Monthly Archives: June, 2013

A Charango is an Andean stringed instrument of the lute family.

When a band's lineup changes the entity and its music inevitably change with it.

What I bought at the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo.

It seems obvious that dressing a white actor as another race is a highly-contested, probably racist act.

Sahmat’s work imputes the idea that no negotiation of culture, religion, or ethnicity can ever remain reduced to simplistic binaries.

Five teen dramas on Netflix. You'll be reminiscing in no time.

This park is outside the usual buckets where Chicago money is poured and the West Side is getting some much needed park space

An Experimental Garage Sale of Modified Modern Rubbish.

The Experimental Garage Sale(EGS) took place for the 6th year at Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio(ESS) in Ravenswood, June 9th 2013. The venue hosted circuit benders from across the Midwest to exchange homemade hacked electronic objects, parts, vintage gear, raffle toys and stories.

The lives of Owens' songs are inherently quiet and private, best heard unadorned.

Abigail Ham sums up the good and the bad of Abrams's latest.

Underground comix veteran Kim Deitch shares his story with F Newmagazine.

A selection of shows this summer (and the musicians' past coverage in F).

A comic by Eric J. Garcia.

CNN.com breaking news: Hillary Clinton now has a twitter account, and she's pretty funny so far.

Adult art classes in Chicago.