Archive for the ‘LIFE & STYLE’ Category

The Future of Poetry

The Future of Poetry
by Kunal Basu-Dutta At the University of Chicago, we have the tendency to be wrapped up in the past. Many of the texts we read are to give us a solid foundation built upon ‘The Canon.’ Life does, however, progress, and I believe that it important to understand the modern world. We tend to overlook...
June 1st, 2010 | ART & CULTURE, HEADLINES | Read More

The Do-or-Die American: the glossier alternative

The Do-or-Die American: the glossier alternative
by Dahlia Rizk Try this as a little experiment: turn on the TV or a major news website. What do you see? Chances are, you are witnessing Kate Gosselin cry on TV, Tiger Woods return to golf, or the latest reality TV show that wants to turn YOU into a star. Usually, you don’t follow such programming...
May 1st, 2010 | HEADLINES, LIFE & STYLE, PUTTING IT IN PERSPECTIVE | Read More

The do-or-die American, part 1

The do-or-die American, part 1
by Dahlia Rizk Every once in a while, and especially in this great city of Chicago, you’ll hear someone talking about the American Dream—on the subway, in a café, at Saks Fifth Avenue. You’ll hear it manifest in many forms, ones which may not seem very obvious at first, but will all, upon reflection,...
April 10th, 2010 | A Moment for Better Living, HEADLINES, ISSUES, LOCAL | Read More

[CultureBeat] The Art of Iranian Food

[CultureBeat] The Art of Iranian Food
by Marybeth Tamborra In honor of Persian New Year … Even as a child in a photograph taken 58 years ago she still has those same careful, pensive and protective eyes. In the black and white image, the textured field in which she and two other girls lie is grey. She wears a white, chiffon dress that...
April 9th, 2010 | HEADLINES, LIFE & STYLE | Read More

All My Friends Are Funeral Singers

All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
by Sue Khim Just returned from watching the band Califone, one of Chicago’s own, play a live soundtrack to their Sundance-selected film All My Friends are Funeral Singers at Lincoln Hall. The film lives in the world of the supernatural, with superstitions lingering on the screen (e.g. It’s...
March 10th, 2010 | HEADLINES, LIFE & STYLE | Read More

For your pleasure … Lady Robot

For your pleasure … Lady Robot
by Dahlia Rizk The year’s technology: hands-on and hassle free. This past week the streets of America have been abuzz with technological news regarding items that until recently, we never knew we needed, but now, will never be able to live without. One such item has been the Apple iPad—the iPhone...
February 3rd, 2010 | HEADLINES, LIFE & STYLE | Read More

Chicago Artists Month: Interview

Chicago Artists Month: Interview
I clicked away on my camera as Ted Harris wove through his large, high-ceilinged West Side warehouse studio stacked bottom to top with musty, junk-like matter. “Photographers love the clutter,” he grinned. The warehouse featured an open-door crawl this past Sunday, inviting in the public...
October 26th, 2009 | LIFE & STYLE | Read More

Married to Myth: Polygamy in America

Married to Myth: Polygamy in America
Captivated by the images of women wearing prairie garb and mountainous coiffures, the mainstream media readily ate up last month’s news of a raid on a polygamist compound in Eldorado, Texas. The 416 children removed on April 5 are still in state custody. The normally isolated women and children of...
September 16th, 2009 | LIFE & STYLE | Read More

All the Pretty Corpses: A review

From the dawn of abstract expression an aesthetic sensibility has vacillated between that of the natural and that of the made, synthetic, or purposeful objects.  Harbored in a semi-fractured American setting, the delineation between the Marcel Duchamp of New York and the opposing American bracket led...
January 27th, 2006 | ART & CULTURE, EVENTS, LIFE & STYLE, LOCAL, LOCAL EXHIBITS, SUBCULTURES | Read More

It’s Dark, but is it Evil?

“So then Varg Vikernes killed Euronymous with hopes of usurping his title as the most evil man alive,” says Mike La Rocco as he recounts the dark and evil legend of the infamous Norwegian Black Metal band Mayhem. I was naïve to think that metal-related injuries and death were exclusively the...
January 26th, 2006 | LIFE & STYLE, SUBCULTURES | Read More
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