Sons of the Silent Age drummer Matt Walker talks Bowie, Ava Cherry, and playing for a cause

by Brianna Wellen on March 2, 2016 at 11:15AM

David Bowie's best work of art was himself

by Aimee Levitt on January 11, 2016 at 3:00PM

There's this idea that your "self" is an organic thing, the product of your life experiences and how you react to the various influences around you. You naturally express it through the image you project to the world—your appearance and your tastes and your behavior.

David Bowie and me

by Brianna Wellen on January 11, 2016 at 1:30PM

A month after I was officially declared cancer free, I finally got Bowie's words—in his handwriting—tattooed on my arm. That was three months ago.

From station to station with David Bowie

by Tal Rosenberg on January 11, 2016 at 11:46AM

3. April 2002

Crazy old Bowie may be the best Bowie yet

by Brianna Wellen on January 8, 2016 at 7:00AM

In my mind, the narrative of Blackstar is about a meeting of all Bowie's past personas, where they reminisce over a few cups of ayahuasca tea (not that I know what that's like, mom). After reliving a few old stories with a freshly enlightened perspective, the gang rides the hallucinatory high to a crazy new adventure, only to realize they're actually just a bunch old men in sequined jumpsuits who have to know when to ease off on the throttle.

Where to find more Nam June Paik video art outside of the MCA's David Bowie exhibit

by Ben Sachs on October 1, 2014 at 2:30PM

Before attending the David Bowie exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art, I was unaware that Bowie had collaborated on a music video in the 1980s with Nam June Paik. I wasn't surprised to learn of this collaboration, however.

The Siskel Center revisits a transformative era in the career of Japanese director Nagisa Oshima

by Ben Sachs on September 30, 2014 at 1:00PM

Chris Marker's Level Five (which screens again tomorrow at 6:30 PM at Columbia College) features a cameo by director Nagisa Oshima, who shows up to share his critical view of postwar Japan. Seen here in his 60s, Oshima comes off as an authoritative figure, delivering years of political thought in measured, lucid terms.

The time David Bowie called Chicago home

by Patrick Sisson on September 29, 2014 at 2:27PM

He also made time to explore city nightlife. According to a Chicago Tribune gossip column, Bowie was spotted one evening at an after-hours spot called Scampi's with Roy Orbison, who had just performed at the Park West.

How to get 'David Bowie Is' to come to your town

by Aimee Levitt on September 23, 2014 at 2:02PM

Well, you could just call up the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, where the exhibit was created, and ask. This method worked pretty well for Michael Darling.

The influence of David Bowie on the rom-com Words and Pictures

by Ben Sachs on September 2, 2014 at 12:30PM

Like many Chicagoans, I'm eagerly looking forward to the David Bowie exhibit that opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art later this month. I'm also excited about the upcoming Doc Films series (copresented by the MCA) of movies featuring Bowie, which occupies the second Thursday-night slot on Doc's fall calendar.