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A few weeks ago, a woman asked me for advice about her teenage daughter. "She wants to be a writer," the mother said. "What should we be doing?"

The trailer for "Boyhood," Richard Linklater's incredible new film, includes one pretty awesome music cue: "Hero," by Family of the Year. If you're like us, that song has been playing on repeat for the better part of the...

Now hear this! People should attend film festivals whenever they can, even if they are not big movie lovers (like me). Why? The one film festival I attend every April is the wonderful celebration of French Cinema known a...

George Stravinos, The Bather, 1977, Pencil and gouache on paper, 10.25 x 10 in. Collection of Leo Paoletti. There are three ways to look at the work in the new show at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art: "St...

Name: LindseyLocation: West Loop, Chicago In our seven years in Chicago, we've moved seven times and this is honestly the most interesting building we've ever lived in...

Great stuff and lots of fun this month as Spring has sprung and really that's all that early music was meant to be about, or needs to be to earn our undying love and sympathy. And why sympathy? Because there must always ...

The Cultural & Charitable Catch-Up: April 2014 Text & Photographs © Jill Lynne, 2014 The Society for The Prevention of Cruelty to Children, The ORPHAN TRAIN, the film "Belle" , The Faberge Egg Hunt & historical document...

PHOTO INDEPENDENT | The first and only high-visibility platform for independent photographers premieres this weekend. An artist-only fair, PHOTO INDEPENDENT is a forum for direct exchange of ideas and contact between pho...

As sea levels rise, huge storm surges could happen as often as every three years. A project that's under consideration is the Big U, a 10-mile loop of parks and community spaces that can protect Manhattan. Big U is one o...

What is it about "Mean Girls" that makes it the most quotable, gif-able, and mash-up-able movie for the Internet age? We called up David Hayes, Tumblr's Head of Canvas and Entertainment Evangelist, to get his take on the...

Some people like spring to spring inside their house, as well as outside. And why not accommodate summer, fall and winter? According to District designer Annie Elliott, the changing seasons allow homeowners to "shake thi...

What is it about "Mean Girls" that makes it the most quotable, gif-able, and mash-up-able movie for the Internet age? We called up David Hayes, Tumblr's Head of Canvas and Entertainment Evangelist, to get his take on the...

It's time again to see what's on sale this weekend! It's the last chance to save on an IKEA kitchen so snap to it and get yourself to the big, blue box. Or get your outdoor area summer-ready with 20% off Crate & Barrel o...

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Much of Ben Frost's forthcoming album was made inside a little computer, but it still evokes big terror. Seismic shudders, hissing electricity, boiling cauldrons of testosterone -- it's stunningly brutal stuff.

If you ask Alex Dang "what kind of Asian" he is, you're going to want to sit down and buckle up. Performing in Boston at the National Poetry Slam back in 2013, Dang delivered a powerful slam poem addressing the many ster...

Much of Ben Frost's forthcoming album was made inside a little computer, but it still evokes big terror. Seismic shudders, hissing electricity, boiling cauldrons of testosterone -- it's stunningly brutal stuff. The 33-ye...

From The Kitchn ' Kitchen Before & After: A Cramped Shoebox Kitchen Gets Gorgeously Gray

Avril Lavigne's new video for "Hello Kitty" became a lightning rod for controversy after its release this week, with many criticisms focused on Lavigne's appropriation of Japanese culture in the clip. "Asian women are no...

photo by T. Charles Erickson Even in this subdued and somber rendering of a pair of Chekhov stories, Mikhail Baryshnikov and his creative partners from the Big Dance Theater display a magical grace and style that transce...

A Triumph Spitfire This week we've taken some of our favorite comments from our previous Reader Regrets posts and compiled them for your entertainment! Check them our below and remember, if you want to see more of these,...

Did you ever dream of design with a sense of Brazilian sensuality and playfulness? Meet Brazilian designer Humberto Campana from the renowned Campana brothers design team in this short video, where he shares his inspirat...