This article was originally published on Oct. 26, 2015. Local high school students joined Beloit College students for a slam poetry workshop on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 24. Jamila Woods and Jasmine Barber, artists from Young Chicago Authors (YCA), led the workshop in Wilson
Editor’s Note: This review was originally published by Off-Kilter. This is a political album but, as is the norm with Dev Hynes, it is so much more than that. Beyond being a fusion of jazz, pop and R&B with influences ranging from Michael Jackson to Prince
On paper, the Norman, Okla.-based band BRONCHO are frequently dubbed “garage pop.” But when you consider the cavernous sound they cultivated for their third LP, Double Vanity, “warehouse pop” might be the better description. In fact, Double Vanity was recorded in a warehouse. But man,
When I first discovered Prince via a late-night showing of “Purple Rain” on VH1 early in the 2000s, I was transfixed. The static cling of our old Toshiba television wasn’t enough to shake my fascination with The Kid and his quest to reign supreme over
This post was originally published on April 13, 2015. On Saturday, April 11th, vegan poet, editor, video artist, and aspiring activist Steve Roggenbuck gave a workshop at SAGA about how to use social media for social change, followed by a reading at C-Haus. Originally from