The Dinner Party, a monthly show, launches on January 30, 2012 at the Mayne Stage Theatre in Chicago where it it will stream live on the internet in front of a live audience. For more information click here. Share This!
Sara Paretsky is joining the March 31st Dinner Party with other guests: renowned TV personality Rick Bayless, New Yorker cartoonist Pat Byrnes, Michelin star Chef Carrie Nahabedian and host ElysabethAlfano. Joan Collaso is the opening act. Tix available HERE. 2012 marks the 30th anniversary of the first V I Warshawski novel, Indemnity Only, and Breakdown, the Read more…
I am back for the second installment of Fear No ART’s, “This Holiday, GIVE ART!” blog. I am counting down the 44 days before 2012 by Facebooking one art suggestion a day and consolidating these suggestions into 4 blogs of 11 each. This list is by no means exhaustive, so don’t hesitate to buy the Read more…
The Humans dance company member and featured dancer in the celebrated queer film, Were the World Mine, Matthew McMunn, will captivate you with his personality and his passion for everything including dance and DJing for Mary Monica’s Music on Navy Pier’s Mystic Blue Cruises along Chicago’s shoreline. In December, he will perform in the Rachel Read more…
The season is upon us and this year my motto is GIVE ART! I am counting down the 44 days before 2012 by Facebooking one art suggestion a day and consolidating these suggestions into 4 blogs of 11 each. This list is by no means exhaustive, so don’t hesitate to buy the painting that you Read more…
Join host Elysabeth Alfano and go behind the scenes into the studio of New Yorker cartoonist, Pat Byrnes. It may not take a rocket scientist to draw cartoons, but Detroit native Pat Byrnes erred on the side of caution by getting his Aerospace degree at the University of Notre Dame. He joined General Dynamics–Convair as Read more…
Join Elysabeth Alfano on Fear No ART for candid interviews with authors Sara Paretsky on Gwendolyn Brooks, Haki Mudhubhuti on Richard Wright and photographer Art Shay on Nelson Algren during the inaugural Chicago Literary Awards in 2010. The 2010 Chicago Literary Awards honored Saul Bellow, Studs Terkel, Lorraine Hansberry, Gwendolyn Brooks, Richard Wright and Nelson Read more…
With one more week of Chicago Artists Month, there are so many gallery openings and ongoing exhibits to see including Ray Noland’s “Let Them Eat Cro” exhibition (through Oct 28, 2011), this week’s post focuses on the artists selected for the Merchandise Artists in Residence Program (through Oct 31 2011) sponsored by the Chicago Artists Read more…
Join host Elysabeth Alfano as she goes behind of the scenes of DPR Art Rescue to learn the conservation techniques that bring precious artwork back to life. Disaster Planning & Response Art Rescue Evacuation: Time is crucial during a disaster and a quick response becomes the decisive element of preventing the disaster from becoming a Read more…
Want to find out how a rich oil magnate took his oil fortune and squandered it on the longest running box-office failure in New York theater history, The Ladder? Home to the ever popular, long-running Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, The Neo-Futurarium presents Chalk and Saltwater – learn about the title’s inspiration at neofuturists.org. Read more…
