Eat. Watch. Do. Thursday, November 6, 2025 | | |
| | | | | It's Thursday, Chicago. Need another way to mix up your boring hump day? Head to the Magic Lounge to check out The Spellbinder, whose Wednesday night show is mesmerizing diverse crowds, writes critic Chris Jones. This week, we have our monthly roundup of Chicago restaurant openings, including a new Southeast Asian restaurant in River North from chef Thai Dang. Plus, read how you can support Chicago restaurants affected by immigration enforcement raids, here. Enjoy the weekend, we'll see
you back here next week. — Lauryn Azu, deputy senior editor | | | | Crying Tiger opened in River North on Oct. 14. The new Southeast Asian restaurant was named for a ferociously fiery dish. | | | | | Walter King Jr.’s show, titled “Diary of a Black Illusionist,” is both classic retro and very current and cool. | | | | | The Tribune spoke to several restaurant owners about the impact of immigration enforcement on their businesses and on diners. The blow to foot traffic is widespread across the city, but was felt most in neighborhoods with higher Latino populations. | | | | | If a building represented Tatsu Aoki’s life, it would look like the Asian Improv Arts Midwest dojo, on Elston Avenue. | | | | | Tony Award-winning director Robert Falls makes his Steppenwolf debut with the play about rival composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. | | | | | “Blackbird” reunites a man and the woman he abused when she was 12, some 15 years later. It does not make excuses for sexual abuse, even if it explores the depths of human complexity. | | | | | From the Green Mill to Empty Bottle to Symphony Center, here are the best places in Chicago to see live music. | | | |
