Michelle T. Boone is the Commissioner of the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, which presents and promotes high-quality free festivals, exhibitions, performances and holiday celebrations each year in parks, the historic Chicago Cultural Center, and other venues throughout the city. She was appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel May, 2011. Prior Read more…
See you on October 29th for the next Fear No ART presents The Dinner Party at The Mayne Stage. Chef Sean Sanders of Brown Trout, Commissioner of Cultural Affairs, Michelle Boone, Executive Producer of Chicago, Please!, David Manilow, Editor of the Sun Times Daily Splash, Susanna Negovan, plus guest tweeter of Tastes and Tweets, Sonja Read more…
Tin knocker is a slang term for a blue-collar metal worker. McDonald expands on this idea and makes rough representations of submarines, ships, and other military might. His assemblage technique is cold fastening (non-welded) tin and other raw materials by the use of screws, nuts, and bolts. Other ornamentations range from gas-can closures and car Read more…
I have always been in awe of Cirque du Soleil. Not just because they don’t use animals in their performances, but because each performance that I have ever seen centers around the delicate, ethereal relationship between the earth, its element and our overarching human condition that hovers in between. Cirque du Soleil remains one of Read more…
Alexander Payne (born Constantine Alexander Payne; February 10, 1961) is an American film director and screenwriter, known for films like Sideways (2004) and Election (1999). His films are noted for their dark humor and satirical depictions of contemporary American society. Early life Payne was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Peggy (née Constantine) and Read more…
Want to sample Paul’s tasty gumbo and home-made charcuterie, along with pairings of Shiner Beers and finishing with Vosges Chocolate? Get your tickets to the June 25th Dinner Party. Paul Fehribach is Executive Chef and co-owner of Big Jones. Throughout his career Paul has supported the farm-to-table and slow food movements. “I do what I Read more…
Shari Addison of Crowns belts out a performance on The Dinner Party below. The highlights of The Dinner Party are also below. To view the full Dinner Party, click here. With an impressive body of work that encompasses film, television, theater and writing, Regina Taylor is one of Hollywood’s most versatile actors whose career Read more…
Want to sample Paul’s tasty gumbo and home-made charcuterie, along with pairings of Shiner Beers and finishing with Vosges Chocolate? Get your tickets to the June 25th Dinner Party. Paul Fehribach is Executive Chef and co-owner of Big Jones. Throughout his career Paul has supported the farm-to-table and slow food movements. “I do what I Read more…
Host of Fear No ART, Elysabeth Alfano, sits down with acclaimed graphic novelist, Chris Ware, in his home library to get a sense for the mind behind the masterful artist. Chris Ware was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1967. He moved to San Antonio Texas at 16 and went to the University of Texas in Read more…
Nora Dunn on the April 30th Fear No ART presents The Dinner Party. Saturday Night Live served as Ms. Dunn’s first job in front of a camera. The cast that returned in 1985 with the show’s original producer, Lorne Michaels, included Dunn, Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Jon Lovitz, and Dennis Miller. Read more…
