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Love Me is a series by London-based photographer Zed Nelson that explores the insidious power of the global beauty industry and reflects on the cultural and commercial forces that drive pathological obsessions with youth and beauty.

Red Card annual event, 2-6 pm, 1/20, Alliant Energy Center-Exhibition Hall, with unlimited beer/cheese sampling (other food available for purchase), music by Piano Fondue. $65 adv.; $95 with noon entry).

In this collection of photo essays, artists examine the search for the "perfect body," whether through photo editing or plastic surgery.

The fund awards grants to individuals and organizations to stimulate creative and economic growth in the city.

Africa’s literary greats come together at a festival that refocuses African writing to rememory, memorialisation and remembering histories, and curating futures.