UBallet's "Don Quixote" Enchants With Love and Windmills

Exquisite performances from veterans and newcomers alike -- not to mention an enormous prop windmill -- propelled UBallet's spring show to elegant new heights.

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May 17, 2018

Ai Wei Wei Reflects on the Refugee Crisis in “Human Flow”

Artist and activist Ai Wei Wei came to campus for a Q&A and film screening on April 29.

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May 7, 2018

"An Enemy of the People" Gets a Disillusioned Revival in the Trump Era

While Ibsen's script can carry itself, director and adapter Robert Falls's interpretation is a few teeth short of a biting critique.

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March 29, 2018

Iris's "For Colored Girls" Paints a Poetic Narrative about Trauma and Strength

Iris aims to promote "radically inclusive and socially conscious theater.”

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March 14, 2018

"You Got Older" Gets What It's like to Be a Millenial

Clare Barron's play, "You Got Older," produced by Steppenwolf Theatre, depicts the subtleties of millennials' complex problems.

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February 26, 2018

Remembering Kim Jong-hyun, Shining Star of K-pop

Jonghyun committed suicide on Monday evening. He was 27.

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December 22, 2017

Fourth-year Val Bodurtha Gives History a Remake in Debut Novel

"The History Makers," an alternative history YA novel, hopes to "make 13-year-olds laugh a little and hopefully get them interested in the Aztecs and history.”

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November 13, 2017

Aloha Poké Co. Placates as Expected

The new Hyde Park location of the Chicago chain offers a myriad of traditional and non-traditional options for customizable poké bowls.

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November 2, 2017

Neubauer Collegium Deconstructs U.S. Imperialism through Architecture

Terrence Gower began "Havana Case Study" almost a decade ago.

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October 30, 2017

Karl Ove Knausgaard on Novels and Knowing

Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard visited campus this summer to discuss his latest novel, "Autumn."

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September 28, 2017