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DOWNTOWN — Peso Pluma will headline Sueños, Chicago’s largest Latin music fest, next year in Grant Park. The Mexican musician’s set was cut short at this year’s Sueños due to thunderstorms — but the festival organizers announced Pluma’s 2025 return on social media Thursday. The two-day music fest’s next edition — presented by La Familia […]
Black-and-white photography relies heavily on textures and patterns to bring depth and interest to your images, as you don’t have the distraction of color to fall back on. Understanding how to effectively capture textures and patterns in monochrome is essential for creating strong, compelling photographs. Let’s explore how to use these elements to their full […]
Zingara, bass music’s spiritual sojourner, opens a new passageway through the cosmos with her new EP, For The Crystal Children. The conceptual EP’s four tracks place life and time under a microscope, all kicked off by Zingara’s personal indoctrination through the title titular track, “For The Crystal Children.” “When it was time to start brainstorming new […]
Black-and-white photography removes the distraction of color, allowing light and shadow to take center stage in shaping the mood and depth of an image. Whether you’re shooting landscapes, portraits, or abstract compositions, mastering the interplay between light and shadow can elevate your black-and-white photography. Here’s how to harness these elements effectively. The role of light […]
Thanks to INZO, bass music will be the first sounds on display when Red Rocks opens their gates next year. The surging DJ and bass music producer in 2023 hosted a successful, large-scale tour that took him to nearly 40 cities from winter to spring. Outside the live music realm, he released collaborations with Rezz and LSDREAM, […]
The full lineup for the fourth edition of When We Were Young has been announced. Blink-182 will headline, and so will Panic! at the Disco, who will perform their album A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out in its entirety to celebrate the record’s 20th anniversary. Weezer, the Gaslight Anthem, Avril Lavigne, the Offspring, Knocked Loose, […]
This past September, photographers from around the world raced to showcase their creativity in our most recent Licensing Rush competition—and the results are finally in! For a whole month, participants pushed their limits to get as many exclusive photos accepted to 500px Licensing, earning bonus points for every photo with an attached model release. Now, […]
Country queen Shania Twain is coming to the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth next summer. The Calgary Stampede announced Monday Twain will play the Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday, July 5. Ticket pre-sales begin on Tuesday at 10 a.m. and runs until Thursday. General admission tickets go on sale on Friday, Nov. 1. The top-selling female […]
Contact Winter Music Festival is charting the course to its new home base with decorated pilots at the helm. Seven Lions and deadmau5 headline this year’s two-day festival at the Vancouver Convention Centre (VCC). Contact returns to the VCC December 27-28 after debuting at the venue last year. Seven Lions and deadmau5 are set to headline […]
As the colors of autumn emerge in full force, using contrast in your photography becomes a powerful tool for creating images with depth and impact. The interplay between warm and cool tones, combined with the shifting light, allows for unique opportunities to highlight your subjects in creative ways. Here’s how to make the most of […]