Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, and, more recently, Taylor Swift. These renowned musicians have transcended what it means to be songwriters—they’re storytellers whose evocative lyrics intertwine with intriguing melodies […]
Our coverage of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival continues with reviews of four films making their world premiere at the festival. Folktales Documentarians Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady are a […]
It’s a half and half Curated Weekend as we tackle the final couple of days of January and the first of February! So while we await the groundhog’s weather predictions […]
The Miró Quartet from Austin, Texas, entertained a large audience to end the Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival on Sunday. In performing a program of classics by Franz Joseph Haydn […]
One of the newest attractions in downtown Palm Springs, California, is arguably among its best. The long-awaited debut of the Agua Caliente Cultural Plaza offers something for residents and tourists […]
In its second edition, The Eli’s Cheesecake Cookbook (Agate Publishing), includes more than desserts. Filled with the history and storied tales behind one of Chicago’s most beloved restaurateurs, Eli Schulman, […]
The second and final week of the 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival concluded yesterday, after 12 days of international puppet theater productions at dozens of venues plus free neighborhood […]
André Is an Idiot Marking the feature directing debut from Tony Benna, André Is an Idiot tells the creative, funny and sometimes wildly inappropriate true story of André Ricciardi, whom […]
The 1902 plan to revamp and expand the National Mall in Washington, DC, was the product of a commission of prominent Americans. Three of them worked closely together to produce […]
The Third Coast Review film team is on the ground at Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, and will be bringing you periodic dispatches with reviews on the latest […]
Fat Ham, the prize-winning play by James Ijames, is now on stage at Goodman Theatre in a co-production with Definition Theatre. Ijames’ script was inspired by Shakespeare’s Hamlet and incorporates some of the original’s […]
I’ve only seen Bur play once, for about 25 minutes, during an early night set at Montrose Saloon last spring and I still think about that show on a regular […]