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In Chicago she acquired a reputation as a "jinx ship" that caused the city's drawbridges to become stuck when they were raised to let her pass, causing long delays to traffic. [2] Such an incident became the setting for the 1977 dramatic film Medusa Challenger.
Medusa Challenger is the story of two flower sellers, Uncle Jack (Jack Wallace) and his nephew Joey (Joe Mantegna), who sell flowers on the busy Lake Shore Drive bridge in downtown Chicago. When the huge cement carrier Medusa Challenger causes the drawbridge to be raised and traffic to be stopped, Jack and Joey become separated. Jack is ...
Justin Mroz (vocals, guitar) and Lance Stewart (bass, vocals) formed Certain Distant Suns in 1989 [1] in Fox Lake, Illinois.The duo made early recordings with producer Dave Trumfio, and used keyboards & sequencers to back up their live performances at Chicago venues like Medusa’s -- the nightclub once located at School & Sheffield.
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium,” Episode 3 of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” This story also contains a discussion of sexual assault.
"The Laugh of the Medusa" is an essay by French feminist critic Hélène Cixous.Originally written in French as "Le Rire de la Méduse" in 1975, a revised version was translated into English by Paula Cohen and Keith Cohen in 1976.
Medusa's (an all-ages bar in Chicago) incorporated visuals as part of their nightly art performances throughout the early to mid 80s (1983–85). [14] Also in Chicago during the mid-80s was Smart Bar, where Metro held "Video Metro" every Saturday night.
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Perseus and Medusa – bronze statue by Hubert Gerhard (c. 1590) Medusa (oil on canvas) by Caravaggio (1597) Head of Medusa, by Peter Paul Rubens (1618) Medusa (marble bust) by Gianlorenzo Bernini (1630s) Medusa is played by a countertenor in Jean-Baptiste Lully and Philippe Quinault's opera, Persée (1682). She sings the aria "J'ay perdu la ...