From the glittering blue waters of Lake Michigan to the packed streets of the Magnificent Mile and the lush greenery in Grant Park (affectionately known as our "front yard") –– summer in Chicago is the city at its best. And unlike many culture capitals in the US and abroad who might trim hours or close for vacation, summer is no longer a slow season for the local art community...Read on (download PDF, 3.4MB)
Le Concorde, Photo: Todd Baxter
A roundup of selected music reviews/previews from Flavorpill:
The Panda Band w/Pale Young Gentlemen
Le Concorde
Bettye LaVette
Punch Brothers
Chinese New Year Brunch
A roundup of selected food-and-drink-centric clips from Flavorpill:
Delilah's 11th Annual Vintage Strong Beer Fest
Consider the Cocktail: A Slow Celebration of the Repeal of Prohibition
Chinese New Year: Dim Sum Brunch
Green City Market Chef Demonstration feat. Sarah Stegner and George Bumbaris of Prairie Grass Café
The Violet Hour
New Year's Day Pajama Brunch
Green City Market Chef Demonstration feat. Chef Bruce Sherman
Chicago, Courtesy A.M.P.A.S.
A roundup of film clips (reviews and previews) from Flavorpill:
Gigantic
Who Does She Think She Is?
Waitress (2007)
Chicago (1927) w/ accompanist Dave Drazin
Tampico (2006) and Chicago Phonography
Night Mail (1936) and Whisky Galore! (1949)
In "Urban Warp/Weft," collaborative partners Amanda Browder and Stuart Keeler investigate and expose the interrelated, overlapping, and frequently obscure systems that sustain modern urban life. The artists assert that their projects do not attempt to solve environmental challenges; instead...read on (download PDF, 1.7MB)
Class Pictures
By Dawoud Bey
[Aperture, 2007. 164 pages. $45.00, hardcover]
“For all this rhetoric about ‘leave no child behind,’ I don’t think this society, quite frankly, gives a shit about young people other than as a kind of periodic political football,” says photographer Dawoud Bey in an interview with his former student Carrie Mae Weems in Class Pictures. “I’m trying to construct a kind of representation of the teenage subject that functions in opposition to those representations of teenagers as socially problematic or as engines for a certain consumerism.” Read on (download PDF, 828K)...
She's a filmmaker who embroiders, a feminist who loves guys, an artist who's making noise as a curator: Columbia alum Marci Rae McDade (B.A. '01) believes in timelessness and finds inspiration in art history—the unapologetically turns it on its head. Read on...
The Great Chicago Places and Spaces festival exposes private Loop spots that are usually closed to the public. Here’s what to see before the doors slam shut. Read on...
After years of competing for attention and attendance, the city’s annual art fairs are coming together under one roof (well...two, actually). Here’s how to avoid visual overload. Read on...