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Review: Disney Magic Comes to Life on Stage During Beauty and the Beast 

Beauty and the Beast, a beloved Disney classic, is seamlessly brought to the stage for a truly magical night of theater presented by Broadway in Chicago. This show will consistently […]

  • Erin Ryan
  • July 12, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Theatre L’Acadie Gets Big Time Laughs With Big Time Toppers

    Theatre L’Acadie is known for edgy satire while bringing deeply human themes to the absurd situations of life. The first production I saw from L’Acadie was called The Swan, which […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • July 11, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: James Gunn Launches a New Movie Studio and New Take on a Classic Super Hero in Superman for a New Generation

    Kickstarting a new superhero franchise is an almost impossible task, especially when the hero in question has as long and varied a history as Superman. But that hasn’t kept Warner […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 11, 2025
    • Interviews , Music , Pop/Rock

    Interview: Beauty School Dropout Loves Everything About Chicago—Except One Thing

    Beauty School Dropout

    Beauty School Dropout has packed more into its first five years than most bands do in their entire careers. Championed by Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz and blink-182’s Mark Hoppus, […]

  • Anthony Cusumano
  • July 10, 2025
    • Cafes and restaurants , Food , Review

    Review: Expert Sauces Pair with Classic Polish Street Food at Spoko

    Written by Elizabeth Deneff. Just off one of the busiest streets that passes through Lincoln Park, Spoko resides on a quaint neighborhood corner a block off Armitage Avenue. With beautiful […]

  • Elizabeth Deneff
  • July 8, 2025
    • Music , Reviews

    Review: Bermuda Search Party Find Themselves Partying at Thalia Hall

    This article was written by Wendy Davis. Bermuda Search Party made their anticipated return to the Windy City in June, supporting their friends Cat Empire on their current tour run. […]

  • Guest Author
  • July 6, 2025
    • Classical , Music , Reviews

    Review: Osmo Vänskä, Paul Huang, and the Grant Park Orchestra Give a Lovely Performance in Millennium Park

    The Grant Park Orchestra gave another lovely concert on another lovely evening at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park on Wednesday. This time, however, it was led by Osmo […]

  • Louis Harris
  • July 4, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Eva Victor on Making Their Filmmaking Debut with Sorry, Baby, Humor for Healing, and Being a Cat Person

    Eva Victor (they/them) has made a career—and a helluva feature film debut with Sorry, Baby—by never doing what’s expected. After working for the feminist satire website Reductress and MTV’s Decoded […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 4, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Franchise’s Seventh Entry, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Follows a Formula But Misses the Original’s Sense of Awe

    With seven films across more than three decades, the Jurassic Park/World installments have been all over the place in terms of quality, filmmaking prowess, and storytelling. But the elements that […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 4, 2025
    • Beer and wine , Cafes and restaurants , Food

    Where to Eat, Drink and Celebrate July 4th

    Tomorrow is July 4th and I am happy to shout that this holiday is about more than just hot dogs and hamburgers off a subpar grill in your neighbor’s yard. […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • July 3, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Goodman Theatre’s The Color Purple Paints by the Numbers

    The energy in the Goodman Theatre’s larger Albert Theatre was palpable even before Monday’s premiere of The Color Purple began, and it built upon itself as the evening progressed towards […]

  • Doug Mose
  • July 2, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Midsommer Flight’s Love’s Labour’s Lost Is an Imperfect but Fun Trip to the Park

    Of William Shakespeare’s comedies, Love’s Labour’s Love doesn’t get a whole lot of—ahem, love. Written in the mid-1590s when the young Bard was learning his powers, the oft-ignored play centers […]

  • Adam Kaz
  • July 1, 2025
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