By Austin Anderson
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The bass thumped heavily in the rafters of the decades-old Englert Theater as people trickled in, creating a poignant juxtaposition in a venue built...
By Brett Shaw
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Famed comedian Margaret Cho unapologetically embraces her intersecting identities and frequently raises controversy with her outspoken beliefs. Through an eclectic...
Hannah Crooks
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Most comedians don’t start out working on Wall Street before they climb their way up in the comedy world, but that is just one of the things that sets Michelle...
By Brett Shaw
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Opening for Andrew Bird on Tuesday evening, My Brightest Diamond was unfamiliar to many concert goers. But these attendees absolutely left the show...
By Austin Henderson
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As the action in Neruda begins, Pablo Larraín transports us 69 years back to the Chile of 1948. As omnipresent as the Stetson hats is the sweeping...
By Brett Shaw
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“It’s like I tore up a shag carpet assuming there were hardwood floors underneath,” said a boy band, initially singing a song about girls’ natural beauty....
By Levi Wright
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Wednesday night in Shambaugh Auditorium, Remi Kanazi, a political poet, writer, and organizer, gave a spoken-word performance on the problems Palestinians face,...
By Travis Coltrain
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One Last Embrace, hailing from Hialeah, Florida, creates a nostalgic yet contemporary vibe of late 2000s post-hard-core music with its EP Mechanical Hearts.
The...
By Lily Goodman
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The legendary musician Rickie Lee Jones has had a career chock-full of accomplishments. She’s a two-time Grammy winner; she was listed as No. 30 on VH1’s...
By Brett Shaw
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C’mon. “Binge Watching with Brett,” let’s get sickening. By this, I mean this column is about to be incredible and glamorous. I’m afraid that some of...
By Claire Dietz
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On Monday evening, the multi-hyphenate actor-singer Leslie Odom Jr., most famous for his portrayal of Aaron Burr in the smash hit musical Hamilton, performed...
By Hannah Crooks
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During her graduate years at the University of Iowa, actor and writer Elena Passarello’s talent for garnering a new perspective from seemingly drab subjects...
