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Review: Tame Impala – ‘Currents’

Kirsten Onsgard • July 14, 2015

Kevin Parker is changing - and he isn’t afraid to tell you. If the track titles on “Currents” - like “Let it Happen,” “Past Life” and even “Yes, I’m Changing” - aren’t enough of...

Review: Mamby on the Beach, day 2

Kevin Quin • July 13, 2015

While day one of Mamby on the Beach had an overcast of thick, grey clouds dampening the spirit of excited electronic music fans, day two of the weekend-long festival was all sunshine and clear skies, making...

Review: Years & Years – ‘Communion’

Kevin Quin • July 13, 2015

Communion is defined as “the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings, especially when the exchange is on a mental or spiritual level.” “Communion” is also what British electro-pop...

Review: Mamby on the Beach, day 1

Kevin Quin • July 12, 2015

While Lollapalooza, Pitchfork Music Festival, and Spring Awakening Music Festival have become essential to Chicago’s summer festival season, some music lovers often find themselves intimidated by the...

Review: Morrissey at the Civic Opera House

Tiffany Freeman • July 11, 2015

Amid the lookalike quiffs and the essential side burns, the nearly packed Civic Opera House held the one and only Morrissey July 9. The venue’s historical presence and elegance suited Morrissey’s...

Review: Andy Grammer, Echosmith at the Palmer House Chicago

Erin Yarnall • July 11, 2015

[slideshow_deploy id='13129'] Anyone walking past the Palmer House Hilton in downtown Chicago on July 10 would have had no idea that a concert was happening that night, let alone a concert featuring...

5 artists to see at Mamby on the Beach

Kevin Quin • July 8, 2015

This weekend, music lovers will flock to the sandy shores of Oakwood Beach near the South Side for Mamby On The Beach, a new electronic music event that adds even more flare to Chicago’s ever-growing...

Chicago tea shops becoming a popular spot for drinks and comfort

Jackson Danbeck • July 6, 2015

In Adagio Tea, across the street from Starbucks, almost everyone is smelling the exotic teas. One couple spent perhaps 15 minutes smelling. The woman lead the way, giving each tea a whiff and her judgement....

Pets and people celebrate adoption at Woofstock

Erin Yarnall and Josh Leff • July 3, 2015

[slideshow_deploy id='13016'] On June 27, animals and humans came together to celebrate at Woofstock: Road to Puppy Bowl. Animal Planet hosted the event which was held at Stadium Green at Soldier Field,...

‘Orange is the New Black’ season 3 recap

Mandy Durose • July 1, 2015

The solitary confinement to our bedrooms has come to end. "Orange Is the New Black" fans, for those of us who have finished, we no longer have to sit for hours, staring at a single laptop screen now...

Julie Rodrigues Widholm named DePaul Art Museum director

Kirsten Onsgard • July 1, 2015

The university announced today that Museum of Contemporary Art curator Julie Rodrigues Widholm has been named director of the DePaul Art Museum, beginning Aug. 31. Widholm will succeed Louise Lincoln,...

Review: ‘The Overnight’

Erin Yarnall • June 29, 2015

“You get to a point where you get married, have kids and you stop changing,” Adam Scott, the executive producer and star of “The Overnight,” said at a screening of the film at Landmark Century...