It’s a little-known fact that I actually studied abroad (insert dramatic cigarette drag) in Ireland this fall. Did you know I worked in the Irish parliament? Why, yes darling, I met the Taoiseach, a...

Paul William Scott Anderson’s fifteenth film “In the Lost Lands” combines his signature post-apocalyptic charm with fantastical set pieces, and a bare-bones script that throws everything on the table....

Director Mark Anthony Green sat down with three college journalists on Wednesday, March 5, to answer questions about his new comedy/thriller film “Opus.” Green, himself a former journalist at GQ, was...

I’d like to preface this review with something Belgian director Chantal Akerman once said about mainstream audiences’ responses to her avant-garde films: “When most people go to the movies, the...

Seth Botts takes a deep breath and glances around the room. He smiles as he opens his arms, wide and welcoming, to the congregation at United Church of Rogers Park.  His sermon flows naturally, without...

Even before I learned my native tongue, Gujarati, I knew the language of the groove. Shoulders swaying and arms reaching up of their own accord, head bobbing as the music slowly worms into your bloodstream.  Fortunately,...

Eight-time Grammy Award-winning artist FINNEAS took the stage at the sold out show at Salt Shed in Chicago on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Opening for the musician was the Los Angeles-based band Bad Suns, with...

A crowd of theater students and enthusiasts buzzed in DePaul’s Student Center in Lincoln Park on Feb. 20, 2025. Streaks of green and pink clothing stood out against the tan walls of the building with...

“Yeah, my music taste is pretty out there. I don’t really listen to ‘popular music.’ Do you know Anthony Fantano? No? Oh, he’s just this music critic I really like. Some pretty indie stuff. In...

Songs with soulful lyrics, syncopated beats and sentimental strings filled the room with more than music. The wooden archways of the historic church were also filled with stories of those who have lost...

"I think I've been heard, and I think I've frightened people," James Baldwin told The DePaulia in 1986,  his words both an indictment and a warning.  Nearly 40 years later, his fears — of racism's...