Monthly Archives: February, 2008

Southern-bred SAIC students talk about adapting to Chicago's frigid winter.

Review of photography exhibit at the Chicago Cultural Center

One woman's reflections on the experience of identity and the re-opened Spertus Institute

Museums and authenticity and the tale of a forged faun found.

SAIC art history faculty member Jim Elkins breaks it down for you.

Art Basel Miami Beach and satellite art fairs

This is not about art. It's about cops.

Response to "Wake me when it's over: What's the matter with the Survey of Ancient to Modern Art & Architecture?"

Regardless of cause, truly memorable hangovers are surprisingly hard to come by. Yet the one incurred by sampling in quick succession all the finest shoot-able whiskys/whiskeys wicker park has to offer will stand out for years to come. Showing itself to the world, or at least two hapless individuals and a cat with a crooked tail, as a sudden knock of unwelcome sobriety at around 1pm on Sunday, October 14, this particular hangover successfully covered all the bases that the greatest of veisalgias surely must.

Thanksgiving in Chicago brought a smattering of snow, and a heap of butter-filled food. As it always does, the confluence of these factors mysteriously produced a widely-expressed consumerist surge, and, at least in my case, also triggered a deeply-felt desire for *coziness*. The result?