Go Look!
By Lauri Apple in Arts & Entertainment on Nov 20, 2008 9:00PM
More art in store for y'all -- see Tuesday's Go Look! installment for additional choices (but don't get option paralysis):
65Grand presents Daniel Johnson's Sweet Dreams and Garbage, which runs from Friday, November 21 through December 20. Johnson's first solo show with the gallery is comprised of a dozen color photographs; frequent subjects are the discarded stuff of the street-man-made tangles of earplugs, scraps of paper, and cracked shells of cassette tapes commingling with fallen leaves, chips of bark and mud puddles. (We had a similar mixture for lunch and now feel queasy.)
November 21 through December 20, 7-10 p.m. 1378 W. Grand Ave. at Noble St.
All RiSE Gallery continues its Weekend Fling series on Friday, November 20 with The Illuminated Thread Homecoming: Joe Miller and Brett Tracy's video, photography, and mixed media will be presented. The night will also double as a welcoming home party.
Through November 23. 1370 W. Grand Ave.
Chicago and the Universe collects a range of outstanding film and video pieces made by Chicago artists in 2008, in order to take the pulse of current moods and attitudes about moving image work in Chicago. All operating in the mode of personal, artistic and non-commercial cinema, the eleven shorts in this program include examples of animation, experimental narrative, science fiction, political, psychedelic and found footage work by young Chicago artists. Two screenings: 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22. Roots & Culture, 1034 N. Milwaukee Ave. Following the screening is an after-party at the Hideout (1354 W. Wabansia) hosted by Latham Zearfoss (whose film, Self-Control, is featured in this screening) and Ethan White in conjunction with their CHANNELING program, which screens at The Nightingale
Friday, November 21, 8 p.m. or 10 p.m., 1084 N. Milwaukee
Blow your wad (of cash) at the Chicago Craft Mafia's DIY Trunk Show, featuring more than 100 Chicago-based crafters selling jewelry, art, accessories, home goods, beauty products, clothing, baby items, pet products, and much more. Food, nonprofits with tables, Massages by Wendi and raffles.
November 22, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. 1419 W. Blackhawk
The Green Lantern holds its first-ever fundraiser on Saturday, November 20 from noon until 1 a.m. A silent auction, crepes for breakfast, evening cocktails and live music performances by Joan of Arc, the Lanterns and Lowland, makes this one an all-around funfest (with a serious, artsy edge, of course). The Lanterns are also celebrating their grant from the Illinois Arts Council. $12 entry fee. $25 includes all-you-can-drink bar and music. $30 includes all-you-can-drink bar, music and annual membership. This is their last event of 2008, BTW, except for the Palor on Dec. 2.
November 20, 12 p.m. - 1 a.m.1511 N. Milwaukee Ave., 2nd Floor
Mess Hall presents Here, Take This: What We Want Is Free -- a show that offers interpretations based on daily rituals, personal interactions, and sustainable gestures. The pieces attempt to free us from society's expectations about the traditional exchange of thought and material goods. Organized by the Sustainable Forms class of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and featuring works by Elizabeth Rose Bartsch, Stephen Ray Bauman, Lydia Laren, Amelia Carroll, Young-Hwan Choi, Shannon Marks, Taryn McMullen, Angela Morano, Mayra Palafox, Emily Powell, Noelle Sharp.
November 21, 6-9 p.m. 6932 N. Glenwood
On the wearable art side of things, Novem Studio is opening its storefront on Sunday, November 22. Check their website to see an array of graphic designey t-shirts worn by graphic designey models. Free beer.
November 22, 6 p.m. 1104 N. Ashland
Western Exhibitions in West Loop opens two new shows: paintings by Paul Doran (Dublin, Ireland), Dale Malner (Madison, Wisc.) and Mette Winckelmann (Copenhagen, Denmark) in Gallery 1, and Dead Center / Marginal Notes: Lockett & Hermetic, curated by John Neff.
Through Dec. 20. 5-8 p.m. 119 N. Peoria St., 2A