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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>

The three worst words in dining

It's not that I'm cheap, I swear. I've been trying to avoid dining out lately for another reason: the inevitable moment, in the last several years, when the waiter will...
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>

3 Chicago museum shows to see before they close

Closing time comes soon for three compelling Chicago museum exhibitions, so consider this week's column a friendly reminder to consider finding some time for them before it's too late. They...
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 show of the summer? It’s not ‘Stranger Things’

Everybody this summer, it seems, is talking about "Stranger Things." Netflix struck gold with its eight-episode, nostalgia-tinged look at an Indiana town where children keep disappearing and the huge government...
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>

Red river hog piglets born at Brookfield Zoo

Two red river hog piglets have been born at Brookfield Zoo and are now on public display, the institution announced Thursday. The male and female were born Aug. 18 and...
Mira Hurani, center, wears blinking "2016" goggles at the Family Countdown Celebration in Millennium Park on Dec. 31, 2015.

A revamped Chi-Town Rising to return for NYE

Chi-Town Rising, Chicago's belated entry into the world of outdoor New Year's Eve celebrations, is returning for a second year with a new focus on providing free public viewing space,...
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>

Cookie the Cockatoo at Brookfield Zoo dies

Cookie, an at least 83-year-old cockatoo and one of Chicago's best known zoo animals, died over the weekend at Brookfield Zoo, the zoo announced Monday. "On Saturday morning, Cookie suffered...