Hayward, Gift Theatre’s world premiere play, begins during a funeral. The widow sits, veiled and clad in white, in the front row with the audience. Her four children are on […] ...

Please enjoy Part 2 of our conversation with Chicago International Film Festival Artistic Director Mimi Plauche; read Part 1 here. So what are the films that are probably under people’s […] ...

It’s the penultimate weekend before Halloween so there are only a few more days left to enjoy all the spooky goodness Chicago has to offer! So get your best costume […] ...

Theatre Above the Law’s world premiere of Grimm reimagines the familiar fairy-tale characters of the Brothers Grimm within the intimate confines of its Rogers Park venue. Michael Dalberg’s script ...

Dutch-American artist Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) and his evolution as an important Abstract Impressionist and producer of a dynamic, seven-decade-long body of work is chronicled in the riveting new ...

Kenji Tanigaki is a Japanese-born stuntman, stunt coordinator, fight coordinator, and director whose latest work, The Furious, might be the greatest action movie in the last 20 years. After training ...

Subscribe to Third Coast Review’s weekly highlights for the latest and best in arts and culture around the city. In your inbox every Friday afternoon. During its early years, the building was the home ...

Last weekend, Lyric Opera of Chicago staged its world premiere of Safronia, a new work by avery r. young, Chicago’s inaugural poet laureate and a celebrated interdisciplinary artist. Safronia is the ...

This is it, folks! It's the last summer weekend of the year so let's make it count! There are plenty of concerts, festivals, movies, art and special events ready to make this last summer weekend of ...

I’ll admit I was intrigued by the idea of a writer taking on the personality and writing style of another writer, the way a method actor might “become” the character they have been challenged to play.

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 Bloody Valentine level of pedal boards, the ...

When a filmmaker decides to set their latest work in a post-apocalyptic future, we can assume that the story that’s about to unfold is going to be a new take on this well-worn, sci-fi sub-genre. So ...