Let there be light at ADDS DONNA gallery
Let there be light When Leonard Cohen died days after last year's presidential election, optimists referenced his 1992 ballad "Anthem." "There is a crack in everything," it goes. "That's how...
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Goldfinch flies through the Astral Plane
Goldfinch flies through the Astral Plane In a 2014 interview with Vice, Eddie Brooks, co-founder of the Modern Lovers, said of frontman Johnathan Richman's early love life, "He really wanted...
Going public with a relationship too soon post-divorce?
My almost-ex-wife and I were sitting across from the Daley Center's courthouse, about to finalize our divorce, when I told her I was seeing someone new. "I know. Chris, right?"...
CPC’s global gathering of print media
The Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, the city's longest running independent print shop, is hosting "On Paper," an exhibition celebrating this year's International Printmaking Award. Drawing in 28 winners and finalists from...
Tim Kerr takes punk from the stage to the canvas
Tim Kerr, the Austin, Texas, native who helped steer the early punk scene as co-founder of hardcore band the Big Boys, brings his painting practice's blend of history, activism, and...
The Overlook surveys black masculinity
One of Anais Nin's most quoted lines begins, "What I cannot love, I overlook." While it's a seemingly generous notion, one of total acceptance for another person, the musing doesn't...
Sulzer Regional Library to host first Comic Fest
Chicago is already home to a thriving alternative publishing scene, and the Sulzer Regional Library will join the party when its Teen Leadership Council hosts Comic Fest this weekend. Zines,...
Photo exhibit examines detention of Japanese-Americans during World War II
It's an overcast April day outside of Los Angeles, where three members of the military police stand with a machine gun and a set of rifles outside of the Santa...
Queer divorce in the time of Pride
"What does a lesbian bring to a second date?" my then-girlfriend joked early in our relationship. "A U-haul." Always one to defy stereotypes, I actually moved in with her on...