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Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Chicago Humanities Festival’s 2017 Springfest lineup includes Caitlyn Jenner, Mellody Hobson

May 23, 2019 at 11:22 a.m.

Chicago Humanities Festival has announced the complete lineup for its second annual Springfest, which includes sit-down discussions with Olympic gold medalist and transgender activist Caitlyn Jenner, Facebook Chief Operating Officer...

Chance the Rapper sits down with Katie Couric at Harold’s Chicken Shack

May 23, 2019 at 11:22 a.m.

Chance the Rapper, who once rapped "They murking kids; they murder kids here/Why you think they don't talk about it? They deserted us here/Where the f**** is Matt Lauer at?...

A grown-up Christopher Robin returns to the Hundred Acre Wood and his best friend Winnie the Pooh.
<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/sc-mov-christopher-robin-rev-0802-story.html" target="_blank">Read the review.</a>

Father John Misty to play Chicago Theatre in May

May 23, 2019 at 11:22 a.m.

Father John Misty will play the Chicago Theatre May 15 in support of his upcoming album "Pure Comedy," out April 7 on Sub Pop. The album's announcement came January 23,...

Barry Manilow to play Allstate Arena in May

May 23, 2019 at 11:22 a.m.

Pop music showman Barry Manilow is embarking on a three-city concert stint this spring, playing Allstate Arena in Rosemont on May 17. Touring in support of his new album "This...

Jim Gaffigan bringing his “Noble Ape Tour” to Chicago Theatre

May 23, 2019 at 11:22 a.m.

Comedian Jim Gaffigan is bringing his all new "Noble Ape Tour" to the Chicago Theatre Friday, Oct. 13. The Barrington native, whose TV Land series "The Jim Gaffigan Show" was...

Elvis Costello & The Imposters to play Northerly Island in June

May 23, 2019 at 11:22 a.m.

Elvis Costello & The Imposters are bringing their new "Imperial Bedroom & Other Chambers" show to Chicago's Northerly Island Monday, June 12. Taking songs from the band's 1983 album "Imperial...

Ryan Gosling as Sebastian and Emma Stone as Mia in the show-stopping dance number in "La La Land." Mia's flirty, yellow sundress and Sebastian's cool, classic crooner look can be rocked by anyone this season.

Where to get the ‘La La Land’ look this season

May 12, 2019 at 11:27 p.m.

"La La Land" swept the public off its feet with its whimsical and refreshing take on the American musical. Its leading duo, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, lit up the...

Cafe Racer more than another Logan Square band

December 17, 2018 at 5:15 p.m.

Cafe Racer doesn't want to be just another Logan Square rock band, though its members know they fit the bill. The North Side neighborhood is the hub for guitar bands,...

Ruth L Ratny, head of local film magazine REELCHICAGO.COM, passed away on the evening of February 21, 2017.

Ruth Ratny, longtime fixture in Chicago’s film industry, passes away

December 17, 2018 at 5:15 p.m.

Ruth Ratny, publisher/editor of ReelChicago.com and founder of Screen Magazine, died Tuesday of a heart-related illness, according to her close friend Barbara Roche. Ratny took ill a week ago, Roche...

Jeff Tweedy of Wilco performing at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, in Millennium Park on Sunday Aug. 21, 2016.

Wilco revives Solid Sound Festival in Massachusetts, announces lineup

June 5, 2018 at 10:13 p.m.

Wilco has revived its Solid Sound Festival, the band's semi-regular takeover of MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts. The festival began in 2010 and was most recently held in 2015....

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