Since July 7, a 30-foot-tall eyeball sculpture has resided at the corner of State and Van Burren. via GoodbEYE: The big eye sculpture comes apart, one weird iris at a time | City Life | The A.V. Club Chicago. Who wouldn’t want to see a gigantic sculpture taken apart?
The ukulele isn’t the most respected instrument around: Some describe it as the guitar’s younger sibling you tolerate when it’s around. However, the ukulele has a rich cultural history, and one that extends to Chicago. via Uke can do it | Music | The A.V. Club Chicago. I love it when pun-filled headlines make the … [Read more…]
Love Kuma’s Corner, but wish they could do a little more than just “metal†themed burgers? Well, Christmas came early this year: To celebrate Halloween, Lula Cafe will transform into Luma’s Corner, an indie-music themed burger joint inspired by Kuma’s. via A.V. Video: Behind the scenes of “Luma’s Corner†| Music | The A.V. Club … [Read more…]
Among the Cannes winners and Oscar hopefuls scheduled to screen at the 46th Chicago International Film Festival is The Defiled, a locally grown, black and white horror film. It’s not quite a foreign affair, but the movie covers some uncharted ground in the genre of horror: After a virus transforms people into zombie-like flesh eaters, one … [Read more…]
With Halloween around the corner, now is the perfect time to fulfill all those horror-narrative needs. Just in the nick of time comes Musical Of The Living Dead, a new “musical zom-com†for those folks who want a little music with their carnage. via Behind Musical Of The Living Dead  | Theater | The … [Read more…]
Some aldermen sponsor ordinances and resolutions. Alderman Rey Colón sponsors concerts. The 35th Ward Alderman’s website declares that the representative for parts of Avondale, Humboldt Park, Irving Park, and Logan Square, “has been an independent, progressive leader in the City Council since May 2003.†via Alderman Rey Colón reviews Dan Deacon and Lightning Bolt | Music | … [Read more…]
This Friday, Wicker Park bookstore Quimby’s is hosting three 33-1/3 scribes, who are set to chat it up about their contributions to the series. Northern Illinois University Professor Joe Bonomo will cover AC/DC’s Highway To Hell, Pitchfork Editor-in-Chief Scott Plagenhoef will chat about Belle And Sebastian’s If You’re Feeling Sinister, and Pitchfork Managing Editor Mark Richardson will discuss … [Read more…]
Few artists have rendered the art of failure as enjoyable as Claudio Fragasso did with his 1990 film, Troll 2. The combination of stilted acting, awkward dialogue, and a plot that makes any exploitation picture seem drab by comparison helped make Troll 2 a cult phenomenon. Four years ago, Michael Stephenson, who played Troll 2’s … [Read more…]
Juiceboxxx is a 23-year-old rapper who’s been tearing up the underground music community with his cathartic and oft-chaotic live performances. The Milwaukee native has performed alongside Girl Talk and Dan Deacon, is prominently featured in documentary Todd P. Goes To Austin, and has worked with Chicago house legends Joe Smooth and Craig Loftis. The rapper … [Read more…]