Experimental Putt-Putt and Green Design Competition

Thursday March 29th through Monday April 2nd at

Material Exchange in Hyde Park. $5.

Commemorating 30 Years: Rhona Hoffman Gallery

The first in a series of three shows looking back

at the gallery's history. See pieces from

Donald Judd (above), Laurie Anderson,

Richard Tuttle and Sol LeWitt. Through April 7th.

April 13th '1980-1990' opens.

first lightbulbs, now plastic bags

A few weeks ago, we learned of an international coalition

bent on banning the incandescent lightbulb. Now,

the city of San Francisco is on it's way to making

the plastic bag illegal. Read on.

five on three

Come to the 3rd floor tomorrow at 5:00 and check out the new

Bulletin Boards! This month's focus is on green design and will

be featuring projects, media, research and products.

gTank

Please join gTank this Wednesday March 28th at 5pm in DS3.

Sasha Zeljic will give a presentation on Avant Garde Movements

and Modernism in Serbia, 1919-1946.

crazy train

We've finally made it. Chicago's current public transportation
mess was on the front page of the New York Times yesterday.
Read it here.

wall art

Anne Gibson send over this great link to J. Prichard Design.

Jennifer Prichard is trained as a ceramics sculptor and

has created amazing porcelain wall art and tiles.

pot o gold

Teknion came in the office with lots of St. Patty's Day treats.

Brian Pittman and Elizabeth Gilmore correctly guessed how many

charms where in the box of Lucky Charms!!

(and Jessica Statz nabbed new jewels).

where was jay turner??

In the Netherland Antilles! More specifically, he was diving in beautiful Bonaire.

Take a look:

ready set go!

From Bruce Mau's Manifesto: #9 Begin Anywhere: John Cage tells
us that not knowing where to begin is a common form of paralysis.
His advice: begin anywhere.

non-Irish weekend

Opening now: pretty paintings, go see
Claire Sherman at Kavi Gupta Gallery

Closing soon:

The Museum of Contemporary Photography at

Columbia College has two interesting shows that are closing

next weekend. The first is Misty Keastler's 'Love Hotels'

and the second is Larry Sultan's 'The Valley'.

March of the Chefs, Round Two. Monday March 19th
Sustainable Slow Food at Lula Cafe

The Peace Museum. It is located in the Garfield Park Gold Dome.

It is a small museum that has some very powerful and moving

exhibitions. It is worth the trip.