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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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By Arts Staff / March 8, 2016
Chicago’s South Side and the Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project The Prison and Neighborhood Arts Project (PNAP), a Chicago organization that provides art classes, workshops, and guest lectures to people at the Stateville Maximum Security Prison, is hosting a talk at the Seminary Co-Op. The panelists are Audrey Petty, Kai Parker, Lasana Kazembe, and Sarah...
Harper Lee while visiting Monroeville, Alabama, her hometown and the setting which inspired Mockingbird's Maycomb.

Two Odes to Harper Lee, 1926–2016

By Arts Staff / February 22, 2016
Harper on Harper  Like almost everyone else, I read To Kill A Mockingbird in the course of my grade school education. Many of us wrote papers or crafted projects on this book, exploring its themes on Jim Crow, law, racism, judgment, and honesty. To Kill A Mockingbird became a favorite book of mine, much like it became...

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By Arts Staff / February 4, 2016
CSDS Valentine’s Day Dance Put some swing into your Valentine’s week! The Chicago Swing Dance Society (CSDS) is hosting a Valentine’s Day dance the weekend before. If you’ve never swing-danced before, the CSDS has you covered: there’s a beginner swing lesson before the dance begins. Music will be provided by the Petra Van Nuis Quartet,...
New protagonists, old tricks: Rey and Finn (played by newcomers Daisy Ridley and John Boyega) dash breathlessly into the spotlight.

Seven Takes On Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Discussed

By Arts Staff / January 15, 2016
My dad saw A New Hope in theaters in 1977 and he thought it was “okay.” Thirty-eight years later, it’s no longer possible to have a neutral opinion about a Star Wars episode: our reviewers either thought The Force Awakens wasn’t fit to wipe George Lucas’s bottom or that it was the best thing to...
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