Begging for mercy at LVL3; K.A. Letts adds it all up at Firecat Projects
Oh, mercy If historians ever want to truly understand what 2017 felt like, they should consider the fact that “Mercy,” “WWE: No Mercy,” and “My Days of Mercy” hit our...
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A brilliant show about ‘stupid’ art; knocking over reliquaries at Shane Campbell Gallery
A brilliant show about 'stupid' art “If my work had a personality, it would play the part of stupid, but I also think it would be a little more deep...
The feminist energies of William Blake and Faith Wilding take over Chicago
If William Blake was an English major in 2017, he’d be the boy who discovered psychedelics and Norman Mailer at the same time. But, as the Block Museum’s current show...
Bebel Gilberto’s minimalist vibe a happy accident
It’s that sound. Gentle, lilting, calm and casual yet irresistible, a bossa nova melody that some seem to struggle with while others, like Bebel Gilberto, find as natural as breathing....
Anti-racism group holds party to prepare for difficult holiday conversations
There’s probably plenty of heated political discourse to keep you and yours warm this holiday season. If you need a strategy for dealing with these dinner table disputes, Make Yourself...
Crossing the Paseo and the globe in one historic exhibition; New A/V gallery plugs into a two-part show
Crossing the Paseo and the globe in one show Public art marks either end of Paseo Boricua, the slice of Division Street between Western and California avenues where Chicago's Puerto...
Small Print sparkles; a special view of utopia
The city of Chicago might have called this the “Year of Public Art,” but 2017 could also go down in history as the “Year of the Small Press.” There were...
Glass Curtain takes on the brain, Logan Center visits notions of home
Sensing a pattern at Glass Curtain Gallery Chatter around pattern recognition, artificial intelligence and the brain veers between jargon-jammed science writing and a Philip K. Dick plot. Essentially, many neuroscientists...
This menstrual cup has been a game changer
Paul Simon sang about “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,” Kate Bush had “50 Words for Snow” and I have 50 different names for my period: “Red Dawn,” “The Crimson...
Pop culture hath no fury like a woman scorned
It sounds like a paradox, but the scorned woman is getting her due. On the Season 3 premiere of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” our hero, Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom), finally leaves the...