Music

WHPK hosted Common/Kanye faceoff—before they were stars

Common and Kanye West knew each other as aspiring rappers growing up, battle in 1996 at UChicago radio station WHPK.

Hyde Park celebrates jazz in every corner

Fifth annual festival hailed "as the most artistically satisfying fest on Chicago's jazz calendar"


Where language meets music

A guitarist-turned-associate professor explores the intersection of disciplines in 'cognitive musicology'

Real “Glee” inspires alum’s choir film

Sparked by a College course, Marissa Flaxbart, AB'05, creates a documentary on show choir at her former high school.


Sara Olkon

Opera gives voice to veterans’ memories

For Lyric Opera’s “Hercules,” famed director Peter Sellars reaches out to UChicago veterans and scholars.


Sara Olkon