The establishment will reopen as a restaurant but under a different name, the Blue Hen, said Magdy Saad, who owns the Black Hen in Blacksburg. The Due South building had been owned by state Del. Marie March.
For guitar maestro, roots music master, and producer Steve Dawson the pandemic meant ‘time to get busy.’ Eyes Closed, Dreaming is his third of the ‘pandemic trilogy,’ all released in the space of twelve months, and all three covered on these pages.
In this talk, the Mexican artist Mónica Mayer will address her work with archives through the lens of her own artistic production and her commitment to feminist practice. At the center of the conversation, she will elaborate on Pinto mi Raya, a conceptual art project that includes an archive of Mexican art criticism since 1991. ABOUT OUR GUEST SPEAKER Mónica Mayer (Mexico, 1954) has developed an integral focus in her work that, in addition to performance, drawing and interventions, considers writing, teaching and community participation as part of her artistic production. She is considered a pioneer in feminist art, performance and digital graphics in Mexico. In 1983 she founded the group Polvo de Gallina Negra (Black Hen’s Dust) with Maris Bustamante, and in 1989, with Víctor Lerma initiated the project Pinto mi Raya (I Draw the Line) of which the central element is a specialized archive of periodical clippings that has constituted the basis of diverse artistic proposals. Mayer h
This backup vocal role in Chicago is a rather intriguing one. Former mainstays of the now defunct Bloodshot label, Nora O’Connor, Kelly Hogan, and to some