The things that bring family together, when simply being related isn’t enough of a reason to do so—this is the running theme of writer/director Azarel Jacobs’ (Terri, The Lovers, French […]
Say what you want about the debut feature from writers/directors Max and Sam Eggers (brothers of filmmaker Robert Eggers, who helmed The Witch and The Lighthouse, as well as the […]
Kenneth Lonergan’s This Is Our Youth takes us back 40-some years … to an era when heavy-duty drugs were not only a path to pleasure (and sometimes pain) but the coinage of […]
It’s the first full weekend of September and it is packed! There are so many unique events this weekend from special food fests, ZINEmercado, great music, and tons of great […]
Filmmaker Tim Burton has garnered a reputation as a visionary and for being quite odd, and there’s nothing out there that says the two can’t be contained in a single […]
What I learned from my recent time spent with singer/actor/producer/model Tyrese Gibson is to expect the unexpected. Also, he’s a great talker when inspired to be one. Gibson was born […]
City Lit Theater is finishing off local playwright Mark Pracht’s Four-Color Trilogy—about key moments in the history of comic book publishing—with The House of Ideas. Directed by former artistic director Terry McCabe, it’s […]
The 2024 Chicago Jazz Festival ended on Sunday and was a great success. The weather cooperated beautifully with a hint of cooler days ahead. The Pritzker Pavilion stage had a […]
This interview was conducted by guest author Zoe Blakeman. With a career that spans over four decades, Squeeze has become a quintessential part of the British new wave scene, known […]
Conducted by Binx Perino I learned of Daniel Borzutzky’s work after reading Lake Michigan (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019). I had just moved to Chicago and was interested in the […]
The Parlour at Albion Manor, an upstairs portion of the bar and restaurant, has a completely different vibe than the downstairs on a normal evening. Come October 1, when you […]
Avid book lovers can be a solitary bunch—after all, it’s hard to lug our stacks (and stacks) of books around a party. But that is exactly what’s about to go […]