Review: Strong Performances Elevate Matt & Ben at Jarvis Square Theater
Though their earliest acting credits date back to the 1980s, it’s hard to argue that 1997 wasn’t the true launch of Matt Damon’s and Ben Affleck’s careers. Both featured in […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 6/5 and Beyond
Every week we get just a little bit closer to it truly being summer in Chicago! The temps are starting to even out and the fun outdoor events are rolling […]
Review: I Wait for Nothing, Except Pastry at Del Sur—Filipino Flavors With Midwest Flair
I was reluctant because I walk by the line every day they are open and the wait is a block long. But then I did what everyone else in those […]
Review: Nina Mukerjee Furstenau Cooks Up Nostalgia with The Pocket Rhubarb Cookbook
Bookstore cookbook aisles are lined with images reflecting our very online, very visible lives. Curated photos of perfect dishes and happy, beautiful chefs and cooks and influencers spooning sauces or […]
Review: A Place To Bury Strangers Is Still the Loudest Band In the World
A Place To Bury Strangers rose to prominence in the early aughts off the strength of being dubbed the loudest band in New York. Donning messy hair and a My […]
Review: Red Orchid’s Six Men Dressed Like Joseph Stalin Is Drama, History and a Love Letter to Theater
Last week, the Russian government erected a new statue of Joseph Stalin in Moscow. Apparently Vladimir Putin is resurrecting the image of the brutal dictator. And this week, a Chicago […]
Review: Truth or Consequences New Mexico Makes This Time of Year the Best Time of Year
We’re coming up on two months of Truth or Consequences New Mexico’s second EP This Time of Year being out in the world and although it has about 20 years […]
Review: James Gaffigan Leads Janai Brugger and the CSO through an American-Inspired Program
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra gave an enjoyable performance of an American-inspired program at Symphony Center on Saturday evening. With James Gaffigan conducting, the program included the warm and expressive voice […]
Review: In HBO’s Mountainhead, Four Ultra-Rich Men Gather to Bicker, Banter and Barter Against the World’s Future
Much like writer/director Jesse Armstrong’s series work on programs like Succession, In the Loop, and Veep, as well as his screenplay adaptation of Downhill, Mountainhead straddles the line between sensational […]
Review: First Floor Theater’s Evanston Salt Costs Rising Borrows a Lot and Reveals Little
First Floor Theater brings something strange but not altogether original with its debut of Evanston Salt Costs Rising, written by Succession writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Will Arbery and directed […]
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 […]
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, […]