Long before she became the Duchess of Bridgeport, Maria Marszewski was a churchgoing hairdresser in South Korea.
Tag: Vol. 44 No. 24
Issue of Mar. 12 – 18, 2015
Posted inFood & Drink
How Alice of Alice’s Lounge went from beautician to bar owner
From behind her bar, Alice Boron surveys the kingdom that karaoke helped build.
Posted inFood & Drink
Rosa of Rosa’s Lounge brought the blues to Logan Square
The Italian immigrant and her son have logged 31 years on Armitage.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Hammer Trinity is a nine-hour fantasy epic that feels surprisingly short
The House Theatre of Chicago’s fantasy epic The Hammer Trinity is thrilling and thought-provoking—even if you don’t like fantasy.
Posted inFilm
In Maps to the Stars, Hollywood is a living hell
In David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars portrays the movie business as a nightmare of outsize egos.
Posted inBlogs
Lyric Opera invites the public to a star-studded tribute
Free public tickets are available for Lyric Opera’s Kenneth G. Pigott memorial concert on March 13.
Posted inBlogs
West Loop wine bar Vera is organizing its wine list by dirt
Will organizing the wine list by terroir at Vera make it easier or harder to get a wine you’ll love?
Posted inBlogs
Up-and-coming rapper Frank Leone discusses his debut full-length, Enter Wild
The 19-year-old talks about the influence of Vic Mensa, Chicago violence, and Phantom of the Opera.
Posted inBlogs
Did OU overreact to frat boys’ racist song?
Questioning the expulsion of two Sigma Alpha Epsilon members
Posted inBlogs
Performer-choreographer-poet Ian Spencer Bell brings his ‘talking dances’ to the Poetry Foundation tonight
Dancer-poet Ian Spencer Bell comes to the Poetry Foundation to perform his Geography Solos, a suite of “talking dances” and a new autobiographical piece, Holler.
Posted inBlogs
Can the rejuvenated Cubs go O for March?
Cubs sluggers go back-to-back-to-back as the team goes back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back.
Posted inBlogs
Get hooked on art-pop act Fee Lion, who plays the Hideout tomorrow night
Catch a fever for the art-pop of Fee Lion, aka Chicagoan Justina Kairyte.
Posted inBlogs
Did you read about legalizing medical marijuana, ‘Blurred Lines,’ and Howard Stern?
Also radical Catholics, human chimeras, Steyn City, and Craigslist “Casual Encounters”?
Posted inMusic
Let the Lollapalooza lineup predictions begin!
Gossip Wolf makes its first Lollapalooza predictions of 2015, a shakeup for Lord Mantis births another nasty metal band, and more.
Posted inBlogs
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt fills that 30 Rock-shaped hole in our hearts
Tina Fey’s Netflix creation is everything we hoped it would be and more.