BIRD’S HOT FIDDLING SETS HIS FANS AFLAME
There's something devilish about Andrew Bird, the thrilling young violinist whose group, Bowl of Fire, has been setting Chicago audiences aflame for the last year. When Bird, who mixes attitude,...
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RIGHT HERE IN RIVER CITY
This happens at Medusa's the Mission: You step into the thump thump thump of the dance floor, the vibrations oozing up your legs, your knees, your pelvis -- but it's...
$500,000 KRESGE GRANT BENEFITS FOLK ACADEMY
The Old Town School of Folk Music has received a $500,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation, one of the largest endowments in the school's history. The money is for...
POET KNOWS WHERE HE CAME FROM: AFRICA
`I have not been to Africa yet, only in my mind," says Quraysh Ali Lansana. "But I'm working on it. I want to get to Ghana to do some studying....
LATINO FILM FESTIVAL BUILDS TOWARD AWARD CEREMONY
This year's Chicago Latino Film Festival -- so far, the most financially successful in the event's 14-year history -- will have its climax Monday with the special closing night award...
CARMEN PELAEZ’S TAKE ON CUBANNESS
Consider for a moment, Carmelita Tropicana's "Milk of Amnesia," a performance piece we've discussed here before. Or Cristina Garcia's 1992 National Book Award-nominated "Dreaming in Cuban." Both works explore the...
POETRY NIGHT SOMETIMES FLOWERS AT WEEDS
It isn't pretty at Weeds, not at all. Sitting there in the shadows of the Homemakers home furnishings bunker and just steps from a desolate Cabrini-Green, it's not pretty on...
MASS SCULPTS SOUND INTO EVER-SHIFTING SHAPES
When MASS (Movement and Sonic Sculpture) Ensemble debuted four years ago, it was the result of a collaboration among three friends: sculptor Bill Close, dancer Tatiana Sanchez and classical musician...
MANY BLAMING THE MEDIA FOR CLINTON’S WOES
Janet Spector Bishop sits quietly reading her newspaper at a bookstore at the Old Orchard shopping center, her 7-week-old baby, Jack, sleeping in a carrier beside her. Ask about President...
IMPERSONATORS ADD A DIFFERENT LOOK TO TROPICANA
A few weeks back, we went to Tropicana de Cache's Tuesday night boxing showcase -- an exhibition that left us awed, but also curious about how the club functions when...