…and there’s more development around McCormick Place! Read on… Curbed Chicago reported on the recent votes by the Chicago Plan Commission approving the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, held October 16. There are two points of controversy: the actual design (likened to Jabba the Hutt) and the actual parkland, which is as hallowed as New York’s […]
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Getting used to life in the big city is proving difficult for Hilda. The diminutive explorer is still missing the enchanted valleys and magical friends that surrounded her home in the fjords. But tonight is somehow different; tonight is the night of the mysterious Bird Parade.
Finding herself lost on the streets of Trolberg, Hilda befriends a talking raven. Together they encounter all manner of bizarre creatures from outcast Trolls to ferocious Salt Lions and deadly Rat Kings—maybe the city isn’t so boring after all.
As the pair try to find their way home, it becomes clear that the amnesiac raven has an important mission to attend to . . . if only he could remember what it was.
This beautiful book with its embossed cloth spine and eye-popping spot varnish is sure to delight children and adults across the country.
Luke Pearson, author of Hildafolk, Hilda and the Midnight Giant, and Everything We Miss has fast become one of the leading talents of the United Kingdom comics scene, garnering rave reviews from the prestigious Times and Observer newspapers and winning the Young People’s Comic Award at the 2012 British Comic Awards for Hilda and the Midnight Giant.
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- Age Range: 6 and up
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- Hardcover: 44 pages
- Publisher: Flying Eye Books (April 2, 2013)
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I had an inkling that Santa might take a break or two at a few houses to imbibe in some of his favorite snacks...
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Hi guys,
These are the first four pages of art from Volume 6 of art for my graphic novel. Each Volume opens with a nightmare sequence and then goes back into the story. The nightmares symbolize what is happening internally to one of the main characters. They change as the story changes. That's about all I can give away of the story at this point. I hope to have it finished by the end of this year. I've been working on it now for two years..
You can see more on my blog:
http://mikecressy.blogspot.com/
Be well,
Mike
Love the idea, hate the placement. Hey, there’s a million places other than the peoples parkland to put Luca’s museum. The stipulation is that he wants waterfront land for it. So why not tear up that ugly eyesore of the McCormick Place east, and put it there? Not like they use this old beast for much anyway.
Well, some have suggested tearing down the Lakeside Center of McCormick, but then, you run into the same regulation regarding the lakefront. McCormick, the side east of Lakeshore Drive, is grandfathered in.
http://www.chicagoarchitecturalclub.org/Competition-2011-Burnham-Prize
If you can’t place it on top of a parking lot…
(yes, Friends of the Parks is fighting to protect a parking lot, in the future hope that it will be converted to parkland…which ain’t gonna happen unless you move that parking elsewhere),
…you can’t place it on top of a convention hall.
Myself, I think it’s a good fit, especially with the other museums nearby.
Also, there will be a bridge to Northerly Island.
But that SOM wetlands idea is pretty cool as well.
Lakeside is used.
It has the Arie Crown Theater, which seats 4,429. http://www.ariecrown.com/
C2E2 used it during their first show.
Hall D has lots of natural light, there’s access to the shoreline if you need to escape, and the building offers a wrap-around patio which can be used for outdoor displays.
Of the upcoming calendar, there are:
2/5 events in November
1/4 in December
0/2 in January
1/6 in February
2/5 in March (including one event at the same time as C2E2)