Chicago Public Radio - Arts

With ordinary objects, artist Laura Letinsky instills - and questions - photographic desire

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:39:00 -0600

Historically the still life has been considered a “debased genre” – less important, say, than the portrait or the landscape. This hierarchy is reflected in the artwork’s sale price, with still lifes fetching less money than other genres....

Weekender with Alison Cuddy

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:33:00 -0600

These are strange days for the movies. Sure, Hollywood still pretty much owns the world's box office. But as with other media - books, music, TV - moviegoers want what they want when they want...

Chicago seeks public input on new cultural plan

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:05:00 -0600

The city of Chicago's moving ahead with its first official cultural plan in more than 25 years. It's designed to serve as a roadmap for arts and culture planning.

The city hasn't done a cultural plan since Harold Washington was mayor.

Michelle Boone, commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, said she hopes the plan leads to cultural and economic growth.

"We're hoping people will take advantage of the opportunity to be really be bold and think of...

Milos Stehlik talks about the 2012 Oscars nominations

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:00:00 -0600

Worldview delves into the films and actors just nominated for the 2012 Academy Awards. Jerome McDonnell sits down with Worldview Film contributor, Milos Stehlik of Facets Multi-media. Milos talks about the highs, lows and snubs of the Oscars nominations and explains why, in his view, the only film to merit even a Best Film nomination, is Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life.

WBEZ inspires architecture student to create ward map puzzle

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:43:00 -0600

A puzzle of the recently passed Chicago ward map, something you'd probably see at the MCA gift shop, or perhaps made by a particularly inventive craftsman at the Renegade Craft Fair, has been making the rounds on the internet.

Andrew Bayley, an architecture student at the Illinois Institute of Technology, made the map last week based off of WBEZ's interactive feature on the ward maps,"...

'Kaleidoscope Jazz Chair' and other cool things: Charles & Ray Eames on film

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:19:00 -0600

Husband and wife designers Charles and Ray Eames are best-known for the endless line of cool furnishings they created in the postwar years--or for their California home that has famously...

Discussing 'Race' on and off the stage with Geoffrey Owens

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:42:00 -0600

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet’s play, Race, dissects racial issues with unabashed frankness and plenty of humor. It’s onstage now at the Goodman Theatre. The setting: two lawyers, one black and one white and their young assistant, an African-American woman, try to navigate the minefield of race as they discuss a case they were forced to take on involving a wealthy and privileged white man accused of raping...

A century of 'Poetry'

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:14:00 -0600

Happy birthday Poetry magazine! One hundred years ago, Chicago poet and patron of the arts Harriet Monroe founded Poetry magazine. In 1912, she wrote, "In the huge democracy of our age, no interest is too slight to have an organ. Every sport, every little industry requires its own corner, its own voice that it may find friends, greet them, welcome them."

Well, the magazine certainly found...

Weekender with Alison Cuddy

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:00:00 -0600

The recent Bertrand Goldberg retrospective was a great opportunity to get re-acquainted with a familiar and fantastic part of Chicago's skyline - Marina City. My favorite part was...

Chicago arts on hold during NATO, G-8 summits

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:24:00 -0600

When world leaders gather in Chicago for the G-8 and NATO summits, classical-music goers won't be in the thick of it anymore.

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