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The Arts Podcast, E6: What We’re Listening To Recently

By Elizabeth Eck, Tiffany Li, and Nolan Shaffer / April 25, 2025

For this episode, each of your favorite arts podcast hosts picked three songs that they have been listening to recently, and played it for everyone. There was some fierce debate over who has the better...

The film poster of Sinners, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.

An Unhinged Upheaval

By Shawn Quek / April 22, 2025
Associate Arts Editor Shawn Quek experiences Sinners by Ryan Coogler, a beautifully unhinged period drama crossed with supernatural horror that includes gospel blues, vampire killers, and fighting the KKK.
The Salomon and Benhamou families gather for a Passover seder in Joshua Harmon’s Prayer for the French Republic. Courtesy of Michael Brosilow.

Prayer for the French Republic Is Dark in Mood but Warm in Tone

By Zachary Leiter / April 21, 2025
Prayer for the French Republic is, in its quiet insistence on work and secular hope, as much reminiscent of Chekov’s Uncle Vanya as it is of Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt.
Gene (Thomas Gibson) lectures the titular Henry Johnson (Daniil Krimer) about gender, wisdom, and justice.
 
Image courtesy of Michael Brosilow

David Mamet’s Henry Johnson Misses the Mark

By Zachary Leiter / April 18, 2025
“Mamet is, throughout Henry Johnson, precise and unsparing in his criticism of society’s quiet acquiescence to sin, though he could stand at times to be more overt in the rendering of his judgment,” Senior Arts Reporter Zachary Leiter writes.
The film poster for Warfare, courtesy of A24.

To Forgo Truffaut

By Shawn Quek / April 16, 2025
Associate Arts Editor Shawn Quek reviews Warfare by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza, a gripping combat exercise in hyperrealism that will leave the audience shell-shocked.
Left to right: Grant Mullen, Henry LaVallee, and Gianni Aiello.

The Dive Bar of Eternal Youth: Naked Giants at the Empty Bottle

By Shawn Quek / April 13, 2025
Associate Arts Editor Shawn Quek reviews Naked Giants, a trio that delivered a charming, genre-defying combination of angsty energy and mature clarity at the Empty Bottle.
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Monument, Albin Polásek, 1949.

Photo Essay: Sculptures of Hyde Park

By Graham Hansen / April 7, 2025
Maroon photographer Graham Hansen takes a walk around Hyde Park, cataloging the sculptures that call the neighborhood home.
The film poster of A Minecraft Movie, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.

Does Could Imply Should?

By Shawn Quek / April 6, 2025
Associate Arts Editor Shawn Quek reviews A Minecraft Movie by Jared Hess, an unfortunate adaptation of a beloved video game.

The Arts Podcast, E5: Looking Back At the Grammys

By Nolan Shaffer, Tiffany Li, and Elizabeth Eck / April 3, 2025

It’s episode five of the Arts podcast! Your hosts are back with an episode on the Grammy awards! Who deserved it? Who didn’t? Find out with Elizabeth, Nolan, and Tiffany as they discuss, disagree,...

The film poster of Death of a Unicorn, courtesy of A24.

The Wealth of Unicorns

By Shawn Quek / March 30, 2025
Associate Arts Editor Shawn Quek reviews Alex Scharfman's Death of a Unicorn, an A24 satirical horror film that balances gags and gore.
Action shot of the duo performing during the concert, courtesy of University Theater.

University Theater’s “If/Then”: Eventually, Everything Is Going to Be Okay

By Ibrahim Shaheen / March 26, 2025
Arts Reporter Ibrahim Shaheen reviews “If/Then” from University Theater, a musical with a unique approach to exploring decisions in modern society.
The Jeremiah Review at Logan Cafe

“Warm and Hot”: The Jeremiah Review’s Logan Concert

By Kyle Lin / March 26, 2025
Arts Reporter Kyle Lin attends The Jeremiah Review’s Logan concert, a testament to South Side jazz.
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