collage artist Winston Smith

Published on April 1, 2006 0 Comments
Apr ’06
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Artist Winston Smith LIVEFriday, March 24th, 6:30 PMFREE
 
Winston Smith, is a collage artist best known for his surrealistic and satirical montage book cover and album cover art since the late 1970s Punk Era (Dead Kennedys, DOA, etc.) up through the present with Green Day, George Carlin, Greg Palast, among others. He will be in the store to sign copies of his monographs and possibly some album covers if you bring them.
 
More information including interviews and examples of his artwork is available on the web site: www.winstonsmith.com

The real Brian Costello, Enchanters vs. Sprawlburg Springs release party.

Published on March 31, 2006 0 Comments
Mar ’06
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The real Brian Costello, Enchanters vs. Sprawlburg Springs release party.Saturday, March 11th, 7:00 PMFREE
 
Celebrate the release of Brian Costello?s first novel Enchanters vs. Sprawlburg Springs with an evening of readings featuring:
 
Brian Costello teaches fiction writing at Columbia College Chicago, drums for the Functional Blackouts and hosts The Brian Costello Show with Brian Costello, America’s first and only live talk show. The Enchanters is his first novel.
 
Megan Stielstra is a writer, teacher and waitress living in Chicago. She edits Sleepwalk magazine and was artist-in-residence for Barefoot Productions where she created collaborative storytelling with musicians and filmmakers. She’s performed for Storyweek, Undershorts Film Festival, Piece by Piece and 2nd Story.
 
Gary Johnson is an accomplished writer, teacher and activist. He currently teaches at Columbia College Chicago.
 
All three will read from original work and Brian will sign copies of his new book, they’ll serve some sort of tasty beverage, and for the faithful, they might even dish out some cough syrup.

SEX MACHINES EVENT

Published on March 28, 2006 0 Comments
Mar ’06
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Sex Machines slide show and lecture with author Timothy ArchibaldFriday, March 31st, 7:00 PMFREE
 
Sex Machines: Photographs and Interviews unveils an astonishing American subculture and the homespun inventors and users who propel it. Meet a laid-off tech industry exec who transforms a thrift store pasta maker into a high-powered sexual appliance and a new career, an apocalyptic visionary who builds a sex machine prototype for female survivors of a future without men, and an Idaho cowboy who intends to use his device as a form of Christian-based marriage counseling. Sex Machines celebrates the spirit of American ingenuity and bold approaches to an ever-changing sexual landscape.
 
Author and photographer Timothy Archibald?s photographs have appeared in New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, GQ, The New Yorker, and Outside Magazine. His photographs are included in the permanent collection of The Catskill Center for Photography in Woodstock, N.Y. and The Museum of Sex in New York City. Archibald lives in San Francisco with his wife, Cheri, and two sons, Elijah and Wilson. Sex Machines: Photographs and Interviews is his first book.
 
For this event Timothy Archibald will presents slides from the book and discuss his experiences making it.

Stories Care Forgot event

Published on March 24, 2006 0 Comments
Mar ’06
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Stories Care Forgot eventTuesday, March 28th, 8:00 PMFREE
 
STORIES CARE FORGOT is an anthology of zines from and about New Orleans. For years the Crescent City’s thriving punk and zine community has produced beautifully rendered volumes of writing and artwork. Authors have poured their hearts out, sharing their thoughts and opinions on music, politics, bikes, gentrification, gender, class and, of course, the city itself. These tales come complete with the beauty, sadness, strangeness and eccentricity that has drawn people to New Orleans for so long. Featured are selections from over a dozen zines including Chainbreaker, Nosedive, Crude Noise, Rocket Queen, Emergency, I Hate This Part of Texas and Chihuahua and pitbull. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, many of the originals of these zines have been lost or destroyed. This book serves not only as a presevation, but also, by donating author proceeds towards grassroots organizations, as a step towards rebuilding the city that inspired and shaped this body of work.
 
On hand for the event will be Ethan Clark Editor of Stories Care Forgot, & Chihuahua and Pitbull zine. He is also a sometimes contributor to Maximum Rock and Roll and the Asheville Global Report.
 

Oyez Review

Published on March 11, 2006 0 Comments
Mar ’06
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Oyez Review #33 readingSaturday, March 4th, 7:00 PMFREE
 
This is a reading/launch party for Oyez Review Volume 33. Oyez Review is an award-winning literary magazine published annually by Roosevelt University’s Creative Writing Program. It features poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, and a portfolio of artwork.
 
The featured reader for the evening will be Elizabeth Aiossa author of the creative nonfiction piece Swell. She teaches English at the College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois and is also an associate editor of Willow Review. She recently received her MFA in Creative Writing from Roosevelt University, specializing in creative nonfiction.
 
The reading will also feature other authors reading their selections from the new issue of the Oyez Review.
 
more info at www.roosevelt.edu/oyezreview.