Saturday Links
Paint the Town Red. The Cools. Poppin Bottles. Prance. Shades. Yoga TOMORROW. Sequins & Stripes. Chill Jams. (photo from here)
MODA Mag Launch
Just so you know, and can make sure you’re at Reynold’s at 2pm sharp, the MODA Magazine’s Spring Edition comes out tomorrow and it’s free. There’ll be copies to pick up then with photo-shoots to linger over and editorials to…well…settle down with a good cup of tea to read. See you there.
Summer Breeze Style
With Summer Breeze this weekend, outdoor concert season has officially begun on campus. With a 73 degree forecast, and a full day of outdoor events this weekend, it can be tricky to balance style with comfort. To look good and feel good all day while you watch Lunice, The Smith Westerns, and Nelly, you’ll need your reliable...
MODA’s Guide to the Smith Westerns
MAB, after getting word that araabMuzik (who was recently the victim of a tragic shooting) is still in recovery, have added the Smith Westerns to Summer Breeze’s lineup for this weekend. We’re sending MODA love to AraabMuzik, and we can’t wait to watch Chicago’s own melodic indie rock-group tear up Hutch Courtyard on Saturday night....
MODA’s Guide to Lunice
Each year, The University of Chicago hosts Summer Breeze: a day of music and merriment, and a great tradition. In the past, we have had acts such as Eminem, Béla Fleck, Nas, The Roots, and Dirty Projectors. One of this years acts is rap/trap/bass/party/craycray beatmaker Lunice. Lunice Fermin Pierre II is an up-and-coming superproducer from...
MODA’s Guide to Nelly
I, for one, am extremely excited to see Nelly at Summer Breeze. Maybe its because “I’m from the Lou and I’m proud” (Country Grammar, duh) but Nelly has been a huge part of the music scene for me ever since he broke out with the St. Lunatics in ’90s. When I heard that Nelly would...
Friday Links
Typography Cake. The Perfect Sandals. Royal Jam. Mac Girls Gone Wild. FOTA. Fashionable Mothers. Gatsby & Co. Nails. Business of Fashion. Explore. (Photo from here)
Going Punk
The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently celebrated the opening of The Costume Institute’s exhibit, Punk: Chaos to Couture. Guests were to be inspired by the spirit of the punk movement. This naturally spawned many dressed accented with safety pins, heavy makeup, and studs. Some opted to look super punk, while some shied away from the...
Second Fridays
Pilsen’s 2nd Fridays are kinda… awesome. On the second Friday of each month, thirty creative spaces in the Chicago Arts District at South Halsted and 18th Streets open their doors, free of charge, to let you explore. Oh yeah, and drink cocktails. ArtShould will take you there from campus. In the Reynolds Club today, and on Thursday,...
On Campus: Jeffrey Eugenides
For many, The Virgin Suicides conjures images of Kirstin Dunst in a school-girl uniform, frollicking in a field with three other blondes. The sisters in the film were mysterious, beautiful, and enchanting; just like the novel it was based on. Jeffrey Eugenides wrote The Virgin Suicides (1993), Middlesex (2002), and The Marriage Plot (2011), is the winner of...
Summer Breeze Playlist
Two weeks until Summer Breeze. Two weeks until our favorite day of Spring Quarter. Two weeks until we’re all singing ‘Ride Wit Me’ in Hutch Courtyard with… uh… Nelly himself. We’re excited for Araabmuzik and Lunice too. Have a listen to the Major Activities Board‘s Summer Breeze playlist here to get in the mood while you’re...
MODA’s Vintage Crawl
If you couldn’t make it to MODA’s Vintage Crawl…well, you missed out. And we missed you! It was sunny and warm, and around one hundred UChicagoans wandered the busy streets of Wicker Park in search of thrift-shop treasure. Sunglasses? Candles? Earrings? Those count too. Because of the map of vintage stores and cool stop-off-points we...
