Sweatshop-free clothing 'Made in Chicago'

May. 15, 2013
Cheap disposable clothing is like the ‘mystery meat’ of fashion. Now a group of designers, retailers and manufacturers are working together to create quality ‘Made in Chicago’ clothing.

Gallery Walk: Artist Andrew Young

May. 11, 2013
Chicago artist Andrew Young leads a gallery walk through his exhibition, Of Light Air: Mixed Media Works by Andrew Young, to speak about his artistic concepts and techniques, background in biology, and continued interest in paleontology and human interactions with the environment.

Abercrombie & Fitch is not the only brand that hates fat people

May. 10, 2013
CEO Mike Jeffries only wants 'thin and beautiful' people wearing his A&F clothes. Sadly, he is just one of many fat-shaming bigots lording over the fashion industry. 

Elizabeth Smart decries abstinence-only sex ed, and her message hits home

May. 8, 2013
As a former Catholic school girl whose "sex education" consisted of pro-life scare tactics and virginity worship, I can understand why Smart felt too "dirty" to leave her captors after being raped.

Zimbabwean filmmaker, novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga

May. 6, 2013
Tsitsi Dangarembga has made history and developed an international reputation with her groundbreaking novels and films about women’s life in Zimbabwe.

Q&A with Julie Klausner

May. 6, 2013
Julie Klausner's new book Art Girls Are Easy, a funny and romantic summer camp romp with an artsy twist, hits stores May 7. 

Fashion inspiration, SAIC style

May. 3, 2013
 Stride on over to ‘The Walk’, the School of the Art Institute’s 70th annual student fashion show, where menswear, masks and minimalism ruled the runway. 

Wire: Rock’s greatest super geniuses (after Eno)

May. 2, 2013
Asked to assess the most important part of the legacy of long-running English art-punks Wire, most fans will cite the quartet’s first three albums. But a new album and book are strong summations of the legendary art-punks’ legacy.

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