Exercise boosts brain activity
By Elizabeth Bacharach Heart thumping, sweat dripping, neurotransmitters surging. “This is your body on exercise,” according to the findings of a new imaging study. Your heart and lungs work harder, of course. But the real surprise is how the exercise produces surges of more neurotransmitters that rev up brain function.
From dingy to delightful – vibrant lights glow under the Loop el
By Elizabeth Bacharach The shadows beneath the el tracks – the underbelly of the city –are starting to glow with multi-colored lights on Wabash Avenue. And the lights may soon become part of a personalized light show that people can program from an app. The makers of The Wabash Lights are raising contributions to ultimately run […]
Comedy spotlights the battle of the sexes
By Elizabeth Bacharach Three women donning animal ears dance to music as the character Waldo from “Where’s Waldo?” slinks between them, attempting to keep rhythm as he approaches each woman from behind. Once in position, Waldo extends his hands to grope his target and is deterred by each startled actress who jumps away. This scene […]
Charlotte Moorman: Shattering barriers between art and technology
By Elizabeth Bacharach Can a television and a topless cellist wearing a pair of them be art? To Charlotte Moorman—the Julliard-trained cellist commonly known as the “topless cellist”— a television is art. This is evident in the first major Moorman exhibition. “A Feast of Astonishments,” open through July 17 at Northwestern University’s Mary and Leigh […]
Auto Show accelerates into the future lanes of technology
By Elizabeth Bacharach While Back to the Future’s Doc Brown might be disappointed by the lack of flying cars at the 2016 Chicago Auto Show, he’d likely be impressed by the breadth of technology packed into this year’s event. The smart cars at the Chicago Auto Show give you eyes at the back of your […]
Prozac trial to assess prenatal treatment of Down syndrome
By Elizabeth Bacharach Paul Watson is a father, a husband and a Southwest Airlines pilot. But as an explorer, he searches each city he lands in for the labs of local scientists studying Down syndrome. He’s also the “ideas man” behind the first human trial to test fluoxetine, also known as Prozac, as a prenatal […]
Psychotherapy can give patients long-term relief from IBS symptoms
By Elizabeth Bacharach “It comes on and I wish I could figure out how to control it, that I could stop it, but I can’t. I’ve tried,” said retired sales associate Cheryl Moran. What is “it”? Uncontrollable diarrhea. “It” is a symptom of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) — diarrhea along with abdominal pain, bloating and […]
Japanese photographer uses “cult” camera to tell a Chicago story
By Elizabeth Bacharach Satoki Nagata, who moved to Chicago in 1992, exclusively used a Leica camera to capture the photographs that compose the December-long exhibit “Lights in the City” at the Rangefinder Gallery. Located within Tamarkin Camera, 300 W. Superior St., the gallery displays 21 images from two different projects: “Lights in Chicago” and “Frances […]
Blissful ignorance can be deadly: students pass on HIV/AIDS event
By Elizabeth Bacharach It’s been five years since a study found that 50 percent of HIV-positive youth under the age of 24 did not know their diagnosis. Are you shocked? Surprised? Virtually wearing a red ribbon of awareness, University of Illinois at Chicago’s Gallery 400 participated in Day With(out) Art in hopes of raising HIV/AIDS […]
