Review: A Place To Bury Strangers Is Still the Loudest Band In the World
A Place To Bury Strangers rose to prominence in the early aughts off the strength of being dubbed the loudest band in New York. Donning messy hair and a My […]
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Review: Red Orchid’s Six Men Dressed Like Joseph Stalin Is Drama, History and a Love Letter to Theater
Last week, the Russian government erected a new statue of Joseph Stalin in Moscow. Apparently Vladimir Putin is resurrecting the image of the brutal dictator. And this week, a Chicago […]
Review: Truth or Consequences New Mexico Makes This Time of Year the Best Time of Year
We’re coming up on two months of Truth or Consequences New Mexico’s second EP This Time of Year being out in the world and although it has about 20 years […]
Review: James Gaffigan Leads Janai Brugger and the CSO through an American-Inspired Program
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra gave an enjoyable performance of an American-inspired program at Symphony Center on Saturday evening. With James Gaffigan conducting, the program included the warm and expressive voice […]
Review: In HBO’s Mountainhead, Four Ultra-Rich Men Gather to Bicker, Banter and Barter Against the World’s Future
Much like writer/director Jesse Armstrong’s series work on programs like Succession, In the Loop, and Veep, as well as his screenplay adaptation of Downhill, Mountainhead straddles the line between sensational […]
Review: First Floor Theater’s Evanston Salt Costs Rising Borrows a Lot and Reveals Little
First Floor Theater brings something strange but not altogether original with its debut of Evanston Salt Costs Rising, written by Succession writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Will Arbery and directed […]
Review: Baroness Baptizes Sleeping Village in Red andBlue
Two of the most enthralling live music pleasures are the full album play-through and the intimate smaller-than-usual venue show. Baroness provided both on Wednesday, as they performed their first 2 […]
Review: Nora Wendl Explores the Relationship That Resulted in That Famous House in Almost Nothing: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth
“The house is a house, but it is also a metaphor; it has been described as a quantity of air trapped between floor and roof, … as a glass cage, […]
Interview: With A Triple D Stamp of Approval, Sfera Now Ships Nationwide
Sfera Sicilian Street Food is well-known in Edgewater and beyond for their arancini. That beyond is about to grow after a visit from Flavor Town mayor himself, Guy Fieri, and […]
Review: Guy Ritchie’s Fountain of Youth Is a Fun Adventure Flick, if Not a Must-See Big-Screen Blockbuster
There was a time not too long ago that a film like Guy Ritchie’s Fountain of Youth, now streaming on AppleTV+, would’ve garnered a major theatrical release, a star-studded premiere […]
Review: First-Time Filmmaker Laura Piani’s Winsome Jane Austen Wrecked My Life Proves RomComs Are Here to Stay
They say necessity is the root of invention, and while writer-director Laura Piani may not have invented anything entirely new with the winning French rom-com Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, […]
Review: Trinity Irish Dance Company’s Season 35 Shares the Spirit of Ireland and Hope
The Trinity Irish Dance Company is the dream of founder and choreographer Mark Howard, which has come to life. Last Saturday, the company concluded its season 35 opener at the […]