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Pilsen Day of The Dead Celebration Draws National Participation

PILSEN — The annual “Day of The Dead” celebration put on by The National Museum of Mexican Art last Sunday was a community effort to behold. Food, art, and music filled the neighborhood in celebration...

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The Weeknd Rocks Sold Out United Center

Currently on his first-ever, sold-out arena tour, Toronto-born Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd, brought his The Madness Fall Tour to the United Center on Friday. Tesfaye is promoting his second album...

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Yard House Offers a Savory Holiday Menu and Celebration Cocktails from Now...

The ingredients are classic—apple cider, brown butter, butternut squash—but the preparation and presentation of Yard House’s Holiday Menu are unlike anything that mom ever made.  Paired with a trio of...

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Take the Whole Family to Maxwell’s at the Club for an Exceptional...

This Thanksgiving start a new family tradition by treating yourself and your family to one of Chicago’s best Thanksgiving buffets at Maxwell’s at the Club (500 N. Kingsbury; 312-527-5800 ext. 301)....

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Galati’s East of Eden Showing at Steppenwolf

In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Steppenwolf Theater Company is presenting its new adaptation of John Steinbeck’s complex novel, “East of Eden,” which focuses on the essence of evil, and...

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Filmmaker Malik Bader and the Making of “Cash Only”

In just one month with a budget barely big enough to make a music video, Malik Bader directed a film about an Albanian slum-lord in Detroit called “Cash Only.” A Chicago native, Bader was working on a...

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Christkindlmarket Chicago Prides Itself on Consistency

Retired schoolteacher Ruth Hosek enjoyed her sumptuous potato pancakes at a small stand-up table in the center of a maze of unique gift shops, candy huts. All around were lines of people speaking many...

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Some Object to the Comedy of “Chi-Raq”

The recently released movie “Chi-Raq,” directed by Spike Lee, has caused an uproar among some Chicagoans who say it will offer an unrealistic depiction of the city.  “I lived in an impoverished part of...

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27th Annual Polish Film Festival Brings Together Polish Americans

Karolina Bielawska, the filmmaker of the documentary “Call Me Marianna,” showcased her film in the annual Polish Film Festival that took place last month in Chicago.  The film is about Marianna, a...

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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art Set to Celebrate 25th...

The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art has been around for nearly 25 years and is the only nonprofit organization in the United States solely dedicated to outsider art. As the museum gets ready to...

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