Last year when I took on the role of Arts & Life editor, I had to come up with a new intro for our weekly pitch list emails. The previous editor used “Howdy” as her greeting and while I loved it,...

Douglass Park streets were bustling as streams of visitors to the 19th annual Riot Fest once again took over the area this past weekend. An estimated 50,000 attendees worked their way to the south side...

As classes come to an end on the first Monday of Fall Quarter, the Student Center begins to fill with hungry individuals looking for a place to kick back and relax. To their surprise, live music echoes...

A stampede of feet sends mountains of dirt into the air, each dancing kick an expression of undeniable joy. Friends hold each other as their hair develops a mind of its own, unable to help itself from...

Tacking up posters in DePaul’s School of Music, Grant Lendvay’s smile emanates the excitement his DIY music festival is sure to bring.  Lendvay, a third-year sound recording technology student,...

In the Student Center’s room 120AB, Emily Robinson, senior and president of the DePaul Music Business Organization (DMBO), furiously types away on her laptop. Every email sent out is another thing crossed...

After two years of touring her sophomore album, “Five Seconds Flat,” Lizzy McAlpine makes a captivating return to deliver “Older,” her third album, which marks a significant departure from her...

Customers rifle through records and cassettes of their favorite artists in Let's Boogie Record & Tapes as the morning sun streams through the store windows. Behind the counter, co-owner Jason Keller...

The DePaul Activities Board (DAB) announced during Battle of the Bands that Swae Lee will headline FEST 2024 on May 17. The rapper is most known for his work as Rae Sremmurd with his brother Slim Jxmmi...

The lineup for Lollapalooza, an annual Chicago music festival, caused a stir on social media after its announcement on March 19. Some DePaul students are criticizing the festival's slippery slope towards...

With a mocktail in one hand and a paintbrush in the other, freshman Ella McCoy began painting vibrant flowers and cascading vines on a black vinyl record. The Student Center atrium on DePaul’s Lincoln...

Despite its most recent trends, country music has struggled to secure a lasting foothold in the mainstream spotlight in the past couple of decades, but with prominent artists venturing into the genre,...