Part of ” Hidden Spaces and What Is Found in Between,” on display at ACRE Projects
Tag: Vol. 40 No. 3
Issue of Oct. 7 – 13, 2010
Early Warnings Roundup
This week’s Early Warnings include Cursive, Deicide, Cloud Cult, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Cheap Time, Warpaint, and Matt Skiba.
Texas Country Soul
The Stone River Boys, the latest band of Texas roots-rock veteran Dave Gonzalez, plays FitzGerald’s on Friday night.
Outspoken Fioretti Can’t Speak for a Few Days
Alderman Bob Fioretti is losing his voice for a few days, but you can still hear him on YouTube.
Pacifica Quartet Tackles the Shostakovich String Quartets
Sweet. Chicago Classical Review has a nice writeup and tour through some of the works.
Patti Smith’s Memoir Nominated for a National Book Award
Smith got the nod in the nonfiction category for her recent book, Just Kids (Ecco), a remarkable memoir of her life in New York with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the late 60s and 70s. As Miles Raymer noted in a post last week, Smith will be in Chicago (her birthplace) on November 30 to speak […]
Ben Joravsky, Shadow Mayor
Ben Joravsky’s call to use TIF money to cover the budget surplus was prescient, it appears.
Both Sides of the Gay Teen Suicide Issue
In case you were wondering, there are apparently two.
I Apologize in Advance: Gwyneth Paltrow Pretends to Be Country
Whoops. That happened.
Lee Abrams Suspended From Doing Whatever It Is That Lee Abrams Does
By Randy Michaels. Weird.
Dinner & a Show: Wednesday 10/13
Recommended entertainment paired with nearby restaurants.
Fashion in Flux
The Business of Fashion paints a picture of an industry that knows it has to evolve, but isn’t sure how.