MSI After Hours: Get Animated a 21+ event The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (MSI) is hosting an animation-themed party on Friday, September 21. MSI After Hours: Get Animated celebrates the intersection of art and science, giving guests access to MSI’s latest exhibit, The Science Behind Pixar. Guests can also attend an exclusive conversation […]

PETIT BISCUIT ADDS NEW DATES TO NORTH AMERICAN FALL HEADLINE TOUR Photo by Jonathan Bertin Fresh from sets at Lollapalooza and HARD Summer, Petit Biscuit adds new dates to his largest North American tour yet today, including Chicago’s The Vic and San Diego’s Observatory North Park, plus two nights each at Santa Ana’s Observatory and Los Angeles’ Fonda Theater. Tickets are on sale to the general public Friday, August […]

    Ruido Fest returns to Chicago’s Addams- Meddill Park for its fourth consecutive year! This 3 day celebration of Latin music and culture will take place in downtown Chicago on June 22nd, 23rd and 24th   The three day festival, known for blurring international borders and reaching US Latino + Latin American and music […]

  For the record, I went into 2017 with an intention to try something different and step out of my comfort zone to attend events outside of Chicago.  Not that I never traveled, but it was normally meant as a work thing or a family thing.  It was absolutely never a thing where I sacrificed […]

With romantic vocals and empowering lyrics, 23 year-old Raveena is moving on from toxic relationships in her new single, “If Only” via The Fader. “If Only” is the sultry R&B follow up single to her mid-tempo music video, “Sweet Time” that originally premiered on i-D Magazine last month. Raveena’s freshman catalogue explores her deep passion for women of color joining […]

Consider Riot Fest as the punk/goth/overall culturally different cousin that may or may not be adopted to the family of festivals that exists on the concert family tree.  It’s been quite a few years since I last attended a Riot Fest on home turf, but it felt overdue from chaos of southern festivals.  Douglas Park […]

Everyday I pickup up my daughter from her grandmothers house; a 30 minute (or less) trek from one suburb to another.  I was raised most of my life in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago.  The reputation of suburbia is often a quiet one and has changed a bit throughout my life.  Naturally, my concerns have […]

Recent events in San Antonio, Texas have sparked outrage amongst many communities.  Nearly 100 people were found trapped in an enclosed trailer in a Wal-Mart parking lot; the conditions they were found in were both a tragedy and abysmal.  See the article here for more details. Chicago has become one of the fastest growing hubs […]