Archive : Arts

Reports are surfacing that Netflix has added a shipping facility in Bloomington, Illinois.  This is potentially good news for BloNo movie buffs who could see faster turnaround times through the off-line movie exchange service. Brian Navarro , one of those who spotted the new location, reports,”I just noticed yesterday that my envelope said Bloomington instead of Chicago for nearest Netflix facility.”  ...

Stark Excavating dealt the former University Cinemas its final blow today, officially scraping the signage off of the building and destroying any not-already-destroyed padded seating left in the building. The theater makes way for what is sure to be overpriced, 4-story student apartment housing with a commercial complex at its base. University Cinemas opened in 1971 as the first multiplex movie theater ...

Illinois State University student Jessica Funcannon whipped up some frenzy on the streets of Chicago recently when she took to Michigan Avenue in, er, drag as pop superstar Lady Gaga. Funcannon was in Chicago on a photo shoot with friends for Billboard’s Show Us Your Gaga look-alike contest, where she was a finalist.  It also just so happened to coincide with Lady Gaga’s real-life Chicago ...