Well, they’ve finally done it! Advocates in Detroit have raised more than $50,000 for a statue of cyborg-crimefighter Robocop. A worthy civic venture, indeed. It makes you wonder what kind of monument to pop culture we could build here in Chicago.
Tag: Vol. 40 No. 22
Issue of Feb. 17 – 23, 2011
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Kiss & Tell
Darryl Pitts and a host of celebrity interviewees critique cinematic images of African American romance in Pitts’s documentary “Kiss & Tell,” screening Thursday 2/24 in Black World Cinema’s “Truth Be Told” series.
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Your Election-Day Morning News Roundup
Polls opened at 6 AM as Chicagoans awakened to another snowfall. But already there’s plenty to talk about. Mayor Daley voted early, and jetted off to the British Virgin Islands with his wife, Maggie, and friend Terry Newman. (Sun-Times)
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At a Time of Crisis, Torey Malatia Reports to His Audience
Torey Malatia, general manager of WBEZ, writes his station’s membership about the threat to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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Doc Films cancellation
Doc Films cancels its scheduled screening of The World of Apu.
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Artist’s del Valle Mural Channels Twitter
Barack Obama had Shepard Fairey.
Miguel del Valle has Maya Escobar.
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Win a Chance to Air Your Dirty Laundry
Kenmore launches an online fashion reality show.
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The Celestial Septet on Your Computer
The Celestial Septet, a powerhouse collaboration between ROVA and the Nels Cline Singers, isn’t performing in Chicago on its current tour, but you can listen to the group’s Tuesday concert in Philadelphia live online.
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Fallen Gods
Ernesto Daranas’s drama “Fallen Gods” sets a Havana turf war against the legend of pimp Alberto Yarini Ponce de Leon, who murder led to France’s ouster from Cuba. It screens Tuesday 2/22 in the Latino Cultural Center’s Reel Film Club series.