In an era when a laugh is most needed and a feature can be shot for less than $100,000, writer/director team, Ron Falzone and Jack C. Newell, respectively, are taking advantage of the independent market with their improvisational feature comedy, Close Quarters, starring Second City veteran Susan Messing [Watch Fear No Art Chicago’s interview with Read more…

In support of the Outfest Legacy Project screening at Gene Siskel Film Center this Thursday, Sept 8 at 8PM, I am taking the opportunity to convey what good the archive is doing to preserve the memory of queer film as well as how easy it is to support its ongoing preservation projects, which keep the Read more…

In this interview with Elysabeth Alfano of Fear No ART, Jeff Zimmerman discusses the making of his mural at Chicago’s Oak Street Beach. A native of Chicago, Jeff Zimmermann has achieved national and international recognition for his large scale murals featuring painted images of contemporary pop culture and sensitively rendered portraits. Zimmermann’s pop-culture references range Read more…

Enjoy the in-depth and intimate conversation above with Kurt Elling and Fear No ART host, Elysabeth Alfano. On Friday, September 30, the Union League Club of Chicago will proudly induct jazz vocalist and composer Kurt Elling as a Distinguished Musician. Kurt Elling (born November 2, 1967) is an American jazz vocalist, composer, lyricist and vocalese Read more…