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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>

Talkin’ bodies at Chicago Artists Coalition; Mev Luna is available to take your call at 062 Gallery

December 17, 2018 at 4:19 p.m.

Talkin' bodies at the Chicago Artists Coalition "Selfie culture" is one of those phrases that sounds easy to define but is actually pretty feral and slippery when you try to...

Jasmine Justice injects 65GRAND with an antidote for artifice; Climbing through the legacy of Charlotte Perriand

December 17, 2018 at 4:19 p.m.

Jasmine Justice injects 65GRAND with an antidote for artifice The aromatherapeutic blend of eucalyptus and lavender is said to soothe a host of maladies: depression, inflammation, anxiety and congestion —...

Amy Schumer and Aidy Bryant want ‘I Feel Pretty’ to spark a body revolution

December 17, 2018 at 4:20 p.m.

How do you make a feminist film? Is it a matter of using an inclusion rider? Does the main character have to die in order to escape society's oppressive perils?...

Cecile Richards during her Chicago stop on her book tour for "Making Trouble" at Senn High School April 14, 2018.

After a life dedicated to social justice, Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards says she has no plans to run for office — yet

May 9, 2019 at 6:49 p.m.

For Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, it was just another stop on the book tour for "Make Trouble." For her Chicago audience last week, it was a master class in...

The Block goes through an experimental phase; ACRE looks for signs of intelligent life

December 17, 2018 at 4:20 p.m.

The Block goes through an experimental phase As an institution, Northwestern's Block Museum of Art is doing the work of connecting today's political turbulence and social unrest with that of...

Janelle Felix performs as drag king Tenderoni in Drag Matinee on March 24, 2018, at the nightclub Berlin.

Chicago’s drag kings are out to destroy ‘toxic masculinity,’ one sequin and pelvic thrust at a time

December 14, 2018 at 11:17 a.m.

Switch on the TV. There’s RuPaul critiquing Trixie Mattel’s runway look on VH1’s “Drag Race.” Get on YouTube. There’s a whole community of queerdos from around the world giving lessons...

Spudnik Press plants ‘Roots’ in divided terrain; NMMA connects dots between immigration, labor movements and art

December 17, 2018 at 4:21 p.m.

Spudnik Press plants 'Roots' in divided terrain Yassaman Mossavi's current show at Spudnik Press, "Roots," loads meaningful personal weight on a simple title. Her exploration could be thought of as...

Planned Parenthood of Illinois kicks off new birth control campaign led by teens

August 19, 2019 at 3:50 a.m.

First, Chicago. Then, the entire state. That’s the ambitious goal of “My Body. My Story.” — Planned Parenthood of Illinois’ new campaign created in partnership with its Youth Advisory Board,...

Conor Kane is in the Navy and, true to the military's inky tradition, has over 20 tattoos.

5 things we learned at the Chicago Tattoo Arts Convention

May 12, 2019 at 11:33 p.m.

It was abundantly clear that the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont was hosting two radically different conventions over the weekend. The crowded entrance to the Chicago Tattoo Arts...

Walmart pulls Cosmo from checkout lines, citing pressure from anti-porn organization

December 14, 2018 at 5:56 p.m.

In a move that quickly stirred the social media pot, Walmart has decided to pull Cosmopolitan magazine from its checkout lanes. On Wednesday, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, a...

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