Deanna Isaacs
Bio:
I'm a staff writer at the Reader. Before that: grad student at NU, staff writer at the St. Petersburg Times, and beat reporter at City News Bureau. My first Reader story was published in 1980; I've been writing the culture column since 2000. It's been a feast of great material, including, among those in recent memory, Professor Jerry Harris's explanation of why so many of us are broke and out of work ("The Transnational Economy"); the Art Institute shuffle that bumped its Chagall windows to the back of the house ("Chagall's New Nook") ; and the state law that got artist Chris Drew in much deeper trouble than he'd bargained for when he set out to make a point about the lack of art on Chicago streets ("Accidental Poster Child"). Sometimes the fun goes on longer, as in this profile of Chicago's bad boy architect, Stanley Tigerman ("Tigerman on the Loose").
I'm a staff writer at the Reader. Before that: grad student at NU, staff writer at the St. Petersburg Times, and beat reporter at City News Bureau. My first Reader story was published in 1980; I've been writing the culture column since 2000. It's been a feast of great material, including, among those in recent memory, Professor Jerry Harris's explanation of why so many of us are broke and out of work ("The Transnational Economy"); the Art Institute shuffle that bumped its Chagall windows to the back of the house ("Chagall's New Nook") ; and the state law that got artist Chris Drew in much deeper trouble than he'd bargained for when he set out to make a point about the lack of art on Chicago streets ("Accidental Poster Child"). Sometimes the fun goes on longer, as in this profile of Chicago's bad boy architect, Stanley Tigerman ("Tigerman on the Loose").
- News & Features, Feature, Jun 2, 2011
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Can artists save Grand Crossing?
Theaster Gates is fighting blight with artists-in-residence
- News & Features, The Arts, Oct 7, 2010
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The Heartland in Crisis
The Rogers Park hippie empire fights its way out from under $118,000 in overdraft fees.
- News & Features, The Arts, Apr 7, 2011
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More tenure troubles at DePaul
Another new complaint alleges that white professors were given preference over minorities
- News & Features, The Arts, Mar 3, 2011
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Labor Unrest at Columbia College, Northeastern
Adjuncts, unions at local schools fight for contract, job security
- Galleries & Museums, Art Feature, Jun 17, 2010
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This Guy's Penis Is a Work of Art
Full-frontal nudity got performance artist Joseph Ravens—and with him every other performance artist—booted from a Loop storefront gallery project.
- News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, May 12, 2011
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Chicago: America's theater capital?
- News & Features, The Arts, Dec 10, 2009
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The Conservative Menace
Is an influx of neocon board members threatening Shimer College’s egalitarian tradition?
- News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Oct 20, 2011
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Poetry Foundation clamps down on prankster poets
After two activists caused a stir at an open house, the cops got called
- News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Aug 25, 2011
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Playwright Sarah Gubbins didn't think she was gay--or a writer
But with a couple world premieres this year, she's come into her own
- News & Features, The Arts, Feb 25, 2010
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Who's Buying Shimer?
A former student follows the money behind the new neoconservative bent at the local Great Books college.
- News & Features, The Arts, Jan 6, 2011
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The Missing Mural
Artist Tyrue "Slang" Jones cries foul after his Violet Hour painting vanishes.
- News & Features, The Arts, Apr 1, 2010
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Strategic Subsidies
The city ponies up $11 million to bring artists to Logan Square/Avondale.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Feature, Aug 26, 2010
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Finally, a Chicago Fringe Festival
Is this what America's best theater town's been missing? Sarah Mikayla Brown and Vinnie Lacey think so.
- News & Features, The Arts, Mar 11, 2010
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Don't Mess With the Shannon Rovers
Pipe-band expert Bill Currie insulted Chicago's venerable bagpipers. Now they're playing the main stage at Celtic Fest and he's off the festival's advisory committee.
- News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, May 26, 2011
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Adios, Radio Arte?
- Music, Three Beats, May 5, 2011
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Implodes' overdue debut, fingerstyle prodigy Ryley Walker, and a 'moving painting' at Chicago Opera Theater
- News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, May 5, 2011
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Bucking a trend, the UIC faculty looks for the union label
- News & Features, The Arts, Jul 15, 2010
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Who Is Logan Square?
A curator at the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival says the fest doesn't represent the neighborhood.
- News & Features, The Arts, Oct 15, 2009
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Pit of Unrest
The Lyric Opera orchestra says it’s being asked to take too big a hit for the team.
- News & Features, The Arts, Apr 14, 2011
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The Atheist Mother's Tale
A new documentary tells the story of the Champaign housewife who got religion out of the public schools.
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