- Ten years after the debut of College Dropout, Kanye West announced that he will receive an honorary doctorate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on May 5. While rumors of organized student protest abound, most SAIC students hope to interrupt the ceremony and insist that Beyonce was the one who really deserved the award. [Editor’s note: As an alum of SAIC, I am offended that tuition will go towards this nonsense. [Consequence of Sound via Clique]
- Happy drunkest day of the year, friends! A Chicago resident live-blogged snippets from a local police scanner over the weekend, documenting the horrors of St. Patty’s Day revelry. The result? A laundry list of gun threats, McDonald’s brawls, and arrests before the end of brunch. [BroBible via Crime in Boystown]
- Check out 0p3nr3p0, an open-source, open-ended database specifically for hackers, glitch, and digital-media artists. It’s a part of NetArtizens Open Online Exhibition, an evolving online exhibition spanning three platforms. Take a look, or submit work before April 2 to participate. [Netartizens]
- Underappreciated folk critic? Attention-seeking provocateur? Sell-out? Capital offers this meditation on the controversial career (and antics) of Jerry Saltz. [Capital]
- For those of you who just can’t fingerpaint or nap without permission, fear not! Brooklynite Michelle Joni Lapidos will gladly charge you $333 or more for the privilege. Her adult pre-school encourages hardened New Yorkers to re-discover their inner children through dress-ups and sleepovers. So, it’s pretty much a standard Saturday night, but with crayons. [Gothamist]
- The female:pressure Tumblr offers a visual survey of women in the music business working the other end of the mic. Much credit is due to Bjork—the Tumblr responds to her call for more documentation of women working the production side of the music industry. [Flavorwire via female:pressure]
- Threewalls announced the release of The Tabletop Collection. This edition of the Community Supported Art Chicago program features five limited-edition artworks by Chicago-based artists Sabina Ott, Julia Klein, Laura Davis, Stephen Reber, and Assaff Evron. Their small apartment-friendly works re-imagine the sculpture garden, if sculpture gardens were the size of a bookshelf or tabletop. [Threewalls]
