Lisa Stein

When: Friday, 6-10 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. in Wicker Park, 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave. (intersection of Milwaukee, North and Damen Avenues); $5 per day for...

Anyone who knew George N'Namdi wasn't surprised when he decided to open a gallery featuring contemporary African-American art in Detroit 22 years ago. He had collected art for years and...

When it is: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat.-Sun. in the Old Town Triangle District, 1763 N. North Park Ave. (two blocks north of North Avenue, one block west of Wells Street);...

When it is: 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; 57th Street and Kimbark Avenue; 773-493-3247, www.57thstreetartfair.org. Free. What it is: Personal encounters of the aesthetic kind are inevitable at the...

If they were pop songs, they would be the greatest hits of Elvis Presley, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. If they were an array of movie stars, they would...

Part of a series of occasional profiles of people in the arts community. Medium: Large, multilayered abstract paintings Latest development: Wall installation on view through Sept. 29 at the Museum...

Medium: Hallucinogenic landscape paintings Ancillary interests: Co-founder of Deluxe Projects, a contemporary art project space in Pilsen; lead guitarist for the band The Peelers; instructor at the School of the...

Medium: Abstract painting. Ancillary interests: Running The Suburban Gallery (244 W. Lake St., Oak Park) out of my garage with my husband, Brad Killam; writing art criticism for art magazines;...

Medium: Interactive digital sculptures, sound installations and musical compositions. Latest development: Creating the soundtrack for Inigo Manglano-Ovalle's video "Alltagszeit" (In Ordinary Time) now appearing in "Mies in America" at the...