When it premiered in 1989, Heathers was a box office flop. In a world dominated by the feel-good teen comedies of John Hughes, people may not have been ready fo...
It’s a nice notion to believe that childhood is a sacred, protected time, but such a blessing is not true perpetually or distributed equally. It’s something to ...
MUSIC
The Amplify Decatur Music Festival returns Saturday with an impressive lineup of Americana artists who will perform on the downtown Decatur Square. Perfo...
War is inherently epic.
The famed film director François Truffaut said that it was impossible to make an anti-war film because every feature depicting war ma...
Go take in a movie at the Plaza Theatre and you can now purchase a BinaxNOW Covid-19 test for $15. At Dragon Con over Labor Day weekend, more than a few attende...
THEATER
Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, premiering Thursday at Synchronicity Theatre, tells the story of an 11-year-old Black girl in small-town Ohio in 1940 ...
Though many of the elements of Darlin’ Cory, the new musical opening the Alliance Theatre's 2021--22 season, are dazzling, the clumsy delivery of the show’s ce...
THEATER
If you're tired of getting “ghosted” (to use a current colloquial term) but like ghosts, Aurora Theatre’s Lawrenceville Ghost Tours are for you. Durin...
It’s been too long, really.
Not since 2019 has there been a live and in-person fall arts season. Despite surging pandemic cases, theaters and venues and muse...
After the Richard Greenberg play The Author’s Voice in Chicago brought director Lisa Peterson and Tony Award-winning actor Denis O’Hare together for the first t...
