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Jake Winningham | Wednesday, November 28, 2018
The premise of Steve McQueen’s “Widows” is basic enough: Four criminals die in a shootout while robbing a gangster, leaving their mourning wives to recompense the money lost when the getaway car explodes. From that simple starting point, the film reveals itself as a pitch-perfect exercise in the heist-movie tradition of escalating complications. As Viola
Cynthia Tran | Friday, November 2, 2018
Last Thursday night, a sprightly earth fairy, a grizzly tree-like man, a gleaming extraterrestrial being and their babysitter took the stage at Thalia Hall in Chicago. Before the concert, I had no idea what any member of Pond looked like and would have never guessed that these individuals were the creative minds behind the Australian
Ryan Israel | Monday, September 24, 2018
Noname is a poet first and a rapper second. The 26-year-old Chicago native, formerly known as Noname Gypsy, does more with words than any other artist today, crafting creative and captivating songs that express complex emotions. It’s this talent that made the young female artist a key player in the Chicago rap scene in early
Gabriel Niforatos | Friday, September 7, 2018
Finally we had arrived. After 20 hours of straight driving from New Mexico in a journey-across-the-country road trip in preparation for my sophomore year of college, we had arrived in Chicago to see some relatives. As we drove around the downtown area, several things came to mind and I want to share them as an
Ciara Hopkinson | Tuesday, February 13, 2018
“Hi, my name is Ciara Hopkinson, and I lived in a convent for eight weeks.” I don’t know what I expected when I signed a contract to live in a convent this past summer. My friends thought I was crazy, my parents were skeptical and my brothers had a field day with nun jokes. Somehow,
Ciara Hopkinson | Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Members of the Fashion Club of Notre Dame traveled to Chicago on Sunday for the finale event of Chicago’s Fashion Week. The event focused on growing the fashion industry in Chicago by giving up-and-coming designers the chance to showcase their work and develop their brands. Juniors and club presidents Sierra Mayhew and Caroline Forlenza said they reached
Bobby Wozniak | Friday, September 1, 2017
As we return to the bubble that Notre Dame seamlessly creates around its campus and brace ourselves for the fall semester, it is only a matter of time before we start itching to get away for a weekend. What better way to temporarily liberate ourselves from difficult classes and hearing about how each of our
Molly Murphy | Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Notre Dame dominated at home over the weekend at Castellan Family Fencing Center, taking on six visiting club programs in the DeCicco Duals tournament. The visiting teams were Wisconsin, Virginia, Michigan State, Michigan, Chicago and McKendree. Both the men’s and the women’s squads ended with perfect 6-0 records, managing to defeat all of their competition.
Bobby Wozniak | Friday, January 27, 2017
After signing to Top Dawg Entertainment back in 2013 and joining the likes of Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q and SZA as a part of the famed hip-hop label, Isaiah Rashad put his unique footprint on the music industry. With his debut album “Cilvia Demo,” he received vast critical praise for an inimitable hip-hop album that explored
Erin McAuliffe | Tuesday, November 8, 2016
“Easy” is easy to watch. The Netflix series’ short, episodic format and realistic, if “yuppie,” content channel half-hour Instagram stories: aesthetically-curated in a “real-life,” personal way. Shots of The Bean, lattes and brunch flood the series, each episode opens with colorful title art designed by a different artist and episode five even features a selfie artist. One season