Redtwist Theatre Grand Reopening
Congratulations to our friends at Redtwist Theater (formerly Actors Workshop) who celebrated their GRAND RE-OPENING on November 5, 2008. Their new name carries with it a new mission: to do white hot drama, in a tiny black box, with a little red twist.
Thanks for voting APART
Just as Tuesday night, Election Day, was a historic night for the nation and Chicago, it was a record breaking night at APART Pizza. We saw pizza orders at our Montrose and Broadway stores pass unprecedented volumes—and we want to thank those of you who waited up to two hours for pizzas to arrive and fuel your celebration.
Continue Reading…Carlozo plays historic FitzGerald's with the Spares, May 16
Lou Carlozo
FitzGerald’s Tavern
6615 Roosevelt Rd, Berwyn, IL 60402
Friday, May 16, 8:00PM
APART Arts musician Lou Carlozo is playing friday night at the legendary FitzGerald’s in Berwyn, with one of the best Americana groups in the Midwest, the Spares. Doors open at 8 p.m., door is $10.
And remember, you’ll be standing in the same room where Paul Newman met Tom Cruise in “The Color of Money.” A splendid time is guaranteed for all. Get there before the Berwyn town fathers sell the infamous “Car Spike” on eBay.
APART a Global Sponsor for Loyola's North Lake Shore Earth Day - Sat Apr 12
APART Pizza is proud to be a part of improving our neighborhood and our world through supporting Loyola University’s Earth Day.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Quinlan Life Sciences Building
1060 W. Sheridan Road
The mission of Loyola’s North Lake Shore Earth Day 2008 is to bring together the north lake shore communities of Andersonville, Edgewater, Ravenswood, Rogers Park, Uptown and West Ridge to create an event that will generate positive publicity, provide meaningful programming, guest speakers and displays in the interest of raising awareness about the environment.
For more information, visit the luc.edu/earthday and download the North Lake Shore Earth Day brochure.
Lou Carlozo - Unplugged at Ventrella's on Sat Apr 5
APART Arts and Ventrella’s proudly present:
Lou Carlozo
Unplugged at Ventrella’s
Sat Apr 5 @ 4:00pm
4947 N. Damen near Argyle
Lou Carlozo specials
APART Pizza is celebrating APART Arts artist Lou Carlozo with:
The Lou Carlozo pizza
$5, $10, $14 incl. tax
Homemade Italian pizza dough, sauce, mozzarella, mushroom, sausage, pepperoni, yellow peppers, finished with a dash of oregano
- The Lou Carlozo Pizza comes with a free Sans a Vox CD (while supplies last)
- The Lou Carlozo Pizza + Stickfigure Soul CD for $4 more
- Every pizza until the Ventrella’s show on April 5 comes with a coupon for an American coffee at Ventrella’s
About Lou Carlozo
A Chicago Tribune DVD critic, editor and former music writer, Lou Carlozo is also an award-winning songwriter. “Stick Figure Soul” recalls the likes of Tom Petty, the Byrds, Kinks, Matthew Sweet and Clash with doses of post-modern pop thrown in the atom smasher. For more on Lou Carlozo, visit his MySpace page.
A Journalism Prank for the Digital Age, and the Ages: Lou Carlozo and Chicago Tribune Cohorts
MARCH 21, 2008 - In one of the most outlandish journalism practical jokes of the Digital Age, the Chicago Tribune has crashed a video contest held by its rival, the Chicago Sun-Times: A team of Tribune journalists captured a $1,000 first prize to write and record a song asking Tribune owner Sam Zell not to rename Wrigley Field, home of the Cubs.
The Tribune musicians, led by APART Arts artist Lou Carlozo, recorded the soundtrack at Lou’s Carma Studios in Chicago. Lou produced, engineered and mixed the song and also suggested the song parody—a riff on Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It” called “We’re Not Gonna Change It.” He also played the utterly ridiculous guitar solo.
Says Lou: “This was such ridiculous fun—I mean, how many times do I get to pull out my heavy-metal guitar with four pickups in it?”
The Tribune team, which called itself “The Mirages,” was led by Tempo staff reporter Kevin Pang and Tempo editor Tim Bannon. It also included Rex Huppke (lyrics), Bill Adee (digital editor), Katie Hamilton (our decoy and video star), Rob Elder (singing and lyrics), Jeremy Manier (bass and vocals) and Aaron Vetch (vocals, video co-star). On lead vocals: Iraq correspondent and Metro reporter James Janega.
Also of note: Lou Carlozo’s mighty live drummer Chuck Harling supplied the throbbing drums and cowbell—in one take. Video was shot by Chris Brown.
Plans call for ther Trib to donate the proceeds to charity. “I’ve heard former Sun-Times owner Conrad Black needs to pay a few legal bills,” Carlozo said.
Lou Carlozo is the artist behind “Stick Figure Soul,” an album rated one of the Top 10 local releases in the Chicago area for 2007 by the Illinois Entertainer. The disc also gets an enthusiastic thumbs-up in the final issue of CCM Magazine, to hit newsstands soon. His album is out on APART Arts, the arts organization created by APART Pizza CEO Torsten Reiss in Chicago.
See Lou’s video section on myspace.com for a peek at the Tribune video, as well as at link below…
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-suntimes-song-contest,1,5135234.htmlstory
Carlozo plays Double Door on Tue, Feb 19
Lou Carlozo—whose new album “Stick Figure Soul” made the Illinois Entertainer’s Top 10 list for 2007—plays the famed Double Door in a special early show Tuesday, February 19. Doors open at 7, Carlozo hits the stage at 9 sharp!
Continue Reading…This Valentines, say I APART U
Continue Reading…Read for kickoff? Pre-order APART Pizza for Super Bowl XLII
Continue Reading…Tribune praise for Hashimoto - private reception Sat, Feb 2
“That she [Hashimoto] succeeded in creating poetic physical structures to hold her ideas is the thing, and several of the pieces on view will hold the interest of generalists and specialists in ceramics alike.”
-Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune
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A benefit APART from the rest
By: Joel Lemmon, Static Multimedia
The gourmet food for the evening was provided by APART Pizza. That’s right, kids, gourmet pizza – get used to it. Not only did they feed everyone (did you ever eat a turkey pizza? Gobble-gobble,) they created APART Arts to support local artists and arts groups through grants, mentoring, and promotional partnerships. That night APART Arts was raising money for the 35-year-old charitable organization the Cabrini Green Legal Aid, which provides holistic legal services to low-income individuals throughout Chicago. That’s the holiday spirit, eh? Continue reading…
APART Arts presents The Circular
APART Arts is proud to present the first issue of The Circular, a publication with a difference.
Continue Reading…APART Arts presents The House Theater's Nutcracker Benefit Performance for Cabrini Green Legal Aid
Last night’s Nutcracker Benefit was a wonderful success.
Continue Reading…House Theatre creates a 'Nutcracker' that goes straight for the jugular
APART Arts is proud to sponsor a benefit for Cabrini Green Legal Aid on Wed Dec 19, 8pm, featuring “The Nutcracker”, described as:
“House’s most substantial work since ‘The Sparrow’”
- Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune Read the article…
Holiday hours
This holiday season, we will be closed on the following days:
- Thanksgiving closed
- Dec 24th closed
- Dec 25th closed
Putting the Art in APART
Though some may not connect pizza and art, we do, and that is what makes us APART. Each and every serving is a work of hand-made art, an expression of the unique style of each chef. But our investment in art extends beyond the food we serve. Continue Reading…
From Italy to Chicago -- one neighborhood at a time!
APART Pizza Company expands to Edgewater/Uptown, adds exotic European dessert
Continue Reading…Coming summer 2007
Friends and neighbors,
Thank you for being an essential part of APART Pizza Company’s success. Together, we enjoyed amazing growth overcoming the challenges of our first location.
Continue Reading…Cupid to deliver Valentine pizza and rose from APART Pizza
(APART Pizza Company, Inc., Chicago, IL) – This February 14th, APART Pizza is offering a truly unique way to say “I love you” to that special someone.
Continue Reading…Happy holidays!
Click here to view our 2006 holiday card.