A new exhibition at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art surveys over 60 years of cartoonists.
Tag: Edie Fake
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Out there, around here
Upcoming events and recommendations for the next seven days
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Latham Zearfoss of Chances Dances on a Solange album for the ages
Current musical obsessions of Chances Dances cofounder Latham Zearfoss, artist and educator Jen Delos Reyes, and Reader music listings coordinator Salem Collo-Julin
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Architecture and comics unite at the Biennial with ‘Imaginary Worlds’
Edie Fake and Keiler Roberts discuss how they use space and design in their work.
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Chances Dances turns ten, grows up, and celebrates with a multimedia exhibit
Chances Dances launched a decade ago as a queer dance party with a focus on inclusivity. It’s now evolved into a multifaceted collective that not only hosts well-DJed parties (a transcendent remix of Kate Bush’s “This Woman’s Work” comes to mind) but also awards microgrants to artists and supports Chicago’s LGBTIQ communities in myriad ways. […]
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Reader’s Agenda Sat 5/31: CAKE, the Dance Mile, and Corey Wilkes Quintet
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, May 31
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Chicago Alternative Comics Expo preview
The 2014 Chicago Alternative Comics Expo features Edie Fake, Tony Millionaire, Liz Prince, Hellen Jo, and more.
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Edie Fake’s Memory Palaces dazzles
Comics artist Edie Fake reimagines spots from Chicago LGBTQ history in a new book.
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An interior designer transforms a former tavern into a home
Interior designer Aleks Furman’s Bridgeport home was once an Elvis-themed bar and a notorious gang haunt.
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Art beyond binary at Threewalls
Edie Fake continues his investigations into queer identity, while MSHR makes art that’s scannable.
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Version 11
Version 11 The 11th go-round of the annual artist-run festival Version begins Friday 4/22, with parties, art shows, and other affiliated events continuing through 5/1. This week’s schedule is listed in brief below, and in greater detail at versionfest.org; events are free unless otherwise noted. The festival opens with The New New Chicagoans, a show […]
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Threewalls’s Chicago Art Farm
Can high culture be marketed like agriculture? Also: Jack Zimmerman makes a CD of his stories.