Saturday, December 10, 2011

Now That's How to Get Their Attention - Barenboim/Carsen Don Giovanni at La Scala

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Director Robert Carsen is known for his often controversial interpretations of classic operas, and his new production of Mozart's Don...
Friday, December 09, 2011

Curator's Talk: Bertrand Goldberg Architecture of Invention, noon today at the Art Institute

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"Join curatorial staff on a guided walk through the exhibition, Bertrand Goldberg: Architecture of Invention , the first comprehensiv...
Thursday, December 08, 2011

Chicago, Close-up and On-High

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Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Night and the City

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Sunday, December 04, 2011

Bertrand Goldberg Reflections Open House, percussive Taliesen, North Grant Park, Rüedi Ray's Bauhaus Dream House, Cannon's Sullivan, Dahlman's Marina City, Teshigahara's Antonio Gaudi - and more holiday events on the December Calendar

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Even with things winding down for the holidays, there's still over three dozen great programs on the December 2011 Calendar of Chicago A...

Sunday reading: The Lost City of Rangoon, Christmas-mad China, mad-as-a-hatter GOP

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The weekend Financial Times is  always a great read, but this weeks edition is particularly rich, with Thant Myint-U's Forgotten Treasur...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Life and Work of Benjamin Marshall Today, December calendar tomorrow (we hope)

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Maintaining a time-honored tradition, we're a little late with the December calendar, which we expect to have up tomorrow. So here...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

A follow-up on Lightscape; Pop-Up Galleries still alive

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Yesterday afternoon, we received a note from the Chicago Loop Alliance 's Ty Tabbing regarding my post on the new Lightscape installatio...
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Monday, November 28, 2011

Chicago Streetscene: Shadow Branches

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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Pathetic on a Stick: Lightscape on State

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This is what a million dollars looks like today . . . click images for larger view The fad of the cactus lamp died out decades ago, but it...
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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Art Institute Lion On the Prowl and Back to Nature for Christmas 2011

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click to view on YouTube in larger size No plastic bubbles this year; the Art Institute of Chicago is going back to nature.  Friday, the ...
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Thursday, November 24, 2011

The Great Chicago Christmas Tree, Placed versus Constructed

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This was the scene at Daley Plaza late Wednesday afternoon, as mayor Rahm Emanuel and ABC7's Val Warner and Mike Caplan lit Chicago...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Norman Foster Weighs Buildings at the Siskel, Geoffrey Baer walks the Loop for 'TTW

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In his new memoirs, Designing Buildings to Burn , Stanley Tigerman writes of an encounter between Buckminster Fuller and Chicago architect ...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Rehabbing Chicago, in Maple and Granite

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click images for larger view So, yeah, we've kind of dropped out for the moment, and the world doesn't seem any worse for wear.  Pos...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Chicago Streetscene: deconstructed

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Rm W Vu, Wi-Fi, Oxygen: Rush Presbyterian's Proud Tower on the way to January opening

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It's a long way from here . . . click images for larger view . . . to here: The countdown is on towards the scheduled January 9, 2012...
Sunday, November 13, 2011

Reinventing Daley Bi

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The clock is ticking on Daley Bicentennial Plaza.  The approximately 20 acre rectangle east of Millennium Park and south of Randolph is ab...
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