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7 things to know about ‘All In’ – the huge indie wrestling show coming to the Chicago area

December 13, 2018 at 9:37 a.m.

Update: Tickets to "All In" sold out 29 minutes after going on sale May 13, according to a tweet from Cody. If three professional wrestlers have their way, the biggest...

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>

The Era is taking steps to preserve the history of Chicago footwork culture

December 17, 2018 at 4:51 p.m.

As a dance style, footwork has endured for three decades in Chicago, historically through battles, and in neighborhoods often forgotten by institutional powers and the traditional art world. The musical...

Timeline: History of the Dakota Access pipeline

August 21, 2019 at 9:24 p.m.

A photo illustration by an inmate from the exhibit "Views From Behind the Walls" a collection of stories and photography from participants of the Mental Health Transition Center Feb. 5, 2016.

20 heartwarming stories to prove 2016 wasn’t all bad

May 23, 2019 at 8:07 p.m.

The year 2016 was tough for a lot of people. "Surreal" was Merriam-Webster's word of the year, a contentious presidential election dominated our communication and too many celebrity (and of...

‘Of a Few Days’ offers snapshot of South Side funeral home

June 9, 2018 at 9:31 a.m.

Nestled on East 71st Street in the Park Manor neighborhood is a funeral home integral to Chicago's African-American history and civil rights struggles. Spanning the 300 block and meticulously kept,...

‘Pronouns’ offers perspective of a trans teen

June 9, 2018 at 10:05 a.m.

Note to readers: Michael Paulucci's film "Pronouns" is an exploration of how binary gender labels (primarily English language pronouns he/him/his and she/her/hers) can affect a young person. For this reason,...

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