Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra brought new life to popular classics on Wednesday at the Music Institute of Chicago. I was thrilled to see how much soul was imbued into the […]
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Hamnet makes its U.S. premiere at Chicago Shakespeare Theater this week—but the title is already a familiar one. Book lovers know that Hamnet originated […]
Artist Kelli Connell with Sonnet for my Acquaintances
Quick Spins takes a quick look at recently released albums to make certain you’re listening to all the quality music being released these days. And with today being Bandcamp Friday, […]
It was a cold Saturday night when Patti LuPone returned to Chicago. But LuPone brought a warm message in a revised edition of Matters of the Heart, the concert piece […]
One of these days, horror movies are going to run out of cursed objects to trigger deaths after a certain number of days. But until that time comes, welcome to […]
I have no doubt that being a successful, touring pop star can be extremely stressful. So when Charli xcx’s album brat ended up being a massive hit (her biggest commercial […]
Enjoy our latest dispatch from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival…. Next year, it will be Boulder. Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie One of the strongest docs at Sundance […]
It’s no secret that Chicago has some of the best food in the world, but it is also home to some of the best bars, cocktail lounges, speakeasies, and more. […]
Enjoy our latest dispatch from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival…. Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! If Sundance Film Festival is about discoveries, a film like Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! Surely fits […]
It’s a whole new month with tons of exciting events ready to fill up your weekend! We’re at the final weekend of Chicago Restaurant Week, first weekend of the Chicago […]
Third Coast Review writer Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch is stepping away from writing the Chicago Is Lit column, though she will continue to contribute to TCR. In the meantime, Lit editor […]