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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art Set to Celebrate 25th Anniversary in Big Way
The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art has been around for nearly 25 years and is the only nonprofit organization in the United States solely dedicated to outsider art. As the museum gets ready to celebrate its anniversary in a unique way next year, the staff credits its success to the showcasing of artists who […]
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27th Annual Polish Film Festival Brings Together Polish Americans
December 26, 2015 Comments Off on 27th Annual Polish Film Festival Brings Together Polish Americans
Karolina Bielawska, the filmmaker of the documentary “Call Me Marianna,” showcased her film in the annual Polish Film Festival that took place last month in Chicago. The film is about Marianna, a transgender woman who sues her parents to obtain a sex reassignment and spotlights the sacrifices a transgender person has to make to be his or […]
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Some Object to the Comedy of “Chi-Raq”
December 17, 2015 Comments Off on Some Object to the Comedy of “Chi-Raq”
The recently released movie “Chi-Raq,” directed by Spike Lee, has caused an uproar among some Chicagoans who say it will offer an unrealistic depiction of the city. “I lived in an impoverished part of the city when I was a child and it’s not beautiful or easy to look at,” said Chicago resident Jocelyn Gutierrez. Gutierrez, who […]
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Retired schoolteacher Ruth Hosek enjoyed her sumptuous potato pancakes at a small stand-up table in the center of a maze of unique gift shops, candy huts. All around were lines of people speaking many different languages but laughing in the same joyous tune. In a time of constant change when technology is always raising the […]
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Filmmaker Malik Bader and the Making of “Cash Only”
November 29, 2015 Comments Off on Filmmaker Malik Bader and the Making of “Cash Only”
In just one month with a budget barely big enough to make a music video, Malik Bader directed a film about an Albanian slum-lord in Detroit called “Cash Only.” A Chicago native, Bader was working on a teen film in Los Angeles when he got an email from Nickola Shreli, an Albanian actor from Detroit. […]
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Galati’s East of Eden Showing at Steppenwolf
November 18, 2015 Comments Off on Galati’s East of Eden Showing at Steppenwolf
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Steppenwolf Theater Company is presenting its new adaptation of John Steinbeck’s complex novel, “East of Eden,” which focuses on the essence of evil, and mankind’s ability to do good. Adapted by Frank Galati, a director, writer, actor, two-time Tony Award winner, and Steppenwolf ensemble member, “East of Eden” […]
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Take the Whole Family to Maxwell’s at the Club for an Exceptional Thanksgiving Buffet
November 15, 2015 Comments Off on Take the Whole Family to Maxwell’s at the Club for an Exceptional Thanksgiving Buffet
This Thanksgiving start a new family tradition by treating yourself and your family to one of Chicago’s best Thanksgiving buffets at Maxwell’s at the Club (500 N. Kingsbury; 312-527-5800 ext. 301). Located inside the East Bank Club and open to the public, Maxwell’s at the Club is one of River North’s hidden gems. The Thanksgiving […]
