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Posted A/C: Chris Rahn, the Apocalypse, the Obsession with Word Count to On Ramp
Photograph by Dalmatica Killer Covers talks to illustrator Chris Rahn about designing the covers for six reissued Charlie Chan novels from Academy Chicago Publishers.Art Talk Chicago explores the Apocalypse, and readers remind us about the HPAC's Signs of the Apocalypse/Rapture.Anderson's...
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Posted A/C: New Fall Books, Michael Abramson, Chicago Artists Month to On Ramp
Photograph by Eric Pancer The title says it all: "Forget the Olympics. What the Second City Really Needs is First-Class Art News."Listen to Audrey Niffenegger talk about her new book, Her Fearful Symmetry, on 848 and read a review from the San Francisco Chronicle.Rose Miller...
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Posted A/C: New Audrey Niffenegger, Collecting Art Early, Paint as an Economic Indicator to On Ramp
Photograph by Ian Only-ConnectPatrick Sommerville is a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize for his book The Cradle.Ever wanted some tips about how to be a non-starving artist? Shows at UIUC's I Space Gallery and the U of C's Renaissance Society...
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Posted A/C: Chicago's Poetry Renaissance, The Moth Flies to Chicago, Chicago Theater Flies to Broadway to On Ramp
Red Moon Theater Photograph by Eric Bartholomew. Is the Chicago poetry scene experiencing a new renaissance? Kent Johnson thinks so. And Samizdat has commentary about the New Chicago School.The Moth has just announced it is expanding from New York and...
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Posted A/C: Saving a Library, Cheap Opera, The Bollywood Ticket to On Ramp
The William Leonard Public Library in south suburban Robbins, IL needs your help.The Trib spent some time figuring out how the art scene has been affected by the recession and how galleries are coping. Here's a hint: they're not doing...
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Posted A/C: Chicago Week, Coetzee Reads, Gender Bias in the Theater to On Ramp
Chicago Week artist Dmitry Samarov's "O'Hare Staging Area #10"Chicago Week, a collaboration between Gapers Block and Wall Blank is well underway. Each weekday this week, an interview with an artist and a corresponding print will be made available for one week...
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Posted A/C: Chicago Rants, Art Contests and Graffiti (the Bad Kind) to On Ramp
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,...
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Posted A/C: Barack the Barbarian, GB's Art Competition, Library Graffiti to On Ramp
Gapers Block is teaming up with Rockford-based arts purveyor Wall Blank to host a visual arts competition. Four winners will be featured on GB and have prints offered for sale on Wall Blank during "Chicago Week" in August 2009. Get...
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