Upcoming events and recommendations for the next seven days
Tag: art
Posted inCity Life
Get tested and enjoy sweater weather with confidence
Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
Posted inFilm
The Burnt Orange Heresy critiques the art critic
Giuseppe Capotondi’s latest looks at the dark inauthenticity of the art world.
Posted inArts & Culture
Art critic Lori Waxman wants to support your artists visa
The 60 wrd/min project aims to keep overseas creatives in the U.S.
Posted inArts & Culture
‘Transition’ showcases perseverance
The art exhibit seeks to bring humanity and life to youth experiencing homelessness.
Posted inMusic
Avreeayl Ra and Time Machine guide the way from suffering to healing at Jazz Occurrence 21
People with synesthesia perceive things typically associated with one sense, such as sound, through one or more additional senses, such as sight, taste, smell, or touch—a B-minor chord, for instance, might register as green. A number of famous musicians, including Mary J. Blige, Pharrell Williams, and Lady Gaga, have claimed to have (or are believed […]
Posted inMusic
Saxophonist Hunter Diamond debuts four free shows’ worth of new material at the Whistler
Saxophonist Hunter Diamond debuts four free shows’ worth of new material at the Whistler, Matthew Rachman Gallery opens a new exhibit of Wesley Willis’s artwork, and more.
Posted inMusic
Multimedia composer Samson Young presents music from the 1933 Chicago’s World Fair
The 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, titled A Century of Progress International Exposition, was touted as a celebration of modern innovation, and its grand aspirations were not without merit. Even though it took place during the depths of the Great Depression, it was so successful that its run was extended into 1934. With these events serving […]
Posted inMusic
Subversive art-punks Möc Artsy existed mostly on cassette tapes
This stubbornly strange duo gigged only in their apartment, and only one song survives from their hours of bizarre recordings.
Posted inBlogs
German pop princess Kim Petras gets dark and campy with a Halloween-themed mixtape
Kim Petras opens for South African singer-songwriter Troye Sivan at the Chicago Theatre this weekend.
Posted inBlogs
Chicago International Film Festival and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Pop-Up Magazine’s Fall Issue tour and other goings on Mon 10/15-Thu 10/18.
Posted inBlogs
Chicago Votes launches Give a Shit Weekend to get young people in Chicago excited about election season
The nonprofit organization is using art and culture to get young people in the city excited about voting in a world where politics are “pretty boring, pretty old, and pretty white.”
Posted inMusic
Food, football, fund-raising, and Freddie Gibbs at this weekend’s music fests
Beer & Bands for Comfort Station This fund-raiser for Logan Square arts hub Comfort Station features a diverse bill of live music (Dos Santos, Phoelix, Dim, and Campdogzz) plus beer from Goose Island, cider from Virtue, and hard seltzer from White Claw. See Gossip Wolf for more. Sat 9/8, 4 PM, Illinois Centennial Monument, 2595 […]
Posted inBlogs
Shambolic rocker Mac Blackout publishes the art book Madman’s Eye
My friend Mac Blackout has found a way to turn his chaotic and provocative personality into chaotic and provocative art, and he celebrates his first book Friday at Galerie F.