I just don’t think Beyonce is good
A new Beyonce song has leaked! She’s singing to her husband Jay Z for their seventh anniversary! And he filmed the video! Stop what you’re doing—we all have to listen....
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Review: The beginning of the end of ‘Mad Men’
Make no mistake—Sunday's episode of "Mad Men" is not a premiere. We may have waited a year for a new batch of stories, but there's a reason this is the...
What does the future hold for ‘Mad Men’?
When "Mad Men" premiered, our fresh-faced characters had just entered the 1960s. Doctors insisted smoking was cool, President Dwight D. Eisenhower was in office and no one batted an eye...
‘Danny Collins’ is unsubtle but sweet
As brown liquor glides into a tumbler and cocaine sprinkles onto a glass surface, the scene could be any (cliché) pre-party for an artist waiting to take the stage. Then...
Who are we kidding, Jay—it’s always been you
It's you, Jay Cutler. It's always been you. It was you in 2009, when you brought your cannon arm and big dreams to our fair city. It was you in...
SAIC students team up with CB2 for space-saving home decor
The shiny white finish of the kitchen table contrasts smartly with the soft gray weave of its chairs. The bedspread and rug employ subtle grid patterns that call back to...
30 days and 30 nights to write
Fifty-thousand words. That's the rough equivalent of 20 five-page college term papers furiously written the night before they were due. Thousands of Chicago writers—professional and amateur alike—sign up every November...
How to shop for workout shoes
Walk into any athletic store and you're going to find the shoe wall: row upon row of sneakers in colors you've never even seen, taunting you with endless combination of...