There goes another one: Local artist Joseph Lappie is moving to Davenport, IA for a year (at least) to become an assistant professor of Printmaking and Book Arts at St. Ambrose University. To lighten his moving load, he's holding an online art sale -- and it ends Saturday, Aug. 1 (that's tomorrow!) at 6 p.m. Pieces marked down by 50%! Prices are in-saaane. more ›

In addition to running a printing press, participating in the Allegoric Space collaborative project and earning his MFA in the Book and Paper Arts, Chicagoan Joseph Lappie also produces straight-up paintings and drawings. Tonight Lappie's Before There Was Us And Them There Was We, a solo show, opens at Bucktown's the Believe Inn (2043 N. Winchester) from 6 to 10 p.m. The show is a collection of new drawings, prints and paintings that focus on relationships between the self and others, communicative constipation in word and deed, and other themes. "What's this about constipation?" You ask. Read on. more ›