Along with the longstanding permanent exhibition of 20th Century American Decorative Arts, Konstantin Grcic: Distinctive Design in the modern wing and Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago completes a sort of triple perspective on crafts and design at the Art Institute. more ›

Crime Fiction started life in 2005 as a modestly-budgeted project by some University of Chicago students. It's a sly dark comedy of artistic ambition, deceit and murder (no, it is not based on the day-to-day workings of Chicagoist). When we last chatted with associate producer Marc DeMoss in January, it had just gotten into the Slamdance Film Festival. That screening seems to have been some kind of golden ticket, because since then it's played at... more ›