KRUI’s recap of When We Were Young Festival 2025 in Las Vegas. Throughout 4 stages, 53 bands tore through their sets across a 13 hour day. Here is how I spent my day at When We Were Young.
Songwriters Ken Pomeroy and Loudon Wainwright III played at the James Thater for ICSF 2025. Seeing songwriters encouraging people to start and showing them how to begin is what makes art happen.
A celebration took place in Chicago this September. The 20th edition of Riot Fest has come and passed, and while still covered in a layer of dirt and sweat, next year’s edition can’t come soon enough.
Soldier Field finally had something to celebrate again, as the Chicago Bears snapped their eight-game losing streak to the New Orleans Saints with a 26-14 win. Powered by a dominant defense and resurgent run game, the Bears overcame offensive struggles to notch their fourth straight win and move to 4-2 on the season.
On October 1, 2025, I journeyed to Val Air Ballroom in Des Moines to see a performance from Father John Misty, and left with a disappointment most bitter and foul, great show though!
Iowa education’s system has embraced the arrival of artificial cal intelligence with no signs of slowing down. However, some have raised concerns that it may lead to its downfall while others see it as a successor to the internet and printing press.
Is Planned Parenthood’s federal support at stake under Donald’s administration? featured image via: guttmacher.org
Read about “Heavenly” by Johnny Mathis here! (Image via: ultratop.be)
Decolonizing is hard work. Here are some of the ways I take care of myself in times of stress and exhaustion.
Bridge on the River Kwai is a different beast of a World War II film as it turns the tropes of grandeur on their heads. (via: Appalachian Theaters)
ALTER EGO reviews Erykah Badu’s remix of Drake’s 2015 “Hotline Bling.”
A college student who doesn’t know what she wants to do after graduation but write award winning novels all while stumbling around helplessly in the world. (via: NBC Chicago)
Read about my second part of Shenzhen’s mini-guide includes the seaside, nightlife, and food. (via e.tinyuri.com)
Walk In My Shoes is a bi-weekly column about a college student who doesn’t know what she wants to do after graduation but write award winning novels all while stumbling around helplessly in the world.
Read Part 4 of minority characters breaking negative stereotypes on television. (image via: quotesgram.com)
‘Tis the season…to listen to Christmas music for two months out of the year. Well, might as well shake it up by listening to some Christmas pop punk!
