Three Butterflies, a mezzotint by Yozo Hamaguchi, part of Luminous Form, a show of his work on display through 11/30 at Floating World, 1925 N. Halsted, 312-587-7800.
Tag: Vol. 39 No. 4
Issue of Oct. 15 – 21, 2009
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Morning Art: Thad Kellstadt
What We Do Is A Secret, a painting by Thad Kellstadt, part of After Effects, a show of his work on display Sat 10/24, 7-11 PM, at Second Bedroom, 3216 S. Morgan, 630-849-7750.
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Simple Answers to Important Questions
“A Question For Mayor Daley: Why So Quiet About TIF?” The Mayor isn’t going to say anything about TIFs until he has to, and he won’t have to until the city’s media outlets take it to him over and over and over again like they did on the Olympics promises. It’s good to see David […]
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Morning Art: Barbara Hashimoto
The Junk Mail Experiment, an installation by Barbara Hashimoto, who discusses her work Sat 10/24, 2 PM, at Dubhe Carreño, 118 N. Peoria, 773-931-6584.
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Depressing Article Of The Week
Marcus Jordan, soon to be the sort of unpaid student-athlete of which the NCAA prides itself in, wants to wear his dad’s brand of shoes on court. Adidas wants him to wear Adidas.
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Your Guide to Fashion Focus
A handy guide to Fashion Focus events starting this Thursday.
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Apply for the 2010 Chicago Fashion Incubator
The Chicago Fashion Incubator program is now accepting applications for 2010.
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Chicago Humanities Festival updates
Some Chicago Humanities Festival events are already selling out. Here’s a list.
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QOTD: A tie
#1: “It’s called economic sadness.” #2: “If I didn’t have this creative, innovative management style about leasing public assets, we would not be talking about that [Ed. note: not sure what ‘that’ is].” – Mayor Daley to the Sun-Times editorial board For more on the mayor’s management style, see Mick Dumke’s fact-checking of Daley’s budget […]
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Landesman to Play Peoria
NEA chair Rocco Landesman will visit seven states to push his message that “art works.” First stop, Peoria, where he has some fence-mending to do because of remarks he made last summer comparing Peoria theater negatively to theater in Chicago.
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Tonight’s readings rainbow
Midweek is often a great time for readings and lectures. Some selections:
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News roundup: Dog bites man edition
* The city’s going to use parking meter funds to cover the deficit in lieu of raising taxes. * Property taxes are going up. Meaning it’s a good time to start paying attention to the Cook County Assessor’s race. * Block 37: facing foreclosure. Of the public TIF money gone to the hole project, $60 […]