This week, we take a look at an art exhibit currently on display at the Prairie Art Alliance's H.D. Smith Gallery at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield. We talk to Carolyn Owen Sommer about her work that came from a challenge to create 30 pieces of art in 30 days. The result is an interesting take on a host of women's issues.
And the Molly Schlich film series continues. This Sunday and Tuesday the documentary being shown is called Finding Vivian Maier. It looks at the work of a Chicago nanny who was also a street photographer. Her work went unseen until after her death. It is now critically acclaimed as some of the best examples of photography that catches street scenes and city life.
On Friday night, The April Verch Bigger Band plays at the Sangamon Auditorium on the UIS campus. They play an eccentric variety of bluegrass, complete with step-dancing. Listen to my conversation with the Illinois Times' Scott Faingold, who also tells us about a hip hop DJ spinning at Bar None in Springfield on Saturday night:
