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EIGHT FORTY-EIGHT
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
The Local Artist's Lament
originally broadcast the week of January 26, 2004
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Musician Eldee Young
performs on the Northwestern Campus January 16, 2004.
Photo by Melisa Goh. |
Chicago Public Radio's week-long series, Should I Stay
or Should I Go?, aims to get to the bottom of the local
artist’s lament: “Should I stay in Chicago?”
The series presents actors, writers, painters, architects,
and others opining about what the Chicago area offers the
artist—in terms of fame, sales, inspiration, media exposure,
and civic support.
We'll ask why the thought of leaving seems to be stuck in
the back of so many local artists' heads and what we as a
community can do to keep them here and keep them happy—or
at least, as happy as artists can be.
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Contact Us!
Let us know what you think of this series by e-mailing us at 848@wbez.org.
Give us your hometown and tell us how to pronounce your name, and
we may share your comments on the air.
Audio Library
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Series Overview
originally broadcast 1.26.04
Dan Blumberg — Associate editor for Eight Forty-Eight
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Live
Call-In Show
originally broadcast 2.1.04
Should I Stay or Should I Go? concludes with
a listener call-in show hosted by Edward Lifson, Chicago
Public Radio’s arts, architecture, and culture
editor.
Joining Edward are arts critics Terry Teachout and,
in her very first broadcast appearance, the undercover
critic known only by the name of "Our Girl in Chicago.".
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? A Final Thought
originally broadcast 1.30.04
Chicago actor talks about his impending move out of the city
of Chicago
Andy Cobb — Chicago actor
Dan Blumberg — Associate editor for Eight Forty-Eight
on Chicago Public Radio |
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Monday: Theater
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Theater: Roundtable
Mary Zimmerman — Tony Award-winning director,
director at Lookingglass theater in Chicago, director
at the Goodman theater in Chicago, and professor of theater
at Northwestern University
Martha Lavey — Artistic director, Steppenwolf theater
in Chicago
Mick Napier — Founder of Annoyance Productions and
former director at the Second City in Chicago |
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Steppenwolf Theater's Martha Lavey
listens as Annoyance Productions founder Mick Napier speaks
during the theater roundtable discussion. Photo by Melisa
Goh. |
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Theater: Essay
Aaron Freeman — Comedian, journalist, and contributor |
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Tuesday: Visual Arts
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Visual Arts: Roundtable
Carol Becker —Dean of faculty at the School of the
Art Institute
David Klamen — Chicago artist
Cat Chow — Chicago artist and fashion designer
James Yood — Art critic and professor of contemporary
art theory and criticism at Northwestern University
Left: Artist David Klamen, left,
and fashion designer Cat Chow, right, listen as art critic
James Yood talks. Photo by Melisa Goh. |
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Visual Arts: Essay
Bob Guinan — Artist shares his inspiration for creating
art in Chicago |
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Wednesday: Writing and Publishing
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Writing and Publishing: Roundtable
Gioia Diliberto — Author of the book, I am
Madame X
Aleksandar Hemon — Recipient of the National Book
Critic's Award for his novel Nowhere Man
Ellen Wadey — Writer and executive director of the
Guild Complex of Chicago
John O'Brien — Publisher of Dalkey Archives Press
and editor of the Review of Contemporary Fiction
Left: Author Gioia Diliberto sits
in on the Writing and Publishing Roundtable. Photo
by Melisa Goh. |
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Writing and Publishing: Essay
Ana Castillo — Contributor, Chicago writer, and author
of numerous books (audio for this segment is unavailable) |
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Writing and Publishing: Stuart
Dybek
Judy Valente — Contributor |
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Writing and Publishing: Skald
WNEP Theatre's 5th annual story telling competition, the next
Skald event will be tonight at the Bailiwick. Produced for air
by independent producers Rick Karr and Steve Zimmers. |
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Thursday: Music
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Music: Rock and Hip-Hop Roundtable
Steve Albini — Owner and recording engineer at Electrical
Audio in Chicago, and a musician and singer in the Chicago band
Shellac (ex-Big Black)
Bettina Richards — Owner and founder of Thrill Jockey Records
in Chicago (rock, post-rock, avant-garde)
Christopher Baugh — Senior in journalism at Columbia College;
his article "Are Other Cities Stealing Chicago's Soul?"
will appear in the Spring issue of Echo Magazine |
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Music: Jazz & Blues Roundtable
Dan Bindert — Music producer and host for Chicago
Public Radio
Bob Koester — Owner of Chicago's Delmark Records (jazz)
and the record store, Jazz Record Mart. Delmark recently celebrated
its fiftieth anniversary.
Joanie Pallato — Co-owner of Chicago's Southport Records
(jazz) plus Sparrow Sound Studios. Southport recently celebrated
its twenty-fifth anniversary.
Bruce Iglauer — Owner of Alligator Records (blues label)
in Chicago |
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Architecture
Brian Hammersley — Chicago architect and publisher of Open
Dialogue: Thoughts of Chicago Architecture |
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Friday: Film & Performing Arts
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Film: Roundtable
Gwen Mascai — Commentator on NPR, creator of and
former writer for the TV sitcom What About Joan,
starring Joan Cusack, and author of the book, Lipschtick
David Sikich — President of ISA Releasing, a Chicago-based
film distributor. Sikich has worked with Chicago-area
filmmakers during the last 10 years including with the
renowned documentary teem that created Hoop Dreams.
Sikich's new independent film Lana's Rain opens
on February 27 at the Music Box theater. |
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Terry Green — Chicago filmmaker and the president
of the Chicago-based Strata Productions
Sergio Mims — Screenwriter, instructor at the School
of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a film critic for
New City
Screenwriter Sergio
Mims, above, and writer Gwen Macsai, right, discuss
Chicago's film industry. Photos by Melisa Goh.
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Dance: Essay
Hedy Weiss — Theater critic for the Chicago Sun-Times
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