Reviews

Champaign-based punk band Long Birds have just released their new album, showing not only their instrumental proficiency, but their lyrical prowess as well. 

Origin Story director Lisa Gaye Dixon says, “It is an oft-repeated truism that stories and plays reveal us to ourselves…No matter our status in life, we humans are always in need of connection—brief, sustained, calm, or chaotic—we need to know we matter, that we are seen.”

Julie reviews Fun Home, the latest offering from Lyric Theatre at Illinois.

Alyssa reviews Parkland's She Kills Monsters, a play set in 1995 in Athens, Ohio, which features a strong cast, slapstick comedy, sword-fighting, and young love. The show runs through November 14th.

Author and illustrator, Daniel Charles Wild, takes you on an emotional journey with Stories For Imaginary Friends: 50 Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi Stories, and Essays

In Z Macabre's second book inThe Witch book series Marisa's magical journey includes the return of an old lover, who just so happens to be a nonbinary vampire. 

Native Gardens demonstrates the vitality and importance of platforming diverse voices and creators in this impeccable, approachable play.

Both Hal Fischer Photographs and Crip* ask us to consider “what happens when identities who have historically been excluded from art spaces begin to occupy these same spaces as artists?”

Artists in this exhibit bring beauty and serenity to Lincoln Square.