1+ day, 56+ min ago   (250+ words) Review written by Julia Rademacher-Wedd. The venue was intimate, allowing the audience to appreciate the dancers’ attention to detail. However, this also made it more disruptive when latecomers were let in during the middle of the dances. During intermission, more…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (283+ words) Review: The Hard Road to Hitler’s Bathtub—Lee Miller's Photography at the Art Institute of Chicago Third Coast Review Never Miss a Moment in Chicago Culture But Miller didn’t just move to the other side of the camera. She became…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (189+ words) Last year, Third Coast Review, with a grant from the Alliance Matters campaign, an initiative of Chicago Independent Media Alliance (CIMA) and the Field Foundation, produced The Art of Survival series, which explored how smaller Chicago arts organizations are surviving…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (276+ words) The second half was devoted to George Frideric Handel. First were two coronation anthems for King George II, which was followed by Music for the Royal Fireworks. That was a great preparation for MOB’s third annual Water Music boat ride…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (234+ words) “Why are you so cool?” That was the query an audience member posed when Atta Boy singer Eden Brolin invited questions during an equipment switcheroo. They needn’t have asked; the answer was on full display during the indie rockers’ Friday…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (253+ words) Third Coast Review One of the most beloved paintings to see in Chicago is French post-impressionist painter Georges Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte at the Art Institute of Chicago. Some may not know the…...

2+ week, 9+ min ago   (293+ words) The three instruments retained distinct personalities. Sie’s violin could be incisive and brilliant, while Steinhoff supplied a darker, more grounded presence and Moy gave the music a firm rhythmic base. What made the ensemble compelling was how rarely those personalities…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (417+ words) Review: Ricky Martin’s Radiant Stardom was Flawless at Ravinia Festival Third Coast Review Last week, Ravinia Festival welcomed the vastly adored Puerto Rican super-star, Ricky Martin to its fully revamped Hunter Pavilion for an unforgettable late summer evening of dancing…...

3+ week, 32+ min ago   (544+ words) Director Alex Albrecht and the team at Sandbox Theatre Collective take on Shakespeare’s classic Henry IV, Part 1 at Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro. The dynamic cast of nine—Laura Bouxsein, LJ Bullen, Katherine Damisch, Caleb Ryan Jones, Nathan Keiller, Khnemu…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1071+ words) Third Coast Review It is no exaggeration to claim that, in the history of Latino participation in American film and theater, there would be no Gregory Nava, there would be no The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, no In the Heights,…...