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PHX Gallery
PHX Gallery, Where Exception Becomes Convention
PHX Gallery, one of Chicago’s best kept secrets, houses an eclectic mix of post-modernist furniture, objets d’art, and vintage Comme des Garçons fashion.
April 8, 2020
Hope Gundlah
UChicago Students, Alumna Appear in the Chicago Musical Theatre Festival
While UChicago is not a traditional conservatory, its students and alumni solidify its grounding in the theater world.
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April 8, 2020
Pavielle Garcia
Childish Gambino’s 3.15.20—What Makes an Album of the Year?
In what may well be the last record of the Childish Gambino project, Donald Glover delves deep into an experimental sound.
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April 1, 2020
Jana Birchum
A Reprieve From Chaos With Dayglow
In one of Chicago's final concerts before closures, Dayglow turned Shubas Tavern into a respite from the oncoming chaos with their exhilarating stage presence.
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April 1, 2020
Natalia Rodriguez
Keep the Ship Moving: Putting on a Show During a Pandemic
Fourth-year Kenjiro Lee, director of The Old Man and the Old Moon, reflects on persevering with production amid the panic of the coronavirus.
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April 1, 2020
Rick Rodney
The Other 80 Percent—What Makes a Punk Show?
Despite a ferocious set, Ceremony’s set at Thalia Hall fell flat because of an underwhelming audience.
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March 15, 2020
Eric Nam
Eric Nam Comes Through the Vic—Don't Run Away
Eric Nam performed his debut English album with his signature enthusiasm, asserting a universal message of love, loss, and nostalgia.
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March 15, 2020
Apsáalooke Women and Warriors
An exhibition at the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society highlighted the art and culture of the Apsáalooke people.
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March 14, 2020
American Writers Museum
My America: Immigrant and Refugee Writers Today
The latest exhibition at the American Writers Museum discusses the challenges of immigration experiences, focusing particularly on discovering and embracing identity.
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March 6, 2020
atmosvere
Saint Motel: Cheesy, Disjointed Fun
Despite technical difficulties and cheesy set layouts, Saint Motel thrilled their audience with an overflowing, whimsical energy at the Vic.
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March 6, 2020
The Renaissance Society
The Paradox of Control in "Occam Ocean"
Éliane Radigue’s experimental composition, performed last week at Bond Chapel, demonstrates the paradoxical difficulty of exerting absolute control over musical performance.
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March 6, 2020
UChicago Presents
Aaron Diehl Talks Jazz and Baroque
Jazz pianist Aaron Diehl discusses jazz and baroque music, as well as his latest record, at the Logan Center.
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March 3, 2020
David O'Donohue
Youuu Should Listen to Coin’s Newest Album
Coin reinvents their sound but loses none of the magic in “Dreamland.”
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March 3, 2020
C.J. Lind
When Subject Matter Is Matter Itself
At the Smart Museum’s biggest exhibition to date, histories are rewritten and new theoretical possibilities opened.
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March 3, 2020
Dreamworks Animation
The Self-Defeating Irony of Progressive Animation
In an entertaining iteration of the Hannah Frank Memorial Lecture Series, Mihaela Mihailova tears into animation's unfortunate tendency to fall into an ironic tension between progressivism and conservatism.
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March 3, 2020
Somebody Once Told Me the UChicago Law School Had A Musical, So I Rolled with It
Law school students prove to be a bunch of ogre-achievers in "The University of Shrek-ago: The Law School Musical."
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February 28, 2020
Katy Campbell
"Baked! The Musical:" Harvard, Weed, and Life Lessons
he second article of our Chicago Musical Theater Festival reviews Baked! The Musical, which hits all its high points with ease.
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February 28, 2020
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