0 Arts & Entertainment Dozens of artists will spotlight their work for the 2022 Downers Grove Fine Arts Festival, which runs Sept. 10 and 11 in downtown Downers. Lisa Marie Farver , Patch Staff Posted Reply DOWNERS GROVE, IL — Dozens of artists will showcase their work for the 2022 Downers Grove Fine Arts Festival, which will be held downtown Sept. 10 and Sept. 11. This marks the 45th year for the juried arts festival. Artists will display paintings, photography, sculptures and other works of art along Main Street between Maple Avenue and Curtiss Street. Kids who attend the Downers Grove Fine Arts Festival can create their own works of art at a craft booth that is presented by Indian Boundary YMCA. What: 2022 Downers Grove Fine Arts Festival When: Sept. 10 and Sept. 11 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Downtown Downers Grove between Maple Avenue and Curtiss Street Get more local news delivered … [Read more...] about Downers Grove Fine Arts Festival To Take Over Main Street In September
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Meet the Rapper Who Made a Song Out of New York’s Downtown Art Scene
On Tuesday night, at the Orchard Street sports bar Hair of the Dog, Kevin the Human Carpet grinned with unbridled glee as he shimmied himself into his signature rolled-up red rug, ready to be stepped on. Kevin is a longtime New York icon whose frequent presence at insider parties is the stuff of legend. To book Kevin is to signify your familiarity with cool scenes past and present, and Blaketheman1000, an NYC rapper described by one fan as “ the Drake of Dimes Square ,” certainly possesses this knowledge. (Dimes Square, for the uninitiated, is a small patch of the Lower East Side that represents, or represented , an extremely generative base for perpetually online young creatives.) Tuesday marked the release party of Blaketheman1000's new single, “Dean Kissick,” and the place was packed with music label insiders, art world denizens, Gen Z wannabes, party photographer Cobrasnake and representatives from the hot upstart newspaper The Drunken Canal . … [Read more...] about Meet the Rapper Who Made a Song Out of New York’s Downtown Art Scene
Roadhouse Thunder Returns To Yorkville Country Bar For 2nd Year
0 Arts & Entertainment Roadhouse 47 County Bar & Grill's four-day music fest is packed with artists. Check out the lineup here. Emily Rosca , Patch Staff Posted Reply YORKVILLE, IL — Roadhouse Thunder, a music festival hosted by Yorkville's Roadhouse 47 Country Bar & Grill, is returning for the second year and "better than ever." The outdoor event, which promises a weekend of music, drinks, food and fun, will take place from July 28 through July 31 at the bar, 1901 S. Bridge St. Thursday evening's show will be free for everyone, but admission will be charged for the other three days. Daily admission will cost $10, while a weekend pass is priced at $25. Tickets can be purchased online. See the full lineup below. July 28 7-10 p.m. — Andru Jamison Band July 29 5:50-7:30 p.m. — Erica Renee Duo 8-10:30 p.m. — Libido Funk Circus July 30 12:30-2:30 p.m. — Kevin Presbrey … [Read more...] about Roadhouse Thunder Returns To Yorkville Country Bar For 2nd Year
New D131 Education Center To Have Therapy Spaces, Art, Music Studios
0 Schools The 30,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art Resilience Education Center will be located at the district's former administrative center. Emily Rosca , Patch Staff Posted Reply AURORA, IL — East Aurora School District 131 broke ground on its new education center that will serve as a hub for students by providing opportunities for growth, development and advancement, officials said. The new Resilience Education Center, a two-story, 30,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art building, will be located at the district's former administrative building, 417 Fifth St. It's slated to open ahead of the start of the 2023-24 school year, officials said. Secondary students will be the ones to primarily use the space for after-school activities, city officials said. The center will have rooms for a slew of activities, floor plans show. They include: An e-sports lounge Learning stairs Therapy spaces A kitchen studio A cafe … [Read more...] about New D131 Education Center To Have Therapy Spaces, Art, Music Studios
Woman swindled elderly mother out of art worth $140M using ‘psychics’ who claimed it was cursed, police say
An elderly Brazilian woman’s daughter was part of a bizarre scheme to swindle her mother out of more than $100 million worth of art by using a ring of supposed psychics who claimed the paintings were cursed, police said. Sabine Coll Boghici, 48, plotted to defraud Genevieve Boghici, 82, out of art, jewelry and money worth around 724 million reais, or $142.42 million, police in Rio de Janeiro said in a statement . At least 16 paintings were stolen from the senior, who was the widow of late art collector Jean Boghici, police said, adding that works by celebrated Brazilian artists like Cicero Dias, Rubens Gerchman and Alberto Guignard were among those taken. Three of the works by modernist painter Tarsila do Amaral, were estimated by police to be worth around 700 million reais, or $137.69 million, alone. At least seven people were suspected of involvement in the years-long plot, police said after Coll Boghici was arrested Wednesday. Several others were also arrested and … [Read more...] about Woman swindled elderly mother out of art worth $140M using ‘psychics’ who claimed it was cursed, police say
Olivia Newton-John: That Headband Was a Crown
We would’ve just called her ONJ now. But part of the appeal, I think, was all of that name, the possible royalty of it. Nobody wanted to waste a syllable. Olivia New to n - John . Just saying it might bestow a crown. The rest of her allure sprang from that classiness: She was neither queen nor first lady of anything, yet she seemed, ultimately, like … a lady. And that was something she could have some fun with, a category she could smudge. Eventually. I mean, this was a person who, at the heights of funk, disco and glam rock, recorded six country-esque albums, throw pillows for your ears. And most of their singles topped what was once known as Billboard’s easy listening chart. (So maybe she was the queen of that.) By the end of the 1970s, though, she had figured out the whole “lady” thing and spent 90 percent of her first Hollywood movie disguised that way, as a princess. There’s a lot going on in “Grease.” Most of it’s bizarre and has to do with sex and a sort of pure … [Read more...] about Olivia Newton-John: That Headband Was a Crown
