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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Arts/Life

Cars drive by and people walk in front of the new Raising Cane's location on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Chicago. The new location is at Lincoln Common, directly across the street from DePaul’s Holtschneider Performance Center.

Cluck Yeah: Raising Cane’s set to open by music school in January

Sofia Joseph, La DePaulia News Editor November 20, 2024

DePaul students will no longer have to travel off-campus for a Box Combo. Raising Cane’s is opening at 2376 N. Lincoln Ave., across from DePaul’s School of Music. Doors are set to open on Jan. 28,...

Lookalikes discuss the event with press in Humboldt Park on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2024. The winner was promised $50 and a pack of cigarettes.

Photo Gallery: Let him cook — Glenview therapist wins Jeremy Allen White look-alike contest in Humboldt Park

Jeremy Battle, Asst. Photo Editor November 17, 2024

Hundreds gathered at Humboldt Park’s sledding hill this Saturday as over 50 Jeremy Allen White lookalikes competed to prove their likeness. The latest in a recent trend of celebrity lookalike contests,...

Chicago International Film Festival volunteer helps customer by a ticket for a screening at the Gene Siskel Film Center on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. The Gene Siskel Film Center has presented a variety of international, independent and classic films to audiences.

‘This is Cinema: Gene Siskel Film Center features Powell & Pressburger’

Finn Morse, Theater Beat Writer November 16, 2024

From hosting various filmmakers to making creative lineups of movies around a set of criteria, the Gene Siskel Film Center asserts itself as an accessible location for fans of art house movies. As one...

Internet Personality Randy Rainbow speaks with Axios reporter Justin Kauffman at the Davis Theater on Oct. 16. Rainbow is on a tour for his new book "Low Hanging Fruit: Sparkling Whines, Champagne Problems and Pressing Issues from My Gay Agenda."

‘Light on the darkness’: Comedian Randy Rainbow talks political satire and musical theater at the Chicago Humanities Festival

Isabel Riley, Contributing Writer November 16, 2024

Parody music and political satire lovers gathered at the Harris Theater for the release of internet personality Randy Rainbow’s book “Low Hanging Fruit: Sparkling Whines, Champagne Problems and Pressing...

The Theatre School at DePaul University performs its play rendition of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" on Saturday, October 12, 2024, at The Merle Reskin Theatre.

‘Little Women’ at The Theatre School: The pressure and power behind a play adaptation

Sam Mroz, Contributing Writer November 8, 2024

Louisa May Alcott, an acclaimed American novelist and short story writer from the 19th century, published her coming of age novel “Little Women” in 1868. Following the lives of four sisters in Civil...

Basketball season is here DeJamz

Basketball season is here DeJamz

Peyton Hopp and Ryan Hinske November 4, 2024

While we haven’t played sports since high school, we have been to plenty of sports events and know a thing or two about what the best songs are to get ready for a game. Walking into this basketball season,...

'The Piano Lesson' review: A haunting past crafts a captivating film

‘The Piano Lesson’ review: A haunting past crafts a captivating film

Claire Tweedie, Former Editor in Chief October 31, 2024

“The Piano Lesson” is a theatrical play masquerading as a movie. Based on the 1987 play by August Wilson, the film adaptation is proof that sticking to a story’s theatrical roots can pay off on screen...

‘Hard Truths’ review: Mike Leigh’s brutally honest yet kind drama stuns

‘Hard Truths’ review: Mike Leigh’s brutally honest yet kind drama stuns

April Klein, Asst. Arts & Life Editor October 31, 2024

Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths” is a strikingly empathetic portrait of people on the fringes of society while simultaneously being in the midst of it. Re-teaming with Leigh twenty-eight years after their...

'Flow' review: Give it some apPAWse

‘Flow’ review: Give it some apPAWse

Grace Logan, Arts & Life Editor October 31, 2024

Wow! Not sure what else to say. This was my first experience with Gints Zilbalodis’ work – Latvian filmmaker, animator and director of “Flow” – and I can confidently say that I am a fan. “Flow”...

'Grand Tour' review: Yearning for meaning across time and space

‘Grand Tour’ review: Yearning for meaning across time and space

April Klein, Asst. Arts & Life Editor October 31, 2024

Flashes of the past and present are overlaid on top of one another throughout “Grand Tour.” A dance of motorcycles swirling around a roundabout is played simultaneously with footage of the Chinese...

‘The End’ review: A scattershot opera of acceptance and forgiveness after the apocalypse

‘The End’ review: A scattershot opera of acceptance and forgiveness after the apocalypse

Jake Panek, Film & TV Beat Writer October 30, 2024

A post-apocalyptic anti-musical overwhelmed with guilt and grief, Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The End” follows a billionaire family and the cracks that start to form when a young woman shows up in the...

'Desire Lines' review: Half-documentary half-queer drama gets close to greatness

‘Desire Lines’ review: Half-documentary half-queer drama gets close to greatness

April Klein, Asst. Arts & Life Editor October 30, 2024

The rarity of something like Jules Rosskam’s “Desire Lines” is reason enough for its existence. Woven in-between talking heads interviews with gay trans men speaking frankly about their experiences...

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