by Christopher Hudgens | Apr 21, 2009 | Blog
Ald. Ed Burke (14th) chairman of the Finance Committee, today increased the pressure on the Art Institute of Chicago say it isn’t affordable for many city residents. The fee increase, which takes effect May 23, will increase general admission to $18 from $12,...
by Claudine Isé | Apr 20, 2009 | Blog
Yesterday afternoon I read Virginia Heffernan’s essay, “Let Them Eat Tweets: Why Twitter is a trap,” in the New York Times Magazine, and so interesting did I find it that for a good part of this morning and afternoon I bounced around the internet...
by Claudine Isé | Apr 20, 2009 | Blog
The NYT’s Holland Cotter beats out Inga Saffron of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Sebastian Smee of The Boston Globe for the Pulitzah Prize (and its $10,000 award) for “distinguished criticism, in print or online, or both.” Only 10 grand?? I always...
by Claudine Isé | Apr 20, 2009 | Blog
Renowned novelist J.G. Ballard died yesterday at the age of 78, after a lengthy battle with cancer. From the (U.K.’s) Times Online: “(Ballard’s) influence stretched across a modern world that he seemed to see coming years in advance. His dark, often...
by Meg Onli | Apr 19, 2009 | Blog
Last weekend I was able to check out Steven McQeen’s highly acclaimed film Hunger. This is the first feature length film by the Turner prize winner, and it won the Caméra d’Or at Cannes this year. Although a re-examination of a deeply political history and...
