Review: Stars Align with Their Devoted Fanbase at Lincoln Hall
When you’ve been making art, touring and being just an undeniable powerhouse in the music scene, you expect there to be plenty of diehard fans in the audience. At Stars‘ […]
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Review: Judy Blume Forever Honors a Prolific Writer and Her Profound Impact on Generations of Readers
It’s best to start with a confession: I’m no Blume-ite. Never was, either. During those turbulent pre-teen years when every kid is looking for answers and intel about life’s most […]
Review: Galileo’s Daughter by Remy Bumppo Theatre Meditates on Family and Science
Galileo’s Daughter, a world premiere being presented by Remy Bumppo Theatre, is more a meditation on family and science than a play in a strictly theatrical sense. The story is […]
Review: Told Slant Outperforms an Air Purifier Live at Beat Kitchen
Last Tuesday night’s show at Beat Kitchen was undoubtedly one of the best shows I’ve been to since moving to Chicago almost two years ago. Not only was it one […]
Review: Goodman’s The Cherry Orchard Presents Robert Falls’ Talent in Full Bloom
For more than 35 years, Robert Falls has led the Goodman Theatre to become one of the country’s very best regional houses. Past triumphs include both starry Broadway transfers (Night […]
Review: Democracy from the Inside and Outside, Democracy’s Rebirth: The View from Chicago, by Dick Simpson
Dick Simpson is one of those rare political scientists who has also been a politician. He knows how the sausage is made, even if there is much he doesn’t like about […]
Review: Tennis’ Pollen Blooms at the Riviera Theater
Spring bloomed just in time for the Pollen tour to come through Chicago. The last time Denver Indie-pop duo Tennis played the Riviera Theater, they were opening up for HAIM […]
Review: Though Enjoyable to Look At, Paint Is a Comedy With Too Subtle Brush Strokes
Lest you think that the new Owen Wilson-starring film Paint is some veiled biopic of public television superstar Bob Ross, let me assure you that any similarities between Wilson’s Carl […]
Review: A Soldier’s Play, a Murder Mystery, Explores Racism Among the Military Yesterday….and Today
Near the end of A Soldier’s Play, set on a segregated Army base in the Jim Crow South in 1944, a white captain says to his Black counterpart, “I was wrong […]
Review: The High Art of Bach’s Passion of St. Matthew
There are many excellent classical music concerts presented in Chicago every year. But Music of the Baroque’s performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s The St. Matthew Passion—conducted by Dame Jane Glover, […]
Review: Nostalgic Nike Drama Air Chronicles the Story of Launching the Iconic Jordan Shoe
In the mid-1980s, Nike’s basketball shoe division was doing so poorly compared to Adidas and Converse that the company almost shut it down completely. They were struggling to find a […]
Review: Puddin’: The Autobiography of a Baby, A Memoir in Prose Poems, by Patrick T. Reardon
Puddin’ is a slim volume, small enough to tuck in a back pocket or a small purse. That size may suggest a good way to read this “memoir in prose poems” […]