Four seconds left, just two yards away. After an all-game shootout, the Bears had one final chance to close the book on an improbable ending. They fell just short.
The rumors are true, KRUI likes music! 2025 was a crazy year all around, and even crazier, we here at KRUI actually listened to lots of albums this year. We’ve picked out eleven of our favorite albums from this year to share, and explore together.
It’s December 29, 2025, and if you can believe it, we here at KRUI actually listened to music throughout the whole year! From pop superstars, to indie legends, to the fresh Bandcamp up-and-comers, we’ve picked out nine of our favorite songs released this past year to share and explore together.
Cursive and a duo AJJ regale us with the pride, waste, and consuming everything until the very end, finishing out their 2025 tour at The Raccoon Motel in Davenport.
Spanning 7 venues across 7 days, Transitions, the New Years Eve celebration by AURIS PRESENTS, in downtown Chicago has cultivated a lineup of the biggest names spinning records and electronica today. From December 26 – January 1st, Chicagoland will be ablaze as it welcomes the likes of 70 artists and a 21-hour marathon to ring in the new year at Outset. Here are the highlights coming this week to Chicago.
An overtime thriller, a stadium on edge, and a Bears team pushed to its limit. From the moment the clock hit zero to the final snap in OT, this one had everything. And it might say more about this team than just a win.
Review of “Another Stage of Staging Ourselves” – a multi-act dance performance and finale to the Witching Hour Festival.
Emma Caparula attended The Mirror/The Reaping, part of the Witching Hour Festival, on 11/2.
Janelle James and Liza Treyger performed their comedy routines at The Englert Theater for the Witching Hour Festival on 10/13/18. (Image vie Little Village Magazine)
Read about (part of) a grand finale to the 2018 Witching Hour Festival. Image via Witching Hour
Dan Bascaljon hosts an awesome and rather enlightening workshop on the utilization of space in our creative work, as part of the Witching Hour Festival. (Image via Witching Hour)
The local electronica musician made a bold transformation from shy grad student to club DJ during his performance at the Witching Hour Festival. image via philiprabalais.com
Click here to read more about the Witching Hour’s soul cleansing workshop! Photo retrieved via englert.org
Read about how bees are being threatened in Iowa and what we can do to save them here! (Image via BBC)
Read about Karen Meat’s Witching Hour Festival performance here! (Image via Mary Mathis)
Read how the art of opera is pushed off the stage and into film. Image via Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Read the review of one of the many events that took place at this year’s Witching Hour Festival! photo via: eventful.com
