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The Cubs are in the World Series and it’s Halloween weekend! As if things couldn’t get any better, Your Chicago Curated Weekend is here to fill your days with as […]

Welcome back to Third Coast Rewind. We’re back with another installment of readings from Kill Your Darlings. While the initial run of Kill Your Darlings has come and gone, you […]

Phil Huckelberry wrote about the highs and lows – mostly lows! – of Chicago and Illinois politics for the mighty Gapers Block. He is a software engineer by day and […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) has long been confined to the imagination of science fiction or to the nightmares of popular culture. The concept of a fully formed AI, often incorrectly conflated […]

A bottle tree is a Southern tradition with African roots. As an urban northerner, I never heard of such a thing, although I’m familiar with voodoo culture in Louisiana and […]

When names like Drake or Kanye West become household names, it marks a time in our culture when mainstream America widely embraces hip-hop as an original art form. Teachers and […]

Young Frankenstein is a classic, and a favorite of mine. It’s a silly, slapstick adventure with a real heart, and I’ve always held it close to mine. Mel Brooks and […]

Talking to people who are tattooed opens up a treasure trove of personal stories. There are so many reasons people choose to ink their bodies, and even in cases of […]

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7PAacr7LJc] Deerhunter will be performing at the Metro this Friday 10/21 in support of their excellent album Fading Frontier from last year. Unlike their last tour, frontman Bradford Cox […]

There was a lot going on in film this week. We previewed the second week of the Chicago International Film Festival. We took a look at the new Jack Reacher […]

I’ll be honest, I don’t have much to say about the second Jack Reacher movie, because it didn’t say much to me. Considering how I really enjoyed the way the […]

At exactly 5 p.m. on October 18th I hustled out of my office so I could get across town in time to attend a reading. Most of the readings I […]