In the world of beauty, the final days of 2025 did not disappoint. Just before the new year, “sad blush” spread across social media like wild fire—and you’ll probably be seeing the makeup trend ...

But these films are not pat condemnations of the flawed fathers they depict; they illustrate, sometimes with seeming ambivalence, the consequences of such self-absorption. Tellingly, Sentimental Value ...

In defense of the sad holiday song. By Melissa Kirsch Perusing painkillers at CVS the morning after Thanksgiving, I should not have been surprised by the telltale clattering of horse hooves thundering ...

The people who know how best to market to college students are other college students – and that’s doubly true on a social media platform whose entire user base is college students. Teddy Solomon and ...

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I attended the 61st Chicago International Film Festival and saw an early screening of Train Dreams. Unfortunately (or fortunately), there are too many exciting upcoming 2025 movies, so I hadn’t heard ...

After barely being open a year, a vibrant drink drive-thru on Frankfort Avenue has abruptly closed.Fizz District, which specialized in handmade sodas, seltzers and mocktails, announced the closure on ...

We are midway through the month of November, and the annual fall and winter reality of living in western Washington is setting in. The days are getting shorter and the nights, longer. Add in a series ...

At 83 years of age, John Shelton Reed has authored or edited a whopping two dozen books. His most recent work, “The Ramos Gin Fizz,” was published this summer by LSU Press as part of their popular ...

The Twilight Sad have returned with a new song—their first in seven years—and it features the Cure’s Robert Smith on guitar. The band’s core duo of vocalist James Graham and multi-instrumentalist Andy ...

There’s nothing to cry about at Midwest Sad, a new all-day third space that brings a whole lot of happiness to the corner of Sixth and Bruce streets in Walker’s Point. Part bakery, part lunch spot, ...