Part of a spring painting show on display at Lula Cafe.
Tag: Vol. 40 No. 26
Issue of Mar. 17 – 23, 2011
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Morning Art: Philip Enquist
Part of A Watercolor Journal, on display at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.
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Spring Trends You Might Not Want to Try
We admit, taken out of context, some of them look goofy.
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In Your Morning Newsfeed: Cabrini’s Art Project, Pain at the Pump, Unsafe Bridges, Steven Segal: Badass, and More
Navy Pier’s new bosses are in discussions to keep Chicago Children’s Museum. It’s an about face for the museum, which has appeared hell-bent on moving to Grant Park for years. (Tribune) Cabrini-Green’s lone remaining tower will be turned into a temporary art exhibit before it’s torn down. (Tribune) The city is vigorously defending lawsuits against […]
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Dan Savage and Terry Miller: It Gets Better
Kelly O. Terry Miller, Dan Savage Savage Love columnist Dan Savage and his partner (and fellow editor) Terry Miller promote their new book, It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living (Dutton), here on Wednesday, March 23, 7 PM, at the Nettelhorst School, 3252 N. Broadway. The event is sponsored […]
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In Your Morning Newsfeed: The Carson’s Clock That Never Was, Leaving Illinois, First Face Transplant, Showing Up to Court Drunk, and More
Recently unearthed sketches from legendary architect Louis Sullivan’s archives show plans for a wrought-iron clock…at Carson Pirie Scott. Blair Kamin takes on the mystery of the clock that could have been. (Tribune) Former state senator and erstwhile Republican candidate for Cook County Board president Roger Keats is peacing out. Citing Illinois’s high property taxes, corruption, […]
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Morning Art: Geoffrey Wheeler
Part of Earthly Delights, on display at Lillstreet Art Center.
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Layoffs of People We Know
More layoffs include the Daily Herald’s Ted Cox. Jim Bouton, “Ball Four”
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It Never Gets Old…
The briefing admiral stands proud and grave.On the screen within the screen tracers burst like silent lightning across the dark distant sky of the enemy.There, it is night.The assets of the enemy have been seriously degraded, the admiral reports. He has time for questions, though some he chooses not to answer. He relishes his prominence; […]
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Remembering Fred Anderson
A stellar group of Fred Anderson collaborators pays homage to the late saxophonist Tuesday night at the Jazz Showcase.
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Key Ingredient Grabs a Beard Nom
Julia Thiel, Mike Gebert, and a host of Chicago chefs, restaurateurs, and restaurants picked up nominations today for the annual James Beard awards, aka the “Oscars of the food world.”
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Is Apple Finally Taking iTunes to the Cloud?
A new MobileMe might bring music “lockers.”