Norway’s Ulver debuted in 1993 as a howling black-metal outfit, but since then front man and composer Kristoffer Rygg has steered his ship into such different waters you can hardly say it’s going a-Viking anymore. (If you want to hear Ulver at their heaviest since their early days, I’d recommend their collaborations with Sunn O))), […]
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Take a trip and trip out to ‘William Blake and the Age of Aquarius’
A new exhibit at the Block Museum makes a startling connection between the 18th-century English artist and the 1960s counterculture.
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European artists consider “The Fantastic Mr. Dahl”
European artists consider “The Fantastic Mr. Dahl.”
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This week’s Culture Vultures recommend:
Chicagoans recommend House of Cards, There Is a Happiness That Morning Is, The Boy Detective Fails, and Chicago Whispers.
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Writers bring “Vision and Voice” to the 17th annual Story Week
“Vision and Voice” is the theme of the 17th annual Story Week Festival of Writers.
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There is an astonishment that There Is a Happiness That Morning Is is
Theater Oobleck revives There Is a Happiness That Morning Is at Victory Gardens Theater
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Art Spiegelman’s era of neosincerity
A brief summary of Art Spiegelman’s talk with W.J.T. Mitchell at the University of Chicago