In connection with Time Out's recommendation, the Art Sale was featured on Thursday's edition of Chicago Tonight on WTTW Channel 11, when Around Town editor (and SAIC alumna) Madeleine Nusser recommended the event in her weekly appearance on the program. And the popular Chicago daily blog Gapers Block posted info on their go-to calendar, noting, "sometimes, shopping at department stores just doesn't cut it for your more eclectic, arty friends." Michael Lehet also listed SAIC’s Holiday Art Sale as one of the weekend’s top events in his column “You’ve Got A Busy Weekend” on Chicagopride.com (11/19). Lehet notes, “Not only will you be able to grab some unique, one-of-a-kind gifts made by some of the school’s most talented students, but you’ll also be helping them out as students get 85% of every sale. Go support the arts!”

The November issue of North Shore magazine lists the Holiday Art Sale in its monthly Datebook column, noting that the sale "showcases the creativity of SAIC students by offering one of a kind photographs, paintings, sculpture, ceramics, prints, jewelry, and fashion apparel." Targeted towards residents of Chicago's North and Northwest suburbs, North Shore has a monthly circulation of more than 48,000. The November Art Headlines of Chicago Gallery News (circ. 18,000) also noted the Art Sale this week in its e-Newsletter to subscribers.

In the October 18 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education, the cover story of the Chronicle Review is a three-page feature by Writing Program Professor James McManus adapted from his most recent book, Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker, to be published in November by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. McManus writes in the first sentence of the article, "Since 1996 I've been teaching a course on the literature of poker at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago." A hard copy of the article is available in the Marketing Office (Sullivan 1205).

The Chicago Tribune published a full-page review of Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker by columnist Rick Kogan on Saturday (10/24), who writes, "McManus is a writer of immense talent, deft with language and with an ear that seems to catch all the right conversations. And he has a cast of characters that would be the envy of the most imaginative novelist." The article is accompanied by a large format photo of McManus and was distributed in more than 377,000 copies of the paper.

Jim McManus's book Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker (Farar, Straus & Giroux) is one of Amazon.com's Seven Best Books of the Month for November 2009. Editor Dave Callanan calls the book a "brilliant homage" that "presents a compelling case that the essence of America is best understood through a few hands of its favorite card game." McManus has been teaching a course on the literature of poker at SAIC since 1996.

The next edition (11/23) of Modern Mondays in the Sullivan Galleries was chosen as a Critics' Pickin Time Out Chicago this week (11/19). Art & Design editor Lauren Weinberg writes on page 71, "The Modern Mondays lecture series continues with a presentation on Infinite Sprawl, a fascinating interactive project on view in Learning Modern." Also selected was Party Crashers, the newest exhibition at Wicker Park's Concertina Gallery, organized by SAIC students Katherine Pill and Corinna Kirsch.   

The lecture was also featured in websites from the architectural and visual arts communities, including Lynn Becker's website and dexigner.com. Additional listings include the City of Chicago's official tourism website, ExploreChicago.org, the CBS 2 Chicago and CLTV community calendars, event listings on Yelp, TribLocal, and Zvents.com, and coverage on Culture Mob and Going Chicago.

Last week's Artists at Work Forum at the Chicago Cultural Center was also covered by Time Out Chicago this week (11/4). Lauren Weinberg's post on the Time Out Chicago blog dishes an interesting back story on how the Studio Chicago collaboration was born, noting the role of Executive Director of Exhibitions and Events Mary Jane Jacob in uniting SAIC and the MCA with the Department of Cultural Affairs, Columbia College, UIC's Gallery 400, the Hyde Park Art Center, and threewalls gallery.

SAIC student Austin Eddy's exhibition opens today (11/6) at GOLDEN gallery on the North Side. The Time Out listing notes Eddy "incorporates a keen interest in magic and unusual materials such as glitter and nail polish into his colorful figurative paintings."

The studio of faculty member Katrin Schnabl (Fashion Design) was profiled in a full-page feature inside the October 22 edition of Time Out. On the occasion of Schnabl's involvement in the city of Chicago's week-long Fashion Focus, the article by Jessica Herman details Schnabl's busy schedule of current projects alongside her work as an instructor and coordinator at SAIC. The online version of the story includes 17 photos of Schnabl's space and work.

Also on ChicagoNow, contributor Michael Frederick Langhoff covered alumnus Jun Nguyen Hatsushiba's SAIC-supported Breathing is Free project for an October 27 story about contractual negotiations governing institutional art projects. Director of Exhibitions and Events Trevor Martin is featured for his hard work on realizing the project.

The Learning Modern exhibit and Ken Isaacs's Knowledge Box were featured in a fascinating article by Alastair Gordon for WSJ., the Wall Street Journal's daily magazine. Gordon delves into the history and cultural significance of Isaacs's conceptual box, which was originally unveiled in 1962 and re-created by SAIC and the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in collaboration with Isaacs for Learning Modern. The box is a nine-by-nine foot cube with 24 slide projectors flooding the interior with black-and-white images and a synchronized sound collage. Gordon writes, "[The box] is oddly moving and makes one think about turning points and tipping points, pregnant moments, and being on the brink of something that's ultra modern and new." The article is accompanied by photos of Knowledge Box and was distributed in more than 800,000 copies of the magazine.

Art critic Lauren Weinberg reviews Learning Modern in this week's edition of Time Out Chicago (10/22), right alongside a feature on retired SAIC photography professor Barbara Crane. Weinberg calls Learning Modern "a fun, sprawling exhibition," and notes, "As you look out the huge windows of Louis Sullivan's former Carson Pirie Scott building, and observe the green roofs sprouting around Chicago, it's hard to imagine a more suitable place to explore modern architecture." More than 52,000 Chicagoans read Time Out each week. The tribute to Crane, which mentions SAIC in its first sentence, notes, "To understand how seriously the art world takes Crane today, consider that she's the subject of three current exhibitions in Chicago."

SAIC alumnus Robert Guinan (MFA 1967) was on Eight-Forty-Eight Tuesday (10/27) for a profile that closes Chicago Artist's Month on the program. The lead-in notes that while Guinan is internationally collected and renowned, he's never had an exhibition here, and no local art dealer has represented him.

W Magazine's November issue includes a feature by Kevin West covering SAIC alumnus Aaron Curry (BFA 2002) and his friendship with artist Thomas Houseago. The story, which mentions Curry's SAIC education as well as his MFA from the Art Center College of Design, chronicles the interest in Picasso shared by the two artists. W is circulated in 468,835 issues each month.

The Boston Globe's health page, "White Coat Notes," reported last week (10/22) that SAIC alumna Sarah Iselin is leaving her position as Commissioner of the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy to take over the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation. The article notes that Iselin received her undergraduate degree from SAIC before earning a master's degree in health policy and management from the Harvard School of Public Health. The Globe's weekday circulation is more than 302,000.

SAIC AIADO alumna Emily Pilloton (MFA 2005) is making waves with her new book, Design Revolution: 100 Products That Empower People. The industrial design magazine Core77 recently featured an interview with Pilloton, in which she discusses the impetus for the book, describing it as "a call-to-action for, and a compendium of product design that empowers." She also talks about her charitable organization, Project H Design, which "supports, creates, delivers, and scales life-improving humanitarian product design solutions."

SAIC alumnus John Gerrard (MFA 2000) is exhibiting his work at the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. The exhibit, entitled Directions, features Gerrard's reimagined landscape art and runs from November 5 through May 31, 2010.

November's Vogue magazine features alumnus Gary Graham (BFA 1992), who has been selected as a finalist for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund grand prize. Graham has a full-page photo with a model wearing items from his Spring collection in the issue, which boasts an audited circulation of 1,298,480. An accompanying interview notes his SAIC background.

Chicago Magazine's review of Fashion Focus 2009 by Editor Cassie Walker begins, "the best presentation overall belongs to Abigail Glaum-Lathbury, a Chicago designer who sells through Wicker Park boutique p.45...Her embellishments are few but well-chosen...and she drew the most discerning crowd, a mix of shop-owners and faculty and students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Glaum-Lathbury is an SAIC grad)." The Chicago Tribune's preview (10/18) of her show also notes Glaum-Lathbury's SAIC roots, and reports she was "recently named a Rising Star by Fashion Group International of Chicago and best Chicago clothing designer by the Chicago Reader."

In more news related to events organized by SAIC's Department of Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects, Sun-Times columnist Bill Zwecker informed readers of the forthcoming AIADO lecture with astronaut John Grunsfeld in the October 15 edition of the paper. Zwecker noted that the lecture is free and will be held at the SAIC Ballroom, 112 South Michigan Avenue.

Textile Innovator Joanna Berzowska Speaks on "Wearable Technology" as Part of the SAIC's "Behind the Seams" Lecture Series Thursday, October 22 at 6 p.m.

Rising Stars in the World of Fashion Design, 2009 SAIC Alumni Present Original New Works at Free Dress Code Fashion Show in Millennium Park Friday, October 23 at 7:30 p.m.

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) Fashion Design Department, recognized internationally for developing the next generation of top designers and for its unique interdisciplinary program within the foundation of a fine arts education, is proud to participate in the city of Chicago's 5th Annual Fashion Focus Chicago 2009. The initiative is a celebration of Chicago's thriving fashion industry, and offers a number of exciting events from Thursday, Oct. 22 to Sunday, Oct. 25. SAIC Fashion Design Department alumni Nick Cave, Lara Miller and Maria Pinto are all members of Mayor Daley's Fashion Council, which is committed to elevating and educating local Chicago designers and boutiques.

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Both the Newcity article and a Sunday feature in the Chicago Tribune mention Niffenegger's studies at SAIC, where she began the 13-year process of creating The Three Incestuous Sisters. Christopher Borelli's article calls the author "an artist first," and includes an online gallery of her work. For 25 years, Niffenegger has had solo art shows at Printworks Gallery on Superior Street.