My new sculpture installation, Seahorses are fish. will be on display in The Whistler’s Window Gallery for the months of May and June. The Whistler is my favorite cocktail bar in Chicago and I’ve always loved how they use the window space so I’m very pleased to have my work on display there.

If you follow me on Instagram you’ve had some sneak peaks but if you want to see the final piece, there will be an opening reception on Thursday, May 2 from 6:30–9:30pm. Come have a drink with me!

Seahorses are fish.
Installation by Kendall Bruns
The Whistler Storefront Gallery
2421 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
May–June 2013

Opening Reception:
Thursday, May 2, 2013
6:30–9:30pm

If you take any pictures please use the #seahorsesarefish hashtag!

The five issue series from Image Comics was written by Nick Spencer with art by Christian Ward. Throughout the series I contributed photos and some page layouts.

Christian based the appearance of a character in issue #3 on me. When I received Nick’s script for issue #5 that same character reappeared but this time he was written for some pages that were meant to combine my photos with Christian’s artwork. In previous issues, my pages and Christian’s were always separate so this was something new. I took my self-portraits to fit into his panels and he put it all together and made it work.

There are plans to release a hardcover collection of the entire series but I’m unsure of the timing so your best bet is to track down the single issues or buy them digitally from someplace like Comixology.

To find your local comic book retailer visit www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-COMIC-BOOK

Lucky and Zonk (previously exhibited at the Contemporary Museum in Baltimore) are joined by a few of my smaller sculptures, a wall piece that I installed a few weeks ago and my screen printed Happy/Sad Pepperoni T-shirts. Other artists in the exhibition include Voss Finn, Jeff Casto, Lisa Merida-Paytes, Carla Johnson and Zach Rawe.

The exhibition is open now and runs through December 14, 2012. There will be a Final Friday Artist Reception on November 30, 2012 from 5–8pm. I will be there selling Happy/Sad Pepperoni T-shirts.

Installation view of Big Curiosity and Zonk.

AAC Sculpture Alumni Exhibition
Art Academy of Cincinnati
Pearlman Gallery
1212 Jackson St, Cincinnati, OH
November 9–December 14, 2012
Artist Reception: Friday, November 30, 2012, 5–8pm

Ax, me + Lucky. Photo by Ann Burrell.

This short film was created for Chicago’s 48 Hour Film Project 2012. It won the Audience Award for Group B. Made by Dirty Borders.

Dirty Borders is Tim Weidelman, Sean Dove and Matt Relstab. Special help from Kendall Bruns and Jon Satrom

Performed by Rob Nastoff, Adam Yencho and Emmi Chen.

Steve tells really great humorous anecdotes… or does he?

written by Dave Urlakis
directed by Kendall Bruns
featuring Dave Urlakis, Peter Kremidas & Wes Needham

Does your printer always seem to be low on ink? Maybe it’s because of the Printer Cartridge Fairy…

Written by and starring Dave Urlakis. Directed and edited by Kendall Bruns.

The Seedy Seeds return to Let’s Get Serious and Chicago for a show on January 22, 2012 at Reggie’s Music Joint.

I interviewed The Seedy Seeds on Episode 11 almost a year ago but along with the passage of time comes change, including the introduction of a new member, drummer/multi-instrumentalist Joe Frankl. I try to unravel the mystery that is Joe and we discuss old-timey slang with banjo accompaniment courtesy of Mike Ingram.

Listen to the Seeds perform two songs live in my kitchen, “Ethel” and “Flooded”.

Let’s Get Serious with Kendall Bruns
Episode 027: The Seedy Seeds
Running time: 65 minutes

Download (60.3MB mp3): Let’s Get Serious: Episode 027

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Are you ready for a Sunday full of comedy? This post is going up a little late so I hope you’re reading it from the lobby at Stage 773.

Here are my recommendations for today.

Sunday, January 8, 2012
3pm – Sausage (The Pro)
4pm – Acid Reflux Comedy Troupe (The Thrust)
5pm – Jack Tripper (The Cab)
6pm – Scuzznick Productions (The Pro)
7pm - Sherra: Secret of the Ooze (The Thrust)
8pm - Variety Stampede! (The Thrust)

Call 773-327-5252 or go to Stage773.com for tickets

Sausage

Many of the groups performing tonight also performed last night or last weekend.

For tonight’s 9pm slot I’m picking Heavy Wait featuring T.J. Miller (Late Night with David Letterman, Comedy Central), Brady Novak (Community, Raising Hope), Mark Raterman (Second City) and Nick Vatterott (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Conan) but last night I saw Pangea 3000 and they were one of my absolute favorites this year so I also highly recommend seeing them tonight if you missed them yesterday.

Other second chance performances I recommend include The Tim and Micah Project, The Cupid Players, Urlakis and Cusick, Stupid Time Machine and Fuct.

These are my picks for tonight.

Saturday, January 14, 2012
6pm – The Tim and Micah Project (The Box)
7pm – No Offense (The Box)
8pm – Kerpatty (The Thrust)
9pm – Heavy Wait (The Thrust)
10pm – Inside Joke Films (The Cab)
11pm – Think Tank (The Thrust)

Jon Braylock & Ramy Youssef from Inside Joke Films were featured on Episode 6 of Let’s Get Serious: Let’s Get Serious with Inside Joke Films

Call 773-327-5252 or go to Stage773.com for tickets and check back here for daily recommendations and additional coverage of the festival.

Inside Joke Films