The first in what will be a regular monthly Monday series at the Whistler, one featured writer a month riffs on the question "so you think you have nerves of steel?" in whatever manner he or she deems appropriate.
Chicago's eclectic Locust Music label hosts a typically diverse showcase—with Starless & Bible Black, Stephen Titra's O.W.L., Paul Metzger, and more—at the Empty Bottle on Saturday night.
British filmmaker Stephen Connolly investigates spaces and their meanings in "Occasional Pieces," a selection of his short works screening Saturday 11/7 at the Nightingale.
The University of Arizona student paper accuses a fraternity of destroying 10,000 newspapers in an attempt to cover up a story about an alleged frat party date rape.
Public Works
Alone in a Crowd/at the Art Institute of Chicago, through July 14/Since The Harlem Renaissance: Sixty Years of African American Art/at the Art Institute of Chicago, through August 25
By Bonita McLaughlin -
July 4, 1996
It's All About Us
Though Oliver Stone has long been branded a liberal, his myopic take on 9/11 isn't a surprise.