Jodie Jacobs –

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>

Rapp Session: Catching up with Anthony Rapp, who has progressed from the footlights of Joliet West to a starring role in ‘Rent’

December 18, 2018 at 1:07 a.m.

When Broadway star Anthony Rapp walks on to the Shubert Theatre stage Thursday as Mark Cohen, the narrator in "Rent," he won't just be reprising his leading role in the...

Milwaukee exhibit showcases rebels of art

August 23, 2019 at 12:30 p.m.

The Milwaukee Art Museum is putting a true but unusual spin on some of the 20th century's best-known painters. The exhibit, "Van Gogh to Pollock: Modern Rebels," features more than...

This American M3 Stuart tank is in the George H. W. Bush Gallery at the National Museum of the Pacific War.

Military museums to visit Memorial Day weekend

August 23, 2019 at 12:18 p.m.

Many of us think of Memorial Day (May 25 this year), as the start of summer vacation season. But it's much more serious than that: It's a time to honor...

Freshly baked breads tempt shoppers in the Machane Yehuda Market.

In Jerusalem, shop and eat where the locals go, Machane Yehuda Market

August 23, 2019 at 11:37 a.m.

Israel has always been a popular Christmas and winter holiday destination, and tourism seems to have stabilized since hostilities with Hamas subsided with a truce earlier this year. The first...

Indianapolis Zoo gives orangutans great new digs

May 9, 2019 at 9:39 p.m.

— Azy lumbered into a glass-enclosed studio, tossed a barrel aside and clambered onto the platformlike seat closest to a computer touch screen. With a glance at Rob Shumaker on...

Zoo going all out for orangutans

August 23, 2019 at 11:07 a.m.

When coupling the term "travel destination" with "zoo," San Diego's comes to mind, but the Indianapolis Zoo is about to become a bucket-list addition. Imagine looking up and seeing orangutans...

Hotels plugging in to the trends

May 11, 2019 at 1:03 p.m.

In trying to meet customer demands, hotels have done the comfortable bed and bedding bit. They've added healthy menu items. And now they are picking up on social media traffic....

Hotels plugging in to the trends

May 9, 2019 at 9:30 p.m.

In trying to meet customer demands, hotels have done the comfortable bed and bedding bit. They've added healthy menu items. And now they are picking up on social media traffic....

Indianapolis exhibit spotlights the Lincoln family

August 23, 2019 at 10:42 a.m.

Toys, furniture, photographs and insightful documents pull Abraham Lincoln, his parents and his descendants off the history pages at "The Lincolns: Five Generations of an American Family," an exhibit coming...

Indianapolis exhibit spotlights the Lincoln family

May 9, 2019 at 9:17 p.m.

Toys, furniture, photographs and insightful documents pull Abraham Lincoln, his parents and his descendants off the history pages at "The Lincolns: Five Generations of an American Family," an exhibit coming...

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