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Charles Reagan Hackleman/Lollapalooza 2019
At This Year's Lollapalooza, No Issue too Big and No Outfit too Sparkly
This year's Lollapalooza was a chant for change, yet political tension never predominated the otherwise invigorating celebration of musical artistry.
August 11, 2019
Taylor Jewell/AP
Lulu Wang Goes Above And Beyond With "The Farewell," And She's Only Getting Started
Director Lulu Wang sits with the Chicago Maroon for an interview about her second feature film, The Farewell, out July 19.
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July 25, 2019
20th Century Fox
"Stuber" Falls Short of a Five Star Rating
While "Stuber" stars Dave Bautista and Kumail Nanjiani share commendable comedic chemistry, the film's writers fail the promising duo.
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July 18, 2019
A24
"The Farewell" Teaches Us How to Welcome Our Differences Before Saying Goodbye
Lulu Wang’s “The Farewell” offers a loving, sensitive take on Chinese-American culture, and may very well be the best film of the summer.
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July 18, 2019
Jeremy Lindenfeld
Champagne, a Cactus, and a Bike Named Gertrude: Graduating Students Share Their Keepsakes
The relationships between graduating students and their favorite mementos shed light on the transformative, altogether too fast experience that is college.
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June 6, 2019
Youtube
Paradise Lost and Found Again, Together
Jorja Smith and Kali Uchis share the Aragon Ballroom stage in a passionate, exuberant double bill.
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June 4, 2019
Montreal Gazette
Cirque du Soleil’s Volta: Acrobats, Actors, and Technicians’ Artistic Haven
“Volta” sees Cirque du Soleil deliver another emphatic bout of acrobatic and aesthetic excellence.
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June 3, 2019
Ricky Novaes
Ricky Novaes Doesn't Want to Write the Next Harry Potter
Fourth-year Ricky Novaes reflects on the road less taken.
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June 3, 2019
Mike Grittani
juhiguptaandherbizarreartpolitic.pdf
Who needs time for conventional art when you're Juhi Gupta?
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June 3, 2019
Adrian Mandeville
Eli Winter’s Time Is Yet to Come (But He’s Pretty Damn Good So Far)
Eli Winter marvels at Constellation with his debut album “The Time To Come,” delivering stunning, passionate performances through his guitar instrumentals.
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June 3, 2019
Maroon TV
Trapped in a World of White People
Maroon TV’s “Writer’s Room” portrays the invisibility of people of color in white-dominated institutions, and the many frustrations that follow.
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May 31, 2019
The Arts Collective
To Redefine, to Relive, to Remember
The Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality’s inaugural Arts Collective show “Re : ” sees an exciting array of creative responses from student artists across Chicago.
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May 28, 2019
Jad Dahshan
Florence and the Machine and Its Not-So-Useless Magic
Florence and the Machine mix their mystical, magical, medieval sound with world-weariness at the Huntington Bank Pavilion, speaking out against recent abortion bans in America and scolding toxic masculinity.
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May 28, 2019
Adrian Mandeville
The Wind Blew Me Away, but Aminé and Co. Reeled Me Back in
Our associate editor really hated the rain. Everything else, not so much.
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May 27, 2019
Todd Rosenberg
Kissin’s Ferocity and Uchida’s Velocity Charm the CSO
Mitsuko Uchida and Evgeny Kissin bring different styles to the CSO stage with similarly resounding levels of success.
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May 27, 2019
Activists Discuss Mass Incarceration Crisis at Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture
Both speakers pointed to the need to “contextualize, humanize, and render legible,” the complex network of forces, interacting in compounding ways, that serves to maintain oppression.
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May 27, 2019
Billboard
BTS and Their ARMY Overrun Soldier Field
K-pop group BTS asserts itself as the Beatles of the 21st century at the Soldier Field Stadium with humility and grandeur.
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May 22, 2019
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