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Dispatch: Chicago Blues Festival Hosted Powerhouse Women and a Tribute to Billy Branch-a Living Legend of Chicago BluesD...
06/10/2026

Dispatch: Chicago Blues Festival Hosted Powerhouse Women and a Tribute to Billy Branch-a Living Legend of Chicago Blues

Day three of the 2026 Chicago Blues Festival featured beautiful sunny, hot weather. I was unfamiliar with either of the musicians performing before Billy Branch with Sons of the Blues, Ronnie Baker Brooks, and Kenny Neal, which is honestly a treat. First up was Canadian singer Shakura S'Aida, who took

Day three of the 2026 Chicago Blues Festival featured beautiful sunny, hot weather. I was unfamiliar with either of the musicians performing before Billy Branch with Sons of the Blues, […]

Review: Carmine's Chicago New Terrace Brings Amalfi Vibes to Rush Street The first taste of summer in Chicago means two ...
06/10/2026

Review: Carmine's Chicago New Terrace Brings Amalfi Vibes to Rush Street

The first taste of summer in Chicago means two things: spending time outdoors and enjoying a cocktail. When temperatures reached 80 degrees this week, it was time to find both. Overlooking Mariano Park, the new terrace at Carmine's Chicago offers a setting that blends European-inspired outdoor dining with the energy

The first taste of summer in Chicago means two things: spending time outdoors and enjoying a cocktail. When temperatures reached 80 degrees this week, it was time to find both. […]

PHOTOS: Kevin Morby Was in Full Bloom for Little Wide Open at MetroKevin Morby has long been the Midwest's grandest bard...
06/09/2026

PHOTOS: Kevin Morby Was in Full Bloom for Little Wide Open at Metro

Kevin Morby has long been the Midwest's grandest bard, mixing so much of what makes the region unique deep into his music. Elements of the bible belt, modern secular life, and the general sense of that beautiful Midwestern life are embedded into his folk infused rock albums that are consistently

Kevin Morby has long been the Midwest’s grandest bard, mixing so much of what makes the region unique deep into his music. Elements of the bible belt, modern secular life, […]

Review: In Wetiko, New-Age Mysticism, Hallucinogenic Toads and Striking Production Create a Breathtaking Indie ThrillerT...
06/09/2026

Review: In Wetiko, New-Age Mysticism, Hallucinogenic Toads and Striking Production Create a Breathtaking Indie Thriller

This article was written by Lauren Weiner.

Wetiko is a beautiful movie. Its visual allure comes from the sinister yet whimsical filmmaking. At some uncertain point in the narrative, you begin to feel like you're drifting through a bad dream, reliving disorienting memories of a night-gone-wrong.

The story follows Aapo (Juan Daniel

Film , Film & TV , Review Review: In Wetiko, New-Age Mysticism, Hallucinogenic Toads and Striking Production Create a Breathtaking Indie ThrillerThis article was written by Lauren Weiner. Wetiko is a beautiful movie. Its visual allure comes from the sinister yet whimsical filmmaking. At some uncerta...

Interview: Filmmaker Adam Carter Rehmeier on Creating Carolina Caroline with Romance, Sleight of Hand and the Perfect Ca...
06/08/2026

Interview: Filmmaker Adam Carter Rehmeier on Creating Carolina Caroline with Romance, Sleight of Hand and the Perfect Cast

Writer, director, cinematographer, editor, and producer Adam Carter Rehmeier first got no small amount of recognition for his divisive 2011 horror film The Bunny Game, about a pr******te searching for her next fix who is kidnapped by a truck driver and subjected to extreme torture. It may come as no

Writer, director, cinematographer, editor, and producer Adam Carter Rehmeier first got no small amount of recognition for his divisive 2011 horror film The Bunny Game, about a pr******te searching for […]

Review: Soundgarden Guitarist Kim Thayil Delivers a Rocking MemoirIt’s hard to believe 40 years have passed since Soundg...
06/08/2026

Review: Soundgarden Guitarist Kim Thayil Delivers a Rocking Memoir

It’s hard to believe 40 years have passed since Soundgarden made their debut as one of six featured artists on the legendary Deep Six compilation, which spotlighted some of the most promising artists in Seattle’s mid-80s rock scene. Part of grunge’s “big four”—alongside Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Alice in Chains—the

Guitarist Kim Thayil’s unfiltered new memoir, A Screaming Life, co-written with Adam Tepedelen, is a grunge lover’s dream.

Dispatch: Chicago Blues Festival Celebrates 55 Years of Alligator Records on Day TwoThe skies threatened on the second d...
06/08/2026

Dispatch: Chicago Blues Festival Celebrates 55 Years of Alligator Records on Day Two

The skies threatened on the second day of the Chicago Blues Festival at Millennium Park. I recalled last year's rain blip that caused a delay, and C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band were preempted from the lineup. They were scheduled for this year, and I was hoping for

The skies threatened on the second day of the Chicago Blues Festival at Millennium Park. I recalled last year’s rain blip that caused a delay, and C.J. Chenier & The […]

Review: Promethean Theatre’s Antigone Demonstrates Personal Morality Trampled by Authoritarian RuleThe contemporary vers...
06/07/2026

Review: Promethean Theatre’s Antigone Demonstrates Personal Morality Trampled by Authoritarian Rule

The contemporary version of the play Antigone, written by Jean Anouilh almost 2400 years after Sophocles’ original, preserves the Greek play’s theme: the conflict between individual conscience and governmental edict. Although King Creon decrees that Antigone’s brother Polynices should not be given a proper burial because Creon considers him a

The contemporary version of the play Antigone, written by Jean Anouilh almost 2400 years after Sophocles’ original, preserves the Greek play’s theme: the conflict between individual conscience and governmental edict. […]

Review: Chicago Shakes Stages Brokeback Mountain, a Heartfelt Love Story About Two Ranch HandsIt all began with a short ...
06/07/2026

Review: Chicago Shakes Stages Brokeback Mountain, a Heartfelt Love Story About Two Ranch Hands

It all began with a short story published in the October 13, 1997, issue of the New Yorker. And then it became an Academy-Award winning film, later an opera, not to mention countless online forums, cartoons, parody posters, TV skits, and magazine covers. Now it is a play with music.

It all began with a short story published in the October 13, 1997, issue of the New Yorker. And then it became an Academy-Award winning film, later an opera, not […]

Review: Questlove Returns to Music Documentaries with Earth, Wind & Fire: To Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the W...
06/05/2026

Review: Questlove Returns to Music Documentaries with Earth, Wind & Fire: To Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the World

What separates the music documentaries directed by producer and Roots drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (Summer of Soul; Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius); Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music) is that he not only provides the musical highlights of whatever he’s spotlighting, but he also gives

What separates the music documentaries directed by producer and Roots drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (Summer of Soul; Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius); Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years […]

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