Fran, a customer at Owen’s Brooklyn laundry, asks “Do you believe in God?” Owen replies “Why not?” In the first scene of John Patrick Shanley’s Brooklyn Laundry, the exchange sounds flippant. […]
The early Atari consoles–especially the 2600–were home to a lot of games that are undeniable classics. They’re just not really played anymore because they’re so “simple.” A lot of these […]
Ion Fury was a surprise when it was released: a NEW game made entirely in the Build engine? Sure, it was a modified version of that engine, but that’s still […]
This review was written by guest author Lyra Wilson. It’s your college dissertation, and what do you do? Some people like yours truly might scramble to figure out what to […]
The Motive and the Cue is a theater-lover’s dream, a deliciously funny and candid theater story. Directed by Sam Mendes (Empire of Light, The Ferryman), it’s a new play about the rehearsal period for […]
Joshua Allen is about to conclude The Grand Boulevard Trilogy at Raven Theatre in Edgewater with The Prodigal Daughter (May 16–June 22). His commissioned series of plays follows Black families […]
This week the Hellenic Museum presented its annual historic trial re-enactment. The Trial of Pericles: Hero or Tyrant? You Decide. was an imagined enactment of a trial for Pericles, the […]
A few years ago, director Rod Blackhurst co-directed a documentary called Amanda Knox that I remember thinking was quite impressive. So when I heard he was taking on a crime […]
An even better follow-up to last year’s The Three Musketeers—Part I: D’Artagnan, this week’s Part 2: Milady disposes of the business of introducing all of the characters from the classic […]
Based on true events (loosely, I’m guessing) that came to light when files of the British War Department were recently declassified, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare tells the story of […]
I’ll certainly give credit where credit is due. Abigail, the latest horror film from the directing collective known as Radio Silence (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett, makers of the last […]
Spring has sprung, and the ever-eclectic Chicago Humanities Festival is flowering all over the city. Belvidere, Illinois-born architect Jeanne Gang spoke to an SRO crowd about her new book The […]