[soliloquy id=”25609″] Photos by Julian Ramirez, Kayla Fernandez, & Rebecca Fernandez There are some shows that seem tailor made to my tastes, where every band is not just one that […]
Founded in 2014, the relatively new Refuge Theatre Project aspires to bring musical theater to creative spaces, accessible to broad audiences. It’s a commendable mission, and one the crowded Chicago […]
An early report on putting an end to the Legionnaires’ disease crisis at a veteran’s home in Quincy, Illinois recommends building a new facility and other improvements that could cost […]
Hundreds of demonstrators marched from Water Tower Place to Trump Tower Monday evening to call for justice for Stephon Clark and others killed by police. Clark was killed in March […]
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s campaign is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly violating Illinois consumer protection laws by making unsolicited robocalls to cell phone users urging them to vote […]
Journalists at WGN have been effectively silenced by Sinclair Broadcasting Company, the conservative television giant that’s recently come under fire for forcing its journalists to read scripted comments about “fake […]
Round Heads and Pointed Heads is a cavalcade of political events and characters, woven loosely (very loosely) into a Brechtian story of politics and money. Red Tape Theatre’s new production […]
Gang of Youths brought their big sound to a small Chicago venue on Friday night, as the award-winning Australian rock band played an energetic set at Subterranean. Their excellent 2017 […]
Netflix’s slate of April releases contains a fair number of acknowledged classics, including Se7en, Scarface, and Life is Beautiful. If you’ve seen all those films already, however, here are some […]
New month, new events! It’s April, the first full month of spring and it’s getting off to a good start! There are so many bands, writers, and artists waiting for […]
Cemeteries remind us this is a city of change in multiple ways. Not just the impermanence and fragility of life, but in the ways the landscape of the city shifts […]
Two men recently exonerated from crimes they didn’t commit are suing the City of Chicago and several members of the police department they say were responsible for their wrongful imprisonment. […]