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Oliver Grayson (left) and Mark Grayson (right) fighting in season 3 of “Invincible.”

‘Invincible’ season 3 review

Aditya Gunturu, Senior Writer April 27, 2025

In a pop culture world that is overrun with superheroes and villains, “Invincible” is something very, very different. While Marvel and DC dominate the field, Image Comics managed to break the mold...

Maggie Darlington (center) as Countess Cathlene with the “Riverdance” cast performing “Countess Cathlene.”

‘Riverdance’ 30th Anniversary Tour coming to the Fabulous Fox

Owen Herdrick, Arts & Life Editor April 27, 2025

Thirty-one years ago, “Riverdance” was born as a performance in the iconic “Eurovision” competition. Since then, it has transformed into an iconic display of Irish culture as a full theatrical...

Michael B Jordan (left) and Miles Caton (right), lead protagonists in Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners.’

‘Sinners’: Greedy vampires, fiery ballads and horrifying southern history

Aditya Gunturu, Senior Writer April 27, 2025

In an age of constant superhero movies, B-grade action flicks and dystopian zombie films, there is one thing Hollywood has seen more often than anything: vampires. These monsters have been ingrained in...

Guitars and speaker systems lay scattered on chairs and the floor at a house show.

The appeal of the house show

Reegan Johnson, Copy Editor April 27, 2025

On any given weekend in any major city, while venues fill with ticketed crowds and extensive sound systems, a different kind of music scene takes shape. In living rooms, backyards and basements, audiences...

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Colson Whitehead discusses his novels and writing process at a Craft Talk discussion with English and creative writing assistant professor Ron Austin in Saint Louis University’s Wool Ballroom on April 10, 2025. Whitehead received the 2025 St. Louis Literary Award on April 9. “I always take [awards] as an encouragement to keep doing what I’m doing,” Whitehead said.

2025 St. Louis Literary Award winner Colson Whitehead talks craft and culture in Q & A 

Ulaa Kuziez, News Editor April 14, 2025

If a class were ever taught about Colson Whitehead, the acclaimed author says it would be titled “The Sorrow and the Pain.” That is because writing often feels miserable, Whitehead told a full house...

Pop music is good again. Is the flailing economy to thank?

Kaia Monaco, Opinion Editor March 30, 2025

Chappell Roan’s “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,” Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet” and Charli XCX’s “BRAT” dominated the charts in 2024, breathing new life into pop...

Refresh your playlist with small artists

Mary Schleuter, Design Editor March 30, 2025

I’ve always taken pride in discovering artists before they became mainstream – whether it was Rex Orange County before “Sunflower,” Sun Room before their “Outer Banks” tik-tok campaign,...

Stevens and his mother, Carrie, in the 1980s

Sufjan Stevens’ ‘Carrie and Lowell’ turns 10

Owen Herdrick, Arts & Life Editor March 30, 2025

In 2012 the multi-instrumentalist, electronic savant and indie production legend, Sufjan Stevens, lost his mother. Three years later, and nearly exactly ten years ago today, Stevens released “Carrie...

Lollapalooza four-day lineup

Lollapalooza 2025 is having an indie-alt takeover

Reegan Johnson, Copy Editor March 30, 2025

The 2025 Lollapalooza lineup has been released, and it's no surprise that in the wake of an indie revival, the over-20-year-old festival is filled with up-and-coming artists paving their way in the music...

Image of a 1937 Delahaye Type 135 MS Special Roadster featured at the Saint Louis Art Museum’s “Roaring: Art, Fashion, and the Automobile in France, 1918–1939” exhibit.

‘Roaring: Art, Fashion, and the Automobile’ Coming to SLAM April 12 – July 27

Andy Cullinane, Arts & Life Assitant Editor March 30, 2025

“Roaring: Art, Fashion, and the Automobile” in France, 1918-39, is the highly anticipated exhibit coming to the Saint Louis Art Museum on April 12, 2025. “Roaring” brings the thrill and grandeur...

Adam Scott as Mark Scout, the principal character in “Severance.”

‘Severance’ Season 2 is a masterclass in sci-fi and cult mystery storytelling

Aditya Gunturu, Senior Writer March 30, 2025

In a decade of stellar television, “Severance” was a true golden goose. Released in 2022 by Apple TV+, the show was produced by Ben Stiller and new writer Dan Erickson. When originally made, it focused...

The cover of Playboi Carti's 'MUSIC.'

Playboi Carti’s polarizing ‘MUSIC’ is a detailed and disjointed return to form

Jack Cipfl, Assistant News Editor March 30, 2025

Combining the vamp-industrial rage-trap aesthetics of “Whole Lotta Red,” with the minimalist, baby-voiced and psychedelic world imagined in “Die Lit,”  Playboi Carti’s “MUSIC” is the latest...

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