Eat. Watch. Do. — 6 summer red wines, Cultivate fest guide

It’s Thursday, Chicago.

Hope you’ve been staying safe and cool amid the hot weather this week.

If you’re looking for something refreshing to sip but are loyal to red wine, check out this list of options perfect for summer. If that’s not enough, we’ve got a review of Oakville Grill & Cellar, which has the largest California-only wine list in the city.

For entertainment you can enjoy from the comfort of your couch or a dark movie theater, we’ve got a review of the movie “Bottoms,” a look at the latest Star Wars entry on Disney+, “Ahsoka,” and a peek at Season 2 of “Power Book IV: Force.”

Enjoy the weekend, and we’ll see you next week.

— Kayla Samoy, deputy senior editor

Tribune critic Michael Phillips describes this movie as “peppy, bloody and swift,” where “jokes about sexual assault, the raging patriarchy and Black Republicans not yet of voting age are equally fair game.” Read his full review here.

Chicago’s newest restaurants include Ummo in River North, plus Soule to Soule and a new spot from the chef behind Sueños. Read the full story here.

“‘Ahsoka,’ so far, leaves us wondering where ‘Star Wars’ is now. Do we still love it? Do we need it?” writes Christopher Borrelli. Read the full story here.

From lighter, crisply balanced reds to full-bodied, tannic wines, Chicago sommeliers offer suggestions for red wines that are enjoyable during hot summer weather. Read the full list here.

Chicago Cultivate Festival is a three-day music and cannabis (and culinary) bash. This event is stacked with highly learned vendors, nonprofits and local creatives. Read the full guide here.

Oakville Grill & Cellar has Chicago’s largest California-only wine list, which fortunately showcases that state’s many great regions.

“Chicago may never be Napa, but with Oakville, we can at least pretend in comfort,” Tribune critic Nick Kindelsperger writes. Read his full review here.

On Sept. 1, the second season of the Starz series “Power Book IV: Force” will be back. The show stars Chicago-born actor Joseph Sikora. Read the full story here.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the band members turned inward, to a creative pod, to make new music. The results of those efforts make up their latest album, “The Window,” out Friday. Read the full story here.

For the past year, jaimie branch’s inner circle worked tirelessly to push her final record with her quartet, “Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))” — out Friday — across the finish line. Read the full story here.

Sixty years after Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech invoked freedom in Stone Mountain, the Atlanta suburb is brimming with potential, largely driven by Black entrepreneurs. Read the full story here.