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Monthly Archives: July, 2010

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Macy's Glamorama coming up August 13

A fete of fantastical proportions

Commencement 2010

F Newsmagazine shows the highlights of the Guerrilla Girl Käthe Kollwitz's address at the ceremony and talks with some graduating students about their experience at SAIC.

Thurgood Marshall a bad role model?

Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) dismissed Elena Kagan because she credited Justice Thurgood Marshall as a role model. Clearly, this indicated that she favored "judicial activism" too highly.

Chic Collaborations

F sits down with local designer Anna Fong to discuss fashion design and her collaboration with TOYOTA’S Creative Lounge Chicago


A Crude Addiction

While minds continue to rest on the Deep Horizon rig disaster, it’s time to focus on our neighbors to the north

Half Steps at the Fern Room

"Half Steps Are Okay" is a sound installation by Max Alexander taking place at the Lincoln Park Conservatory.

Fashion in the Loop: Chicago Designers Sidewalk Sale in Daley Plaza

Local fashion hits the loop with a sample sale in Daley Plaza July 20-21.

Viktor and Rolf at Studio Job Gallery

Fashion designers Viktor and Rolf show at Studio Job gallery in Antwerp.

SAIC hosts science panel, “Cosmic Images: Beyond Beauty”

SAIC professor Kathryn Schaffer and the discussion’s panelists rally for the aesthetic value of science

The Menagerie by "Death by Design, Co."

An interactive evening directed by Death by Design. A night of escape at the International Museum of Surgical Science! This once-in-a-lifetime event will transport guests to the forgotten mansion of the infamous Dr. Moreau.

Intimate Moments

"Gut Shot,” on view at Stephen Daiter gallery, presents the expanded vision of mid-century documentary photographers Lee Balterman and Jay King.

Hunting the World’s Angriest Man

“Winnebago Man,” is director Ben Steinbauer’s documentary on Jack Rebney. Who is Jack Rebney, you asked? He’s an RV salesman—but he’s better known to the world as “angriest man in the world” from YouTube.

Race, Politics, and Blagojevich in a Track Suit

Ray Noland, an artist and designer working under the alias CRO, presents stenciled graffiti of Blago, Michael Jackson, and skin cream at the Chicago Urban Art Society