- Time Out Chicago's Kris Vire says not to get your hopes up too far over a star-studded Christmas Carol announced this week.
- It's not every day that a lifetime's work of a heretofore unknown street photographer is discovered.
- Blair Kamin notes that the economy has saved 2 North Riverside Plaza (the old Chicago Daily News Building) from demolition. It will be renovated instead.
- Mystery writer Stuart Kaminsky has died.
- The ArtPrize winners have been announced, and a Chicago artist made the cut. Tracy Van Duinen's bricolage mosaic at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum came in second place.
- The University of Chicago Press has a gallery of historic photos of Chicago to support Chicago: A Biography by Dominic Pacyga.
- Margaret Larkin reminds us that what happened with David Letterman happens in the Chicago TV industry too.
- Goodreads has 10 questions for Audrey Niffenegger, and the Guardian reviews Her Fearful Symmetry.
- The DePaul University Museum is showing a surprising Iranian documentary photography show that's worth your while.
- Clear your schedule tonight! Today is Free Night of Theater.
- Pete Lit discovers a 1954 story by Kurt Vonnegut, "The Big Trip Up Yonder," on Project Gutenberg.
- Martine Syms guest blogs over at Bad at Sports to review highlights of the NY Art Book Fair.
- Poet Angela Jackson talks to 848 about her new novel.
A/C: Bricolage, Caroling, Iranians, Chicago: A Biography
David Schalliol is Managing Editor of Gapers Block, among many other things.
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