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Monthly Archives: March, 2009

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Cultural Conflicts

Eric Garcia's recent mixed media installation at LG Space, "Cultural Conflicts," showed that his satirical caricatures lend themselves not only to cartoons, but to fine art as well.

10 Questions with John Kricfalusi

F Newsmagazine sits down with John Kricfalusi, creator of “Ren and Stimpy” and founder of Spumco.

SAIC student show: ELECTRIC LIGHTS

A review of the show at the Nightingale Theatre, with films, videos, and two dances for extremely small spaces.

Invasive

A new show featuring the work of Sandow Birk and Nicola Lopez is scheduled to open March 27th at the Betty Rymer Gallery.

Dollhouse

Following a 4-year hiatus from the world of television, Joss Whedon, creator of Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, has returned with the new series Dollhouse

U.S. continues war on art?

As we find ourselves firmly entrenched in a financial crisis, the arts have found themselves under targeted, brutal and often stealthy attack.

The Olympic Host: Divergent Visions for Chicago

Will the Chicago Summer Games be revitalizing or parasitic?

Ending the Stigma

If you have looked closely at a course syllabus this year, you have probably noticed the fine print regarding learning disabilities, sandwiched between the attendance policy and the plagiarism statement.

The Short List

Luckily, for you “photophiles” out there, photography-fever has consumed the university museums and galleries around town.

I Screen Therefore I Am

This year’s VCU French Film Festival will take place on March 27-29, and the turnout is expected to be great.

Sometimes you have to kiss a lot of frogs…

Disney’s most recent attempt to “get it right” with 2009’s The Princess and the Frog

A Glimmer of Fashionable Relief

The Chicago History Museum is exhibiting “Chic Chicago”: its one of a kind collection of historical costumes that date from 1861 to 2008, all worn by Chicago women.

Film Reviews

Robert Altman’s 1970 masterpiece has very little to do with the preachy wreck Alan Alda wrought later in the TV show’s existence, which is the period most of us are familiar with.