photo by Adam Shalzi When I was 24, I was living the dream. I was running my own DIY venue: booking, curating, promoting, running box office, and clean-up after every…
Posts published in “Op-Ed”
Anthony is a student at Northwestern University. He is also a man incarcerated at Stateville Correctional Center, a prison roughly 30 miles outside Chicago. I should make it clear that I…
This Op-Ed is unique in that it is exemplary of the immediate thoughts in Week 4 of the pandemic by Prop Thtr Artistic Director, Olivia Lilley and Poet/Astrologer, Jeannette Gomes.…
photo by Howard Jude Panic, grief, hoarding behavior, exhaustion–have you felt any of these visceral emotions? Maybe they’ve come in full waves, followed then by numbness at the overwhelm of…
photo by Eugene Chan About ten years ago, I left an office job to establish myself as a vocal coach and piano teacher. I set myself a modest goal for…
Pictured above: Instagram photo of Jif® Peanut Butter Poppers/Photo: Instagram user the.sweet.foodie Worldwide peanut butter and butter company Jif® has just released a new product called “Chocolate Poppers.”[1] I, being a…
Photo by Horia Varlan In today’s environmental debates, plastic drinking straws have topped the list and everyone is ready to hop on board the #StopSucking campaign. By everyone, though, I…
Above Picture from Robyn Lambird’s Instagram When YouTube first became popular, it was mainly used to post random, silly videos that you hoped would go viral (remember Charlie Bit My Finger?).…
Pictured above: Wheelchair Accessibility Icon/Photo: MabelAmber I read the email over and over again. Tears formed in my eyes as the words of rejection echoed in my head—I really wanted that…
Photo: Quincy Jones with Composer Primous Fountain This is a published letter to the editor in response to an editorial in Scapi Magazine. You can find a link to that…
Photo Lucy Nicholson/ Reuters On the surface, this year’s Oscars was the most inclusive in years. There were a number of history-making nominations, and even a few history-making wins. The…
Marian Anderson’s groundbreaking performance at Lincoln Center and her historic debut at the Metropolitan Opera opened doors for other black opera singers in the U.S. to break onto the scene,…
