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Chicago Zinefest

Wednesday, March 10, 2010


This Saturday March 13 from 10am  - 5 pm Golden Age with be exhibiting in the first annual Chicago Zinefest at Columbia College. Bringing together many local artists and small-presses, the fest has a a huge exhibitor list with great artists, we'll see you there! 

Chicago Zinefest
Columbia College's Conaway Center, 1104 S Wabash
Saturday, March 13, 2010
10am - 5pm



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Eggleston IRL

Sunday, February 28, 2010


This past Saturday marked the opening of William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008 at the Art Institute of Chicago, the artist's first retrospective in the US. Some of us were fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of the elusive Eggleston at a rare public book signing that afternoon. The lobby of the Modern Wing was swamped with giddy fans hugging copies of the catalogue or older issues of his books. He raised his head a few times during the hour and a half event, but generally remained silent while scrawling his name inside the books that were pushed down the table like an assembly line.

The expansive show occupies the two main galleries on the first floor of the Modern Wing, with some huge black and white portraits and a video installation spilling into the corridor outside of the photo gallery. The works within the galleries are mostly color Dye Transfer prints, a fairly ancient and complicated photographic printing process which results in a densely rich color quality that is Eggleston's signature. Viewing his work in real life is truly a perspective changing event. It remains obvious that he is one of the most influential contemporary photographers in the scene, defining what and how color photography is today.

The exhibition is on view at the Art Institute until May 23.

On a side note, we highly recommend the documentary William Eggleston in the Real World to supplement the genius of this enigma. Released in 2006, the movie shows an intimate look into the artist's life while offering some vulnerable and heart warming scenes of the guy. To watch: http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/william_eggleston_in_the_real_world/



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RRIND: The Musical Venn Diagram

Sunday, January 31, 2010

RRIND Tour Kick-Off and Record Release

Rrind is a new project featuring Dewayne Slightweight (Mayor Daley) singing and playing guitar, Vanessa Harris ( ex-Coughs) on drums and Brett Koontz (Cool Memories) on bass. They just recorded a new album and are headed out to tour the USA. Tomorrow night they kick it off at the Empty Bottle with (in Dewayne's words):

"John Bellows (everyone's favorite troubadour), Magic is Kuntmaster (alien witch sounds), and Psychic Steel (solo stuff from drummer of Ga'an, will be insa'an)."

It's going to be epic, I mean AMAZON --High Places officially killed the word epic.  

MONDAY, FEB 1, EMPTY BOTTLE, 9:30PM, FREEEEEE



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Last Day!

Sunday, January 24, 2010


Today is the last day to visit us in our Pilsen location before we move to the West Loop; stop by and see us! 



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We Are the World

Wednesday, January 20, 2010


This Saturday, January 23 from 6-9 pm Roots & Culture Contemporary Art Center will be hosting an opening reception for the exhibition We Are the World curated by Liliana Lewicka.

In 1985 Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson co-wrote “We Are the World” and recorded the now-famous tune alongside nearly 50 of the biggest names in music to raise money and awareness for the famine crisis in Africa.

This exhibition is both a look at the significance of this tender moment in pop culture history and a preamble; bringing together some of the most notable young artists born during the 1980's by inviting them to re-imagine We Are the World as it could have been.
 
Featuring:
Ninna Berger, Caitlin Denny, John Henderson, Parker Ito, Zachary Kaplan, Anne Guro Larsmon, Matt Momchilov, Justin Olerud, Job Piston, Melissa Sachs, Bailey Salisbury, and Justin Swinburne.

We Are the World
Curated by Liliana Lewicka
January 23 – February 20, 2010
Opening reception: Saturday, January 23, 6 – 9 pm 
Hosted by Roots and Culture Contemporary Art Center



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