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Live at the MCA: The Residents

What did you do on Saturday night? I, for one, watched three grown men, better known as The Residents, tell ghost stories incognito.

SAIC: Patti Smith will deliver commencement

Tony Jones and Apichatpong Weerasethakul also to be honored at the ceremony

The Battle for the Unions: Walker Wins and We All Lose

Since Walker proposed this bill on February 14 and signed it into law on March 9, Madison has seen its largest protests since the Vietnam War, topping 100,000 people as of March 11.

SURPLUS: From Throwaway to Reusable Materials

The SURPLUS cage in the basement of the Columbus building might just have what you’re looking for.

Thumb Wars

Wilson and Tien's relationship was the inspiration for their performance piece/video game “Thumb War,” featured at the Betty Rymer Gallery as part of the “Simulationists” exhibition.

Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, and a Scorpion

“NO GIRLS ALLOWED,” does, in fact, welcome women, but it presents art about being a dude and all the complexities inherent in the contemporary idea of male identity.

Writing in the Margins

Archival writing projects fill a critical void in Chicago By Ania Szremski, Arts Editor Illustration by Alli Berry “If the press took more of an interest in...

Waste Not, Eat Lots: Stuffed Bacon

Read my arteries: S-T-U-F-F-E-D B-A-C ... hold on, I have to catch my breath. ... Okay, where was I? My arm hurts. Stuffed bacon!!!

F Visits Faculty/Alumna Melika Bass

F Visits Faculty/Alumna Melika Bass

Telepathic Trio

Read the word “psychic,” and crystal balls, giant hoop earrings, and fake Jamaican accents may be the first things to come to mind.

Controversial Class Canceled

Students petition SAIC to rehire Roxane Assaf

BFA Show Business Cards

How the artists represent themselves.

Live at the Empty Bottle: Ty Segall / Esben and the Witch

F's Brandon Goei reviews live shows by Ty Segall and Esben and the Witch.

Videofreex at SAIC

This Thursday evening, Red Channels presents radical 1960s video documents such as Chicago Travelogue and Fred Hampton: Black Panthers in Chicago