august 2025 edition.

Sounds
- Peter Stampfel, Song Shards
- Chicago Underground Duo, Hyperglyph
- Nathan Salzberg, Ipsa Corpora
- Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Nathan Salsburg & Tyler Trotter, Hear The Children Sing The Evidence
- Sir Richard Bishop, Hillbilly Ragas
- Eliades Ochoa, Guajiro
- David Byrne, Who Is the Sky?
- Jorge Drexler, Bailar en la cueva
- Jorge Drexler, Eco
- Jorge Drexler, Frontera
- Booker Little, Booker Little 4 and Max Roach
- Booker Little, Booker Little
- Booker Little, Out Front
Words
- Michael Chabon, Gentleman of the Road
- Joelle M. Abi-Rached, “Gaza and the End of History,” Boston Review, 30 July 2025
- Ben Schwartz, “Billy Wilder’s Battle With the Past,” The Nation, 18 August 2025
- Joshua Tait, “Curtis Yarvin’s Cranky Yearnings,” The Bulwark, 3 April 2025
- Kenneth Goldsmith, “Jack Whitten,” BOMB Magazine, July 1994
- James Livingston, James, “Sinners in the Hands of a Complete Unknown,” Liberties, August 2025
- Rachel Kushner, The Mars Room
- Jess Walter, So Far Gone
Walls
- Frans Krajcberg, Rediscovering the Tree @ MASP
- Picture Gallery in Transformation @ MASP
- Fessel, Nós Combinamos de Não Morrer @ Museum da cidade do Rio
- Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies @ Art Institute of Chicago
Stages
Screens
- In the Air Tonight, dir. Andrew Norman Wilson
- Bella
- Occupied City, dir. Steve McQueen
- Black Bag
- The Amateur
- Yesterday