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The temperature is dropping, maybe even a little snow and the holidays are just around the corner. What better way to prepare/ignore/just have fun than to roam around the city […]

Let’s get this out of the way at the outset; I fucking hate The Grateful Dead. I made a concerted effort in my freshman year of college to like them. […]

Halloween has come and gone and November is here! The beginning of the eleventh month brings along plenty of fun events including Dia del los Muertos celebrations, concerts, art shows, […]

The Harris Theater marked its milestone 15th anniversary with a memorable performance by both artistic directors of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Pianist Wu Han and her husband cellist […]

I met my good friend, Flats Slobnik—tuck pointer, softball shortstop, and professional Chicago everyman—at our favorite watering hole, Brzbchynski’s Tavern on Pulaski and Lower Wacker Drive. Karol Brzbchynski, a 300-pound […]

It’s easy to be impressed by someone who completes, or even runs, a traditional marathon. Now try to imagine running one that is 3,100 miles long and takes more than […]

The title of this film betrays its true nature, but the fact that A Happening of Monumental Proportions marks the directing debut of actress Judy Greer is something to celebrate. […]

Love, Gilda, a documentary about the life and way-too-early death of “Saturday Night Live” cast member Gilda Radner, is almost too easy a subject to make a film about. Naturally, anyone with an […]

If you’ve been paying any kind of attention to advance reviews on this film, then you know that it’s one of the worst-reviewed movies of 2018—and deservedly so. Writer/director Dan […]

The latest from documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 11/9 (the date refers to the day in 2016 when we all learned that Donald Trump would be America’s next president and […]

The city of Chicago is filled with high-class museums and institutions. Each year, countless residents and out-of-town visitors flock to popular destinations such as the Adler Planetarium and the DuSable […]

Although the setup to this British crime comedy is a bit of a stretch, the execution is often quite funny, and let’s face it: anytime you get a chance to […]