Sponsored: Steppenwolf Video of the Week (This Is Modern Art)

Check out our trailer for Steppenwolf for Young Adults’ production of THIS IS MODERN ART. The play is written by acclaimed playwright Idris Goodwin and Louder than a Bomb founder Kevin Coval, directed by Lisa Portes. Click here for tickets and more info: http://www.steppenwolf.org/Plays-Events/productions/index.aspx?id=632

Monumental Moving Canvas: A Preview of the Fall Season of Art on theMART Two new pieces open this week on the world's largest canvas for digital art.
Art Reflecting Life: A Review of Andy Warhol in Iran at Northlight Theatre Brent Askari places Warhol just ahead of the revolution in Iran (then Tehran) in the 1970s to get Polaroids of the Shah’s wife for a portrait commission.
Close Reading: A Review of The Seldoms' Toolbox @ Twenty at Hyde Park Art Center Carrie Hanson, along with company members Damon Green, Dee Alba and Sarah Gonsiorowski developed dances inspired by the creative practices of sculptor Edra Soto, sound artist Sadie Woods, painter Jackie Kazarian and fiber artist Jacqueline Surdell. Each dancer interviewed and studied the studio practice of their partner.
Comedy's New Force: Logan Square Improv Uses the Chicago Network to Innovate an Art Form Logan Square Improv has emerged as another key player on the local scene.
Together Again For the First Time: Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble Gathers Thirty Artists and Groups in "Art. Heals." A performance series and gallery exhibition of individual artists and performance groups.
Buggin’ Out: A Review of Bug at Steppenwolf Theatre The audience is the fly on the wall of a dingy Oklahoma hotel room where Agnes White is taking refuge from her recently released, abusive ex-husband Jerry.

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