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Posted inMusic

Sheila Rashid makes possibilities you can wear

by The TRiiBE September 18, 2019August 18, 2021

Chicago designer Sheila Rashid makes unisex clothes that give people the freedom to define themselves.

Posted inBlogs

Five low-budget (but still amazing) science-fiction films

by Patrick Friel April 3, 2018August 18, 2021

These five films prove that sci-fi can thrive without big budgets.

Posted inBlogs

Terminal cancer—and the band Toto—is bringing my family together for my parents’ last date

by Ryan Smith June 22, 2017August 18, 2021

A Toto show in the Chicago suburbs has become my dad’s “wake before he sleeps,” now that he’s been diagnosed with a rare terminal cancer.

Posted inMusic

Chicago’s most popular young metal guitarist plays on YouTube, not onstage

by Leor Galil March 29, 2017August 18, 2021

Chicago guitarist Rob Scallon almost never plays live, but his frequently goofy YouTube videos have earned him an audience of millions.

Posted inBlogs

MTV’s Unlocking the Truth is too focused on white men

by Maya Dukmasova August 22, 2016August 18, 2021

The new series on wrongful convictions highlights cases that aren’t representative of wider prison demographics.

Posted inArts & Culture

Comedian Megan Gailey comes home: ‘We’re so annoying about being from Chicago’

by Brianna Wellen July 20, 2016August 18, 2021

The stand-up headlines the upcoming Comedy Exposition.

Posted inBlogs

Why liberals should dearly miss Antonin Scalia, the Bond villain of Supreme Court justices

by Ian Belknap February 18, 2016August 18, 2021

Progressives now have no one adversary of sufficient skill and smarts to galvanize them.

Posted inArts & Culture

Half the laughs are offstage with the stand-up trio behind Road Kill Comedy

by Brianna Wellen March 17, 2015August 18, 2021

Jessica Michelle Singleton, Lisa Curry, and Dana Moon film their 15-city tour for a new docuseries, Road Kill Comedy.

Posted inFilm

Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi want to suck your blood

by J.R. Jones February 25, 2015August 18, 2021

The New Zealand comedians star in What We Do in the Shadows, a vampire mockumentary.

Posted inBlogs

The Real World in Chicago: Then and now

by Brianna Wellen December 26, 2014August 18, 2021

A lot has changed since the last time MTV filmed its reality show in the city.

Posted inBlogs

Please kill the MTV Video Music Awards

by Tal Rosenberg August 26, 2014August 18, 2021

The awards show celebrates music videos as a pretense, and in the process it insults the medium.

Posted inArts & Culture

A new bio takes a trip across the Whedonverse

by Danette Chavez August 11, 2014August 18, 2021

Amy Pascale manages to strike a balance between fan and biographer in Joss Whedon: The Biography.

This is what a few thousand VHS copies of Jerry Maguire look like.
Posted inArts & Culture

Everything is wonderful in the world of Everything Is Terrible!

by Drew Hunt May 20, 2014August 18, 2021

Everything Is Terrible! is collaborating with the likes of MTV and Fox, but its core mission—to be as weird as possible—holds true.

Posted inBlogs

MTV’s Catfish isn’t just fun and mind games anymore

by Danette Chavez May 14, 2014August 18, 2021

A new season promises a “darker” side of deceiving people on the Internet.

Boots Riley and ShowYouSuck
Posted inFilm

Artist on Artist: Boots Riley of the Coup talks to ShowYouSuck

by Miles Raymer February 3, 2014August 18, 2021

Boots Riley of the Coup lays some truth on straightedge Chicago party rapper ShowYouSuck.

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