I started listening to holiday music in early October. That's mainly because I want to be able to do what I'm doing here today: share with you a new playlist of songs to enjoy during the season. If I didn't start listening until it was socially appropriate, you wouldn't get your playlist until ...
Archives for November 2016
Watch This: 20th Century Women
The title of Mike Mill's latest film, 20th Century Women, is slightly misleading. Though led by a cast of notable actresses including Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig and Elle Fanning (definitely Elle. Definitely not Dakota. No, I didn't have to confirm that on IMDb. You did.), this is actually Jamie's ...
Watch This: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
With the Festival basically taking over my life for the last two months, I feel woefully under-prepared for fall movie season. I haven't even looked at seasonal release calendars, let alone created my own preview of what I'm most looking forward to! So when friends brought up the idea of catching ...
Curtain Call (x4)
In a series of happy accidents, I found myself catching not one or two live theater productions recently, but four Broadway-caliber shows within a matter of days (two of them actually on Broadway). It started with a pair of tickets to Hamilton here in Chicago, tickets I'd purchased in March of this ...
A Glimpse That’s Not
The strangest thing has been happening lately. Wherever I go, for the briefest moment, I'm seeing familiar faces in complete strangers. That is, I glimpse someone I've never seen before in my life and for just a flash I'm sure it's someone I know. There, on the sidewalk outside this cafe in ...