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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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Maggie Rogers Isn’t Just Coffee Shop Indie

Maggie Rogers Isn’t Just Coffee Shop Indie

By Lainey Gregory and Sofia Hrycyszyn / November 21, 2024
Rogers’s “Don’t Forget Me” tour emphasized her drive to leave an impact on the community through her music and her fear of getting lost to history.
Kishi Bashi performs at Offset. Photo by Georgia Wluka.

Kishi Bashi Wants You to Celebrate With Him

By Evy Wyman / November 18, 2024
Evy Wyman covers Kishi Bashi’s “joyous and golden” performance at Chicago’s new venue Offset.
Buckshot and XL Dancer (left and right) face off as tensions rise with nowhere to go. Courtesy of Michael Brosilow with Court Theatre.

Beauty and Horror in “East Texas Hot Links” at the Court

By Nolan Shaffer / October 14, 2024
There is a mosaic of experience in the Court Theatre’s first play of the 2024-25 season, writes associate Arts editor Nolan Shaffer.
Sturgill Simpson plays the Salt Shed.

Sit Down. Sturgill Simpson Has Things That You Need to Hear.

By Noah Glasgow / October 14, 2024
In a stop at the Salt Shed, country singer Sturgill Simpson sealed the end of his old outlaw style. But in Simpson’s own words: “Sometimes beginnings can come from an end.”
The grounds of the Evanston Folk Festival. Photograph by Josh Druding courtesy SPACE.

First Evanston Folk Festival Appreciates the Old and Attracts the New

By Lena Birkholz / October 10, 2024
At the new Evanston Folk Festival, honest love for folk traditions peeks out from underneath an Instagrammable veneer.
Ride plays Metro

Ride’s 2024 Tour Is Nostalgic Fun

By Harmonie Ramsden / October 2, 2024
The pioneering English rock band’s May 16 concert at Metro Chicago was worth raising a pint to.
Eddie Izzard performs "Hamlet" at the Chicago Shakespeare Company. Courtesy the Chicago Shakespeare Company.

Eddie Izzard Presents a Suffocating yet Prescient Take on Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”

By Francesco Rahe / October 2, 2024
Arts Reporter Francesco Rahe covers Eddie Izzard’s single-handed rendition of Hamlet at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
The cast of "Alice By Heart" at the show's midwestern premiere. Photo by Evan Hanover courtesy Kokandy Productions.

Falling Down the Rabbit Hole with Kokandy’s New Musical, “Alice by Heart”

By Miki Mukawa / October 2, 2024
Associate Arts Editor Miki Mukawa spends another evening at Chopin Theatre—this time, in Wonderland.
"I Saw the TV Glow" was released by A24 in May and is now available in VOD. Courtesy A24.

“I Saw the TV Glow”: When Reality and Fiction Collide

By Cristina Rodriguez / October 2, 2024
Jane Schoenbrun's latest film reimagines what the psychological horror genre can offer to Gen Z.
John Flansburgh (left) and John Linnell (right) perform "Doctor Worm."

A Birdhouse for Your Soul: They Might Be Giants

By Toby Chan and Michael Moran / July 20, 2024
Associate Arts Editor Toby Chan and Arts Reporter Michael Moran cover They Might Be Giants’ performance at the Vic Theater as part of their “Big Tour of the Midwest.”
Henchmen Astoria (Maisie Thompson) and Hilton (Jacob Halabe) join hands with oil baron Dallas (Robert Stimpson). Credit Coco Liu and University Theater.

Strings Attached: Puppet Love

By Toby Chan and Nolan Shaffer / May 23, 2024
Associate arts editors Toby Chan and Nolan Shaffer review “Strings Attached,” an original musical written, directed, and composed by fourth-years Jefferson Lind, Adrian Lo, and Althea Li and third-year Eleni Lefakis.
Works from Marcela Torres’s new exhibit “I Brought You Flowers/Te Traje Flores” at the University of Chicago Arts Incubator.

Celebrating Botanical Heritage at “I Brought You Flowers/Te Traje Flores”

By Katherine Chen / May 15, 2024
Arts reporter Katherine Chen reviews Marcela Torres’s new exhibit “I Brought You Flowers/Te Traje Flores” at the University of Chicago Arts Incubator.
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