Review: Black Moth Super Rainbow Guided Metro Through a Sonic Trip
Thomas Fec makes music that will either give you nightmares or soothe you into a state of complete serenity. The nightmares tend to be closely related to his TOBACCO project, […]
Pairing Beer and Animal Sightseeing at Lincoln Park Zoo
The Lincoln Park Zoo recently played host to a unique event: a craft beer festival featuring more than 120 beers from more than 40 breweries. The heat did not keep […]
Interview: From Sesame Street to Broadway–Puppeteer Rick Lyon Reflects on a Life in Puppetry and Avenue Q
Mercury Theater Chicago’s upcoming production of Avenue Q, a remount of the Tony award-winning musical that shattered box office records for the theater in 2014, features an exciting addition this […]
Introducing Ask A Scientist at Third Coast Review!
We love our museums. And really, what’s not to love? Whether you’re on the lakefront, Michigan Avenue, Museum Campus South, or somewhere a little bit further out, we’ve got some of the […]
Review: Soccer Mommy & Liz Phair Connected with an Enthralled Empty Bottle Crowd
[soliloquy id=”30722″] As I walked into the iconic venue that is Empty Bottle, I couldn’t help but marvel at the show I was about to attend. One of the […]
Gilded Age White People Problems: Henry Blake Fuller’s The Cliff-Dwellers: Book Review
Whatever happened to melodrama? A hero, a villain, a damsel in distress—a histrionic trinity entangled over late rent payments, potentially besmirched honor, and the inevitable train track bondage scene. Well, […]
Review: Jurassic World: Evolution–Parks and Rex Creation
Editor’s Note: We’re giving away a copy of Jurassic Evolution for Steam. Find out more by clicking here. The Jurassic Park franchise has had a lot of video games dedicated […]
Review: Pixar Returns to Pure Entertainment with Incredibles 2
Something has changed in the world since writer/director Brad Bird’s The Incredibles hit theaters in 2004—movie theaters have been taken over by superheroes with an alarming regularity. In the last […]
Stage Shorts–Plays From Haven, Organic and Broken Nose
Stage Shorts is our new column for Third Coast Review. It’s our way of covering more of Chicago’s fabulous storefront theaters and giving you more choices in the plays you […]
At Victory Gardens, Mies Julie Scorches With the Tensions of Another Racist Culture
Mies Julie is a scorchingly sexy, shockingly violent adaptation of August Strindberg’s Miss Julie, transported from 1888 Sweden to 2012 South Africa. Incidents that may or may not happen offstage […]
What’s Cooking at Third Coast? Refreshing, Protein-Rich Cobb Salad
Welcome to summer, everyone! We’ve been up and back weatherwise, but once Buckingham Fountain turns on and the beaches open for Memorial Day it’s more or less a foregone conclusion. […]
Folk(tale) Hero: An Interview with Author Edward McClelland
I wish I could describe Edward McClelland in legendary terms—it would be so damned apropos. I’d tell you he’s as tall as a redwood, as strong as a herd […]