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The Dinner Party Premiere is a Success

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Dinner Party Feb. 16, 2015 Chef Guillermo Tellez of Tippling Hall cooks for Destiny's Child star and gospel singer, Michelle Williams, former "The Doctors" host, author and Rachel Ray contributor, Dr. Ian Smith, Hollywood director, writer and actress, Cathryn Michon

“The most amazing part of a dinner party is that it’s intimate.” – a guest at The Dinner Party The Dinner Party premiered Monday night at Chicago’s Mayne Stage Theatre in Rogers Park. The Dinner Party, created by Fear No ART host, Elysabeth Alfano, is an arts interview show featuring Chicago and national talent.  It Read more…

The Dinner Party’s 2nd Dish Revealed

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

If you’ve never wanted to smoke a Cuban cigar, how about eating one at The Dinner Party on Jan 30 at Mayne Stage in Chicago’s Rogers Park? Our last Dinner Party dish to be revealed is a pork-rolled Cuban cigar sandwich featured on Planet Green TV. “What?!” you say. Yes, Planet Green’s Future Food host Read more…

Cha Cha Cha Cha Cherry Bomb!

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

If you haven’t bought a ticket to The Dinner Party, Chicago’s one-of-kind live arts interview show on Monday, January 30, you will now. We told you we’d reveal one dish a week before the show premieres, and here it is. The first dishes served by celebrity guest chef Homaro Cantu (MOTO, ING restaurants) are…Cherry Bombs! Read more…

got ART?

Monday, January 16th, 2012

Its a new year and time for new things.  As you may know, THE DINNER PARTY launches this January 30th.   However, Fear No ART is also launching a new monthly blog giving a small panoramic overview of what is going on each month.  Due to only so many hours in a day and a limited staff, what Read more…

The Dinner Party Launches with Celebrity Chef Homaro Cantu

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

http://youtu.be/9cG1j1Bnpg0 A new arts interview show, unlike any other, will premiere at the Mayne Stage on Monday, January 30.  The monthly Dinner Party invites 3 artists to a dinner created by a different celebrity chef each month.  Over appetizers and wine, the artists and host converse about the artistic process, and improvise a few performances, Read more…

The Years in Review: highlights and laughs

Sunday, December 18th, 2011
tdp 9-23-14 Me & Jerry laughing 11.46.28 PM

We’ve had some fun shoots over the years with more than a few hiccups on Fear No ART and Fear No ART presents The Dinner Party.  Enjoy this video of all the goofs, blunders, mess ups and good times that usually are edited out. Subscribe through iTunes for audio & video podcasts on Fear No ART.  Read more…

This Holiday, GIVE ART! (Blog #4)

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Its the fourth and final installment of Fear No ART’s, “This Holiday, GIVE ART!” blog.  I am counting down the last days before 2012 by Facebooking one art suggestion a day and consolidating these suggestions into blogs of 11 each.  This particular blog focuses on the gifts one might give to oneself. This list is Read more…

This Holiday, GIVE ART (Blog # 3)

Sunday, December 11th, 2011

Its the third installment of Fear No ART’s, “This Holiday, GIVE ART!” blog.  I am counting down the 22 days before 2012 by Facebooking one art suggestion a day and consolidating these suggestions into blogs of 11 each. This list is by no means exhaustive, so don’t hesitate to buy the painting that you think Read more…

Cheek to Cheek & Butt to Butt: Doug Ischar Returns to GOLDEN Gallery

Friday, December 9th, 2011

What changes between 1985 and 1987 in Doug Ischar’s gay lifestyle documentary photographs is more than the location. His first solo exhibition at GOLDEN gallery (3319 N. Broadway), Marginal Waters, in 2009 portrayed gay male bathers at the defunct Belmont Rocks, Chicago during the height of the AIDS epidemic in the United States, yet the Read more…

Jeff Award Winning Director, Rachel Rockwell

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Celebrated Chicago musical theater director Rachel Rockwell returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) to adapt and direct a 75-minute abridged production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew beginning February 2012. Rockwell staged CST’s critically acclaimed, world premiere musicals The Adventures of Pinocchio and The Emperor’s New Clothes, and her work as a choreographer has Read more…