American Warsaw: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Polish Chicago by Dominic A. Pacyga (University of Chicago Press, $27) As Dominic Pacyga notes in his fine book about Chicago’s Polonia, […]
C2E2 has finally come to a close, and once again things are as they were before. Nerds go into the phone booth and come out in their business casual attire, […]
It’s all over folks, C2E2 2020 is done and gone, leaving us only with fond memories. It feels like C2E2 gets bigger every year–their game presence certainly has. There was […]
The Ghost in Gadsden’s Garden is a charming tale (part coming-of-age story, part Scooby Doo mystery) of the new kid looking to fit in after having just moved to town […]
The Beethoven 250 Festival at the Harris Theater continued on Saturday night with Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique offering excellent performances of Ludwig van Beethoven’s […]
Contributing authors: Antal Bokor, Aaron Cynic, Pearl Shin Whew! We made it through Saturday. Panel rooms were packed all over, as was the show floor, and even after the show […]
Lifeline Theatre presents Dr. Charles Johnson’s 1990 National Book Award winner Middle Passage, directed by Ilesa Duncan, who co-adapted with David Barr III. The result struggles from the page to […]
Well, it’s been one heck of a crazy amazing day at C2E2 2020. Day Two is as advertised, with the biggest events, the most crushing crowds and, much to our […]
Update: A previous version of this article mistakenly listed Shail Mehta’s project incorrectly. It has been changed to Gameboard-1–and you can find information on their Kickstarter page and website. Day […]
Hedda and Nora. The strong female characters in Henrik Ibsen’s two well-known plays—A Doll’s House (currently on stage at Raven Theatre) and Hedda Gabler—established him as a modern playwright of […]
Contributing Authors: Aaron Cynic, Antal Bokor, Julian Ramirez and Pearl Shin. Our team of nerdy writers and photographers have an extremely good work ethic, and as soon as doors […]
The late, American-born actress Jean Seberg certainly led a fascinating life, from her first film, 1957’s Saint Joan (in which she was actually burned during the film’s climactic sequence) to […]