Natalie Schermer It’s a new year — time for new books. If you’re wondering what to read in the coming...
Peter Boyle The ‘90s have made their triumphant return to rock music. Reunions of great groups like Archers of Loaf...
Sam Lewin The new Faculty Jazz Quartet gave its Lawrence University debut Wednesday, Jan. 4 in an impressively full Harper...
Sam Lewin We lost a lot of great jazz musicians in 2011. In December alone, the multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers and...
Paul Smirl 1. Richard Buckner, “Our Blood” Richard Buckner is a wanderer and his songs are like whispers echoing through...
Natalie Schermer It’s safe to say that J.M. Coetzee is today one of South Africa’s foremost writers. The notoriously private...
Paul Smirl The Wriston Center’s Kohler gallery opened its first exhibition of the year Friday, Jan. 6: a series of...
Peter Boyle 1. Yuck, “Yuck” In a year that seemed dominated by burbly synth odysseys, it was easy to overlook...
Sam Lewin 1. David S. Ware, Cooper-Moore, William Parker, Muhammad Ali, “Planetary Unknown” “Planetary Unknown” is the perfect example of...
Paul Smirl Though I don’t actually have any of the following items on my iPod, a lot of...