- Don't forget that this Friday is the deadline for Chicago visual artists to submit their work to a competition sponsored by Gapers Block and the Rockford-based arts purveyor Wall Blank. The four winning artists will be featured on Gapers Block, and their work will be offered as prints for sale on Wall Blank during "Chicago Week" in August 2009.
- Tom Lynch surveys the state of literary events in Chicago. Summary: not good.
- We all know business is bad for artists and galleries around the country, so don't forget Chicago Artists Resource's business section.
- Local author Achy Obejas talks about her new novel, Ruins, on NPR, and later Pulitzer prize-winning writer Junot Diaz praises her book during his own interview.
- Bad at Sports walks through Meg Onli's Underground Railroad Project currently on display at Twelve Galleries.
- Elsewhere on ChicagoNow, Amy Guth interviews Jon Fullmer about his new Chicago-based literary magazine, Knee-Jerk.
- Local artist Joseph Lappie is staging a novel way of raising money. Of course, if he's successful, he won't be a local artist here for long.
- A $900,000 wax statue is at the center of a lawsuit filed by members of Chicago-headquartered sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha against the sorority's president. At least it's good to see some artists are making money in the current economy.
- Read an amusing recap of the Open Books Blogathon, which took place last Saturday.
- Aurora's Paramount Theater's executive director has stepped down, apparently over a conflict with the theater's board.
- Speaking of business, documentary filmmakers may want to start putting together submissions for Split Pillow's fifth annual Chicago360 film series.
- A Pilsen pro-immigration mural created as part of the Yollocalli Arts Reach youth program has been defaced.
- If you've ever wanted to see Walter Gropius in front of his (rejected) design for the Chicago Tribune building, here's your chance.
- And, does Chicago inspire ranters? The New York Times begins to wonder...
A/C: Chicago Rants, Art Contests and Graffiti (the Bad Kind)
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