Chicago magazine

VAMP IT UP AT THE MUSIC BOX

efore Bela Lugosi, before Christopher Lee, before Frank Langella, Gary) in . Now celebrating its 100th anniversary, the vampire classic was long ago elevated to masterpiece status by film critics and scholars. Director F.W. Murnau’s shadow-drenched nightmare is a silent film, of course, but on October 24, one week before Halloween, you can absorb it on the big screen at the Music Box with a live soundtrack. The Invincible Czars, an Austin-based experimental rock band, will perform their haunting score, a mix of electric guitar, drums, organ, violin, glockenspiel, and more.

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Chicago magazine

Chicago magazine2 min read
Andrea Levoff
I LOVE THE ART OF creating a joke,” says comedian Andrea Levoff, who started doing standup 10 years ago while pursuing a master’s in spiritual psychology. Both passions deepened for the Lincoln Park mom after she and her husband separated in 2020. Le
Chicago magazine2 min read
A Pastry Tour of the Kringle Capital
Among travelers whose plans center on food, I’m of a particular subset: I map out trips around baked things. And if we’re talking a hyperregional specialty, all the better. (Ask my husband, whom I’ve dragged on tours of the sfogliatelles of Naples, t
Chicago magazine1 min read
Parsing Power
Another busy week, same question. @MaryAnnAhernNBC via X Looking at just the major players in sports, it’s wild but somehow fitting that no one named McCaskey appears on the list. @readjack via X I have pushed myself to the brink like this once [“The

Related Books & Audiobooks