117 stories by "Monica Reida"
The bond between a child and their favorite toy and what happens when the humans aren’t near their toys is what propels Pixar’s first animated feature-film, Toy Story. The 1995 f…
For the past year, I’ve been doing a 365 project of pictures, which required me to take a picture everyday for a year. Or at least try to take a picture for everyday of the year, altho…
I sat down to watch Burlesque expecting the worst based off of the reviews I had read and that it had a lower star rating on Netflix than Sucker Punch, which is probably one of the worst mov…
Today I needed something that wasn’t depressing to write about and since trying to make sense of Sucker Punch was something too depressing to even think about, I decided that I’m…
Currently I’m busy with work and writing for Gapers Block, which means that I don’t have much time or ideas for long posts for here. Sometimes, I do need a great motivation to co…
On Thursday I had spent half of my day at work, the other half sitting in my comfy chair from IKEA that’s older than me, working on a post for Gapers Block, where I’m currently w…
I was informed last night that almost a year ago someone sharing the same IP address as I have sometimes used has anonymously written comments on the blog Confessions of a Chicago Theatre Ad…
While the situation in Boystown keeps getting a bit crazier and more depressing, Milwaukee experienced mob violence in the Riverwest neighborhood on Monday evening. In the incidents, about 2…
There have recently been stabbings and attacks in the trendy Boystown area of Lakeview, which is home to several gay bars and the annual Pride Festival and Pride Parade. As a result of these…
For at least three years, it has been discussed as to whether or not bloggers were making theater critics, and critic in general, obsolete. This is a topic that won’t die, like whether…
This past week, the Chicago Tribune unveiled a redesigned version with more content. According to Robert Feder’s blog, the subscribers will be charged more, but it currently doesn̵…
As America continues through a recession and arts funding is continually slashed from public schools, questions linger in the heads of artists, primarily how to introduce children to theater…
Back in March, Theatre Cedar Rapids announced their 2011-12 season, but listed one of the plays as “TBA.” Judging from the press release, they have announced the play that was pr…
Last January, I was walking around Hyde Park with someone I knew after seeing The Year of Magical Thinking at Court Theatre and we somehow got on the topic of the Bechdel Test. The Bechdel T…
I was recently reading a Facebook status that a friend of mine in Cedar Falls posted about the low attendance at a production of The Sunshine Boys he just directed. The production was at Ced…
More than a month ago, I was going out to a restaurant to watch the Super Bowl because I don’t have cable in my apartment. This place was recommended by a friend of mine and since I…
Back in early November, I had picked up some Toaster Strudels at the grocery store. I thought that they would be great to eat and I hadn’t had any in a while. The morning after I picke…
