Chicago Maroon

Our Strange World Resurfaces at the Art Institute’s Symbolist Exhibition

By Noël Da / December 5, 2025

Reality loses its hold on the pictorial surface in the Strange Realities: The Symbolist Imagination exhibition, replaced by dreams and potent symbols.

almost monday Brings Sun-Soaked California Indie Pop to the Salt Shed

By Gabby Mansilla / December 5, 2025

The indie pop trio delivered an electric set lined with feel-good beats and catchy melodies.

Muti Returns to the CSO with Fresh Takes on Old Classics

By Alkis Karmpaliotis / December 2, 2025

Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti led the CSO at Symphony Center for his first of two concerts between October and November of this year.

The Year of Games Kick-off Symposium: Playing Seriously

By Kaden Kirtland / December 1, 2025

October 17–9 featured the Year of Games Kick-off Symposium, a beginning to the year’s study of games and the academy’s role in studying them.

Air Crash Report Reconstructs the Unknowable

By Lara Orlandi / December 1, 2025

Nestled within the Cochrane-Woods Art Center, artist Faye Yingfei Liang’s site-specific installation evokes haunting memories of a plane crash.

Eternal Storm of the Clouded Mind

By Shawn Quek / November 26, 2025

David Freyne’s Eternity is a laughter-inducing, tear-jerking romantic comedy carried by perfect writing and imperfect characters.

A Jazz Giant’s Paper Trail Shines Through the Chicago Jazz Archives

By Noël Da / November 21, 2025

The Jazz Archives at Special Collections tells the story of an influential bygone jazz club.

Taxidermy and Explosions: Scav Documents the 2025 Competition

By Isaac Crane / November 20, 2025

A new documentary on Nebula directed by Adam Chase tells the story of the most recent Scavenger Hunt in all its strangeness.

Actions and Aspirations: Court Theatre Introduces New Dramaturgy Cohort

By Isabella Coleman / November 14, 2025

The inaugural dramaturgy cohort is a new project by Court Theatre to facilitate learning and practice in the research-oriented theatrical field.

Grounds for Debate: A Comparative Review of the Student-Run Campus Cafés

By Emma Beazley / November 12, 2025

Have a break between classes? In desperate need of caffeine? Looking for a place to study or relax? There’s a café waiting for you.

Tongji Philip Qian’s Alloyed Commitments Communicates Illegible Feelings

By Matthew Wen / November 12, 2025

The Logan Center exhibition features stacks of dated black T-shirts, indecipherable papers from the Chinese English quasi-binary, and other artworks staged with conspicuous oddity.

Between Beauty and Chaos

By Mariana Meriles / November 4, 2025

Nia DaCosta’s Hedda is visually stunning yet restrained by its own ambition.