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How to Make Money on the Internetnew
With the economy in a free fall and jobs disappearing faster than the bubbles in a Red Bull, it was a relief to drop in on the third Seed Conference and get a jolt of high-energy confidence about the future.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
06-24-2008 |
Tech
And All I Got Was This Lousy PhDnew
The University of Chicago's new funding plan has grad students questioning their future in academia.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
05-05-2008 |
Education
Art Therapynew
Now that he's sober, Bill Current runs a gallery for artists recovering from addiction.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
03-10-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
'Shyness' Shows How Shy Became Sicknew
A Northwestern Victorian lit prof investigates the psychiatric-industrial complex.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
02-19-2008 |
Nonfiction
Chasing the Bloggienew
Fausto Fernos has the world's most popular gay podcast, but the top blog title slipped away.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
01-07-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Is the Chicago Art Institute Renting Out its Treasures?new
The recent announcement that the museum will pack up 92 impressionist works -- the core of its flagship collection -- and send them off for an extended sojourn in Texas next year arrived like a stealth bomb.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
11-19-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Second Rate? Or Second City Syndrome?new
Local artists and musicians wonder why Chicago is barely represented in the Museum of Contemporary Art's big show about art and rock.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
10-15-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Stuart Dybek, the Budding Geniusnew
Can the 65-year-old silence critics who say the MacArthur Foundation picks authors who are over the hill?
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
10-01-2007 |
Books
A New Chicago School is a Crash Course in Digital Medianew
Faster than Chicago's Columbia College, more artsy than DeVry, Flashpoint Academy is offering training in four areas: filmmaking, game development, sound recording, and visual effects and animation.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
09-10-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
In Art, Is Public Better?new
A report from the University of Chicago concludes that the city's public art program could be better off private.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
08-13-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
The Nonprofit Economynew
Arts organizations say they're generating so much business that the government should give them more money.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
06-04-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Hello, Indiana!new
Chicago Public Radio's experimental station is set for a (very) soft launch in May.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
04-09-2007 |
Media
Tags: radio
The Nonprofit Bubblenew
A new study by the Donnelley Foundation reveals that, for better or worse, there's been an explosion of local not-for-profit arts groups.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
02-20-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Whose Idea Is It Anyway?new
In copyright law, it doesn't really matter -- it's the execution that counts.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
02-06-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Meet the New Bossnew
The new head of the Illinois Film Office is politically connected -- just not the way the Sun-Times reported.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
01-22-2007 |
Movies
