If you haven’t read Keith Ecker’s new blog, Satire and the City, you have no clue what you are missing. Here, let Essay Fiesta fill you in: Target-Gate 2010! Does Target hate gay people? Political pundit Oliver Quimby reports. Fish in space! Asian carp are threatening to bring down society. How will we stop them? … Continue reading
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Essay Fiesta Loves “Cross My Words And Hope To (Verb)”
Essay Fiesta loves two things: brain teasers and literature. And what better way to combine these two passions than an activity zine that turns original works into the craziest crossword ever! It’s called Cross My Words and Hope to (Verb), and it’s must-have for all you zinesters. California’s own Emily Alden Foster is the big … Continue reading
Essay Fiesta’s Keith Ecker Has A New Blog
Essay Fiesta’s very own Keith Ecker has a new ChicagoNow blog called Satire and the City. The blog features a rotating cast of columnists who provide commentary on everything Chicago. SATC has a Facebook page and a Twitter account, so if you’re up with your Web 2.0, then you should get on that. Keith is … Continue reading
Essay Fiesta’s Summer Reads: Keith’s Choice
Yesterday, Essay Fiesta brought you Alyson’s summer read pick. In his efforts to prove his literacy, today we bring you Keith’s recommendation. Keith highly recommends the book Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife by Lisa Miller. Heaven is all about, well, heaven. What does it look like? What does it feel like? Do you … Continue reading
Essay Fiesta’s Summer Reads: Alyson’s Choice
Essay Fiesta is thrilled it is finally summertime! We’ve got a thirst for some good summer reading, and fortunately, we’ve found some books to quench it. QUENCH! Today we bring you Alyson’s summer reading pick: The Great Perhaps by local author Joe Meno. What’s it about? The Great Perhaps is the story of a dysfunctional … Continue reading
Essay Fiesta Loves You More Today Than Yesterday…
But not as much as tomorrow! Man, things keep getting busier and busier around here at Essay Fiesta Inc. Alyson and Keith spent yesterday afternoon recording the Essay Fiesta theme song. We’ll be premiering it on Friday, so STAY TUNED! This one is Buzz Bin worthy. They do still have the Buzz Bin don’t they? … Continue reading
Keith Ecker Performs At The Paper Machete
If you’re getting wasted in Lincoln Square tomorrow as many other Maifest revelers will be doing, you should stop by the Grafton for some good old-fashioned live entertainment. The Paper Machete, a weekly live magazine how hosted by Christopher Piatt, is relocating for one week only from Ricochets to the Grafton. And Essay Fiesta’s very … Continue reading
Literary Chicago’s Essay Fiesta Write Up
The Chicago literary resource Literary Chicago posted a wonderful write up about the most recent Essay Fiesta. Read it for yourself. It made our confetti-filled hearts swell with happiness. P.S. June’s line-up will be announced next week. And sorry for the lack of postings this week. It’s wedding season, so Keith has been crisscrossing the … Continue reading
Review of The Annoyance’s “Swear Jar”
Keith recently reviewed the Annoyance’s new sketch show “Swear Jar” for the Chicago Theater Blog.
Alyson at Paper Machete, Keith Reviews Theatre
Alyson will be reading an essay at the live magazine talk show Paper Machete this Saturday. Keith and Alyson checked the show out last week and had a blast making Taylor Swift-themed artwork (see below). Oh, and Keith’s review of Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind is now live on the Chicago Theater … Continue reading
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