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2009 marks the 100th birthday of Nelson Algren, the quintessential Chicago author. Long before the word "hipster" had even been coined, he chronicled the bleak existence of society's misfits, living on the fringe in West Town and Wicker Park. His best known books are The Man with the Golden Arm, Chicago: City on the Make and Never Come Morning, which no less than Hemingway declared "the best book to come out of Chicago." They describe a Chicago so different from our city today that they almost read like science fiction, yet when Algren lived here he often hung out at the Rainbo Club and the Gold Star.
On April 6, actor Matt Dillon, alongside authors Barry Gifford, Russell Banks, and Don DeLillo, will celebrate Algren's life and times at the Steppenwolf. The one-night only event will feature performances of previously-unseen work by Algren (with a script by Gifford and Dan Simon) and slide projections by esteemed photographer Art Shay. Tickets are $20 and can ordered through the Steppenwolf box office by calling 312-335-1650.
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I'm sure Tank Boy, the culture de hipster's aging quarter back is d-jaying at some trendy Wicker park haunt to mark the occasion.
I hope my First Chicagoist sports metophore is appreciated, because its all about the "fitting in" ;-)
yeah believe it or not, Rainbo Club wasn't always a dingy bar filled with dudes and girls wearing skinny jeans and scarfs in the middle of summer.
Frankie Machine!
There will be a tribute to Algren next week at the Washington Library, March 17.
Nelson Algren Award winner Joe Meno will host an evening of readings by authors J. Adams Oaks, Bayo Ojikutu, Stephanie Kuehnert and Billy Lombardo. The evening will also include a discussion with Art Shay, renowned photographer and friend of Nelson Algren, and a film clip from the upcoming documentary Algren by Michael Caplan.
http://www.chipublib.org/events/details/id/22994/