Part of “Tehom,” on display at Carrie Secrist Gallery
Tag: Vol. 39 No. 32
Issue of Apr. 29 – May. 5, 2010
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Morning Art: Jason Brammer
Part of “Folding the Future,” on display at New Wave Coffee
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Morning Art: Oleksa Kovalenko
Part of “Mythology of My Motherland,” on display at the Ukrainian National Museum
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Early Warnings Roundup
This week’s Early Warnings include the Dead Weather, Hole, the New York Dolls, Floor, Roger Waters, the Metronome Celebration, and the English Beat.
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Talking Points
The second annual Talking Pictures Festival opens tonight in Evanston.
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Song for 5/5
Oh, why not. Despite the video quality, the guitar comes through pretty well. (Considered at best a disappointment when it came out, Whip-Smart has aged pretty well, IMO.)
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5/5-5/7 — Free Academic Freedom Symposium at the University of Chicago
The University of Chicago hosts a free symposium on academic freedom from Wed 5/5 to Fri 5/7.
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Latest State Revenue Proposal: Less Revenue
Item: Quinn pushing back-to-school sales tax holiday for August Item: “As lawmakers piece together a stopgap budget in Springfield, high school students in Chicago marched through the streets demanding a fix for education funding cuts.” Item: MAP college grants run dry, rejections to double Item: Report: “Staggering” decline in state revenues
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Street Art Is Lame, but Not as Lame as Roger Waters
Pink Floyd douchebag defaces Elliott Smith memorial, claims Smith would have been cool with it
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Jeffrey Brown, Ivan Brunetti, Anders Nilsen, and Chris Ware Talk Graphic Novels
“Partnership of the Picture and the Word”: how the graphic novel is making its impact on the literary scene
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Chicago Anarchist Film Festival
The 10th Annual Chicago Anarchist Film Festival screens new and archival works, 5/5-5/16 at St. Paul’s Cultural Center and No Exit Cafe.
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Say Hello to Johnny Casserole
Johnny Casserole, a casserole-delivery service, is now legitimately in business.