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- Arts & Culture, Theater Preview Mar 31, 2021
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American Music Theatre Project turns 15
The new-works program unveils three student-created pieces in this year's online Capstone Festival.
- Music, Chicagoans of Note Feb 4, 2021
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CaSera Heining, producer at WGN Radio and DJ Ca$h Era
“For a couple months, I was just DJing for tips. Luckily the community that I have around me, they were pouring into me as much as I give out to them.”
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Jan 21, 2021
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Imagine U and Chicago Children's Theatre find ways to fight the winter blahs
They're bringing kids and families together through storytelling, crafts—and a viral 80s dance video.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Dec 18, 2020
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The gremlin and the EdD
She earned the title—still he was dissing her! Would he do the same to, say, Dr. Kissinger?
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Jun 17, 2020
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Summer camp is back—online and in person
Storytelling, circus arts, and social justice all find a place in youth training programs.
- News & Politics, Feature May 13, 2020
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Will COVID-19 force us to right racial health disparities?
A conversation about what the pandemic has made intolerable
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture May 13, 2020
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With college remote, students revolt
Petitions and lawsuits challenge full tuition in pandemic shutdown.
- Music, Music Feature May 12, 2020
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Naledge brings his rapper’s brain back to academia
Jabari “Naledge” Evans of Kidz in the Hall talks about his doctoral dissertation, incorporating hip-hop into education, the drill scene hacking the industry, and more.
- Music, Music Review Mar 26, 2020
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Cellist Helen Money explores grief on her meditative new album, Atomic
- Music, Music Feature Mar 10, 2020
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D-Composed redefines classical music
This Chicago string quartet takes chamber music outside the institutions that have long excluded Black musicians and audiences.
- Music, Music Feature Apr 4, 2019
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John Cage’s treasures are hiding in plain sight
The influential experimental composer’s largest archive lives in a library at Northwestern—and it goes a lot deeper than its famous Beatles lyric sheets.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Dec 21, 2018
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Tired of solicitations from big nonprofits? We have just the solution for you!
With the Executive Pay Test, it’s easier than ever to decide which group deserves your hard-earned cash!
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 24, 2018
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Ecstasy on film: Nathaniel Dorsky discusses The Arboretum Cycle, his latest work of devotional cinema, which he'd prefer you watch alone
The 75-year-old avant-garde filmmaker will attend the Chicago premiere of his most recent long-form work this Friday at Northwestern University's Block Cinema.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 10, 2018
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Alec Klein, Northwestern professor accused of sexual misconduct, resigns
Six months after former students accused him of sexual harassment and bullying, the award-winning journalist, a director at the Medill Justice Project, resigns.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jul 26, 2018
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Something in the Game is more than a musical tribute to Knute Rockne: it’s hagiography
It does, however, feature some excellent Equity actors and extraordinary Northwestern students.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Jun 8, 2018
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Do we really need theater critics?
Now that Kris Vire's out at Time Out, Chicago print media has just one full-time theater critic.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 27, 2018
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The Sugar and Spice Summit is one college student’s attempt to empower her generation of women
Lauren Goldstein created the Sugar and Spice Summit to connect women in the food industry with female college students and other young professionals; the second annual conference is this Saturday.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 17, 2018
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Let the pictures do the talking: Hank Willis Thomas deconstructs the ad game at the Block Museum
"Advertising is never really about the product. It's about what myths or generalizations you can get people to buy into."
- Film, Movie Review Mar 21, 2018
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Victim evokes the bad old days of sodomy laws and blackmail
Dirk Bogarde stars in this 1961 British drama, a brave but compromised stab at a forbidden subject
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 15, 2018
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19 more women accuse Northwestern professor Alec Klein of misconduct, group says
Medill Me Too publishes a new letter with additional claims the group has received about Klein's behavior since ten women came forward initially.
- Music, Music Feature Mar 15, 2018
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Chicago saxophonist Dave Rempis builds an intentional community in jazz
By organizing concerts, mentoring young musicians, and connecting players from across the States and abroad, he models the commitment and generosity that keep the scene viable.
- Music, Music Feature Feb 21, 2018
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The world catches up to iconoclastic composer Julius Eastman
He died homeless almost three decades ago, and his work was nearly lost. But classical music finally has room for a queer black voice in the minimalist pantheon.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2018
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Northwestern journalism professors respond to sexual misconduct allegations against Alec Klein
"We hear you. We're listening," the faculty wrote to the "Medill Me Too" group.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 8, 2018
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Alec Klein, accused of sexual misconduct by former Northwestern students, takes leave of absence
Medill Justice Project director requested a leave after ten women signed letter alleging a history of harassment and inappropriate behavior
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 7, 2018
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Ten women sign letter accusing Northwestern journalism professor Alec Klein of sexual harassment and assault [UPDATED]
Former students and employees who worked with Klein on the Medill Justice Project come forward with allegations stretching back a decade
