Arts and Culture
In the Business of Art
The best art collection on campus is also the least publicized, as it’s housed in an unlikely place. The Booth School of Business—known less for its artistic ventures than for its history of turning out successful CEOs—is home to over 300 works of art by approximately 75 artists. “When we moved into the building,... »
Buying with Purpose
“Our Black Year,” a new book by writer and UofC Law School graduate Maggie Anderson, opens with the author and her Harvard-educated financier husband savoring a celebratory lobster in a chic Gold Coast restaurant. The ensuing tome, in a harshly ironic twist, expends most of its bulk following the same couple as they dodge... »
South Side Crescendo
When one considers Chicago African-American music, the first things that come to mind are probably twelve-bar blues and stirring gospel. But Cornelius V. Johnson, the calm and sagacious Artistic Director and tenor of the South Shore Opera Company (SSOC), which is based out of the South Shore Cultural Center, has something else in mind.... »
Warped Ideals
As you come off the sidewalk and enter the Beverly Art Center through glass double doors, the staff greets you with smiles and points you toward your destination. Tap shoes stomp in synch with British pop, and a violin lesson echoes down the hall. The center teems with artistry, and Rick Therrio’s exhibit is... »
Out of Context
“Intimate,” comments Orron Kenyetta, standing in the front room of the Southside Hub of Production (SHoP) on a sunny Sunday afternoon. »
California Drinkin’
The Chicago brew community has gone wild. We all know about Goose Island, but when the news broke on April 10 via Twitter that the California-based Lagunitas Brewing Company plans to open a new brewery in Douglas Park, it became clear that Chicago is in the middle of a craft beer renaissance. Within the... »
Alley Art
Since its percussive opening on April 14, artist and teacher Mathias “Spider” Schergen has showcased his work at the Beverly Arts Center in a show entitled “Neo-Naïve.” a reference to the “naïve,” seemingly untrained style the Chicago native works in. Describing the naming of the exhibition, Schergen (or “Mr. Spider,” as his students at... »
Natural Selection
Friday night outside the Zhou B. Art Center, the low thumping of house music and huddled groups of gallery habitués on smoke breaks penetrated the otherwise deserted street. Inside, the buzz of voices transported gallery-goers to a livelier place, where moss sprouted from the walls and live plants hung from the ceiling as part... »
