Philip Glass’s music is everywhere. It turns up in concert halls and opera houses, in film soundtracks and in collaborations with artists from David Bowie to Allen Ginsberg. His musical […]
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center opened their season with its two artistic directors playing piano trios at Harris Theater on Tuesday evening. In assembling a piano trio, pianist […]
It’s common knowledge that, as a critic, you aren’t really supposed to judge holiday-themed movies quite as harshly as you might other films you see throughout the year. These cheesy, […]
Well, a new month is almost upon us, so it must be time for a new Liam Neeson film (FYI—his last one, The Fix, came out on Sept. 11). This […]
In the films of Peter Berg (Battleship, Lone Survivor, Friday Night Lights), you can always count on there being manly men doing manly things, like war or sports. So imagine […]
Editor’s note: this review contains Nobody Wants This Season 3 spoilers. Did we need a third season of Nobody Wants This? Netflix released all 10 episodes of the popular show’s […]
HALLOWEEN IS HERE! It’s the rare occurrence of a Saturday October 31st so let’s make it a good one with all the fantastic events going on this weekend! Dress up […]
[Trigger warning: Several YouTube links below lead to slightly gory movie scenes.] Chicago is rarely connected with horror—at least as far as film genres go. Many movies have been shot […]
It was a rare overlap of perfectly bright, sunny days in both Chicago and London when I spoke with two members of Brighton’s all-female indie rockers Lime Garden. Ahead of […]
Founded in Salzburg in 2023, DYNAMIKfest brought its first American edition to Chicago this month. Directed by violinist Clarissa Bevilacqua, the festival is built around a residency model. Rather than […]
August Wilson, one of our greatest American playwrights, among other accomplishments, left us ten plays in his “Pittsburgh Cycle.” Each one explores the African American experience in a different 20th […]
Minneapolis turned an empty warehouse into an indoor community of 100 small, private, lockable temporary tiny homes. Opened in December 2020, Avivo Village has housed over 870 people and their […]
