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The “King of Rock and Roll” launched Steve Kay’s interest in music at the age of five. Several decades later, pink and black — Elvis’s favorite colors — adorn the walls of Kay’s record store, Evanston shop Vintage Vinyl. “I had an aunt who got me my first record player and my first 45s, and...

The “King of Rock and Roll” launched Steve Kay’s interest in music at the age of five. Several decades later, pink and black — Elvis’s favorite colors — adorn the walls of Kay’s record store, Evanston shop Vintage Vinyl. “I had an aunt who got me my first record player and my first 45s, and...

Azhar Usman, a stand-up comedian of Indian descent and a Skokie native, performed Thursday at the Muslim-cultural Students Association Fall Entertainment Event in Harris Hall. Two students opened the evening with a recitation and translation of a passage from the Quran, which Usman joked about as he began his set. “I’ve gone to so many...

Azhar Usman, a stand-up comedian of Indian descent and a Skokie native, performed Thursday at the Muslim-cultural Students Association Fall Entertainment Event in Harris Hall. Two students opened the evening with a recitation and translation of a passage from the Quran, which Usman joked about as he began his set. “I’ve gone to so many...

Content warning: This story contains mentions of sexual violence. A collection of works about survivors of sexual trauma is on display at Evanston’s 1100 Florence Gallery through Oct. 27.  “Comfort women” is the euphemism the Japanese military used to refer to women forced into sexual servitude at “comfort stations,” or brothels, for soldiers. The “Comfort...

Content warning: This story contains mentions of sexual violence. A collection of works about survivors of sexual trauma is on display at Evanston’s 1100 Florence Gallery through Oct. 27.  “Comfort women” is the euphemism the Japanese military used to refer to women forced into sexual servitude at “comfort stations,” or brothels, for soldiers. The “Comfort...