    • Fiction , Interviews , Lit , Nonfiction , Poetry , Short Stories , Writing , Zines

    Chicago Lit/Arts Zine The Ground Is Uneven Seeks Contributors

    When it came time to choose between literature and the law, Adam Kaz went with the written word. Now the writer, editor, and critic (and regular contributor to Third Coast […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • August 5, 2025
    • Chicago history , Chicago history , Lit , Nonfiction

    Review: Location, Location, Location…and Boosters, Chicago before the Fire, by Louis P. Cain

    For much of Chicago’s history, its strident boosters with their overblown assertions of the city’s present and, even more, its future greatness have been a subject of ridicule. In 1952, […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • August 4, 2025
    • Burlesque , Comedy , Feature , Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Sasha Velour Sashays into Steppenwolf with The Big Reveal Live Show for Limited Run

    Sexy siren and drag superstar Sasha Velour won the ninth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race in 2017 with her iconic, signature reveal, which she brings in spades to the Steppenwolf […]

  • Karin McKie
  • August 2, 2025
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