November 2 - DosXX Most Interesting Show at HOB
September 11 - Just Desserts #10 at Lincoln Hall
Sept 7 - Tuesdays Are Famous at Beauty Bar
Sept 4-5 - North Coast Festival at Union Park
or see all the galleries...
The English Surgeon
A good documentary does more to stimulate my mind than the best fictional films. The English Surgeon is above and beyond a spectacular documentary. Most scriptwriters couldn't dare compete with the sheer drama and uncomfortable tension filmmaker Geoffrey Smith captures in his real-life story of English neurosurgeon Henry Marsh, who became fed up with the inability of Ukrainian doctors to treat patients in need of brain operations and decided to do something about it. When a young Ukrainian man needs an operation to remove a tumor in his brain, Doctor Smith is his only hope for long-term survival. Unfortunately for this patient, modern luxuries are nowhere to be found in modern-day Ukraine and the only the way the operation can move forward is by using nothing but local anesthetics to reduce the pain of drilling thru the scull and scraping away the cancerous cells growing on his brain--In other words, doing the entire operation while completely awake and conscious. Beyond the unbelievable situations throughout the film, the simple message of humanitarianism shines. In today's consumerist smorgasbord of a world we live in, it can be easy to forget the simple things that make being a fellow human being a rewarding experience. This film helps remind us. -Clayton Hauck
Brain Stuff.
(itunes link, web link)
HowStuffWorks.com offers a nice variety of interesting podcasts but the first one I stumbled upon was Brain Stuff. It's a short but sweet look into, well, how stuff works. Each podcast gives a straight and to-the-point explaination on a wide variety of topics of which you are sure to find a few that interest you.
Photography 
Scenes from Berlin nightclub, Chicago. October 16, 2009. I've said if before and I'll say it again. Shooting nightlife photos at Berlin is a ton of fun. Great lighting, great people, great times all around! These particular shots are from the Thursday night weekly party called Stardust w/ Zebo, Scott Cramer & company. Go check it out! (via)
Party Pics 
October 15, 2009 | Stardust at Berlin: Stardust at Berlin is consistently fun and fantastic for photos. Have I said this already? Am I a broken record? Well, it's true. This was the One-Year Anniversary of Stardust, the weekly Thursday dance party from Scott Cramer & co. Zebo & Heather Doble were on the decks, along with some live acts I forget the names of (edit: My Gold Mask is the band photographed). Check out some more shots below or see the entire gallery here!
Click here to see all the photos from Stardust's Anniversary at Berlin.
Nightlife, Party Pics 
8/6/2009 | Chicago: I hadn't been to Berlin in a long time and since I was on the northside anway, I figured this would be the perfect time to go back! Kid Color was playing, along with LA friends Daisy O and Josh Glazer from URB Magazine. I'm pretty sure there was a Passion Pit and Brazillian Girls DJ set in there somewhere, but by that time I was pretty lit from all the free booze. I will say, I'm rather pleased with the shots I got. I sort of played with a new technique I've been using and went a little harder on the lighting effects, which I am a fan of when done well. Take a look at the gallery and tell me what you think!
Click here to see all the photos from Berlin on Thursday night.
