by Meg Onli | Jul 3, 2009 | Blog
On this weekly roundup we check out Robogeisha, a surprisingly versatile robot, half a Century of Nuclear Explosions, and Brooklyn is burning. Actually this sounds like a rather apocalyptic roundup for Independence Day. Buckminster Fuller closes This Sunday July 5th...
by stephanieburke | Jul 2, 2009 | Blog
Here’s what I’d go to, if I were you… 1. Co-Prosperity Sphere Bert Stabler is bending you brain this 4th of July with SALAD-CHURCH-EXERCISE: A show about self-improvement through self-denial. With work by over 20 local artists, a massive salad...
by Claudine Isé | Jul 1, 2009 | Blog
Did you ever play Wil Wright’s computer game The Sims? In the earliest versions, the little folks (who speak a language called “Simmish”) would say something that sounded like “me tyuhd!” and clutch at their heads whenever they needed you...
by Claudine Isé | Jul 1, 2009 | Blog
Forget all the news about Chicago city arts grants, potentially major boosts to NEA funding, and all that other boring crap. I would be remiss were I not to inform Chicago artists about this fabulous opportunity, no? Bravo is launching a new counterpart to its Top...
by Claudine Isé | Jul 1, 2009 | Blog
I posted about this little gem of a film a few weeks ago here; since then, I’ve had a chance to view “Herb and Dorothy” (directed by first-time filmmaker Megumi Sasaki) and just as I’d hoped, it’s terrific. It’s screening in Chicago...
