A year after moving to Chicago, there are still shows on Broadway I wish I'd seen while I had the chance. Though I resolved my major miss in never getting to Hamilton, I still regret not seeing Fun Home (though I did see Hugh Jackman in a play at that same theater just before it took over), and ...
Inside Van Gogh’s Bedroom
Next week, The Art Institute of Chicago closes what has proved their most popular special exhibition in 15 years - Van Gogh's Bedrooms. It's hook is the convergence of three Van Gogh paintings that have never before been exhibited in one place. A potentially obscure conceit - this is not Van Gogh's ...
Spring into Chicago
According to the calendar, Spring 2016 officially began on March 20. It never got warmer than 45* that day; the low was 33* (just one degree above freezing!). With few exceptions, the weather has stayed much the same in Chicago as the season rolls on. Early in April, one weekend saw an entire day of ...
2015 [on stage]
Despite spending a lot of time at the movies this year, I managed to fit in a handful of live theater, too - shows that stretched from Broadway to London and back to Chicago. I saw nine shows in all, which puts my theater attendance at less than once per month...maybe I was busier with movies than I ...
Open House Chicago Adventure
A few months ago, as I was in the throes of processing a move back to the midwest, I did a bit of free association writing therapy. It totally helped process some heavy shit, which got my head on a bit straighter and led to some writing I actually published: my Chicago lists. The whole point of the ...