Eat. Watch. Do. Thursday, February 26, 2026 | | |
| | | | | It’s Thursday, Chicago. Ever feel like all you need is a long, guttural scream? A new documentary on group scream sessions in Chicago explores how the act can be therapeutic. Read on from Nina Metz here. And if you’ve been on the West Side lately, a modern, new grocery store on Chicago Avenue may have caught your attention. Food critic Louisa Kung Liu Chu reviews the standout hot bar at Forty Acres Fresh Market, with a coconut curry bowl I can’t wait to get another taste of. Enjoy the weekend, we’ll see you back here next week. — Lauryn Azu, deputy editor | | | | There are, of course, many ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, including seeing the Trinity Irish Dance Company perform. | | | | | The tiny but mighty hot bar makes fried chicken, rice bowls and a Morning Glory breakfast sandwich that rivals any around the city. | | | | | Whitney Bradshaw created Outcry as a place for women to stop being silent and start getting real. A new documentary looks at how that works. | | | | | Its name originated as a joke, but Speed Rack, the world’s first and only all-women and femme bartending competition, is anything but. | | | | | The musical tells the story of Bernadette Soubirous, the daughter of a poor French family in 1858, who experienced apparitions of a young woman, seemingly the Virgin Mary. | | | | | In Illinois and across the country, breweries have been struggling as consumers seek healthier drinking habits or have a wider range of options, such as THC-infused drinks | | | | | Chicago blues great Billy Branch says a concert in Grant Park got him hooked on the music many decades ago. His latest album is “The Blues is My Biography.” | | | |