GROUPON GUIDE TO CHICAGO
Let "Her" Design Your Oscars Party
BY: Amelia Buzzell |Feb 26, 2014
BY:
Deals in Chicago
Up to 55% Off on Candle/Home Fragrance (Retail) at Environment
Sale Ends 12/15
$15.39 with_code GIFT
ENVIRONMENT
Get $50 Worth of Framing Services for Only $20 in Chicago
2306 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago • 1.4 mi
60% discount_off
$14.09 with_code GIFT
The Frame Shop
Framing Services with Custom Matting and Delivery Options
4428 North Ravenswood Avenue, Chicago • 7.9 mi
Sale Ends 12/15
$17.82 with_code GIFT
Blackbird Gallery + Framing
Deals in Chicago Other Deals in Chicago
Trending
Candle-Making for 1, 2 or 4 at Ka'Lab - Bronzeville (Up to 43% Off)
Sale Ends 12/15
$33.21 with_code GIFT
Ka'Lab - Bronzeville
Up to 75% Off on Photo Framing at The Framers Edge
308 West Northwest Highway, Arlington Heights • 23.8 mi
Sale Ends 12/15
$20.39 with_code GIFT
The Framers Edge
Up to 19% Off on Candle / Home Fragrance (Retail) at Marvelous Light Candle LLC
9557 West 144th Place, Orland Park • 18.6 mi
Sale Ends 12/15
$43.74 with_code GIFT
Marvelous Light Candle
Mimic the style of Spike Jonze’s Best Production Design nominee with these orange acrylic trays and cat coasters. Just try not to fall in love with your table.
The story of a man who falls in love with his operating system, Spike Jonze’s Her is nominated for four Academy Awards this year, including Best Picture and Best Production Design. Thanks to the film’s futuristic vision of Los Angeles, full of lucite accents and midcentury modern flourishes, the latter category could just as well be called Best Scenery to Constantly Daydream About Living In. But instead of simply dreaming, why not plan an Oscars viewing party that channels the film’s saturated colors, soft lines, and enduring fondness for cats?
As guests arrive, hand them name tags pre-labeled “Samantha”—no matter what their real names actually are. Pour them drinks in color-blocked mugs that feel as though they were borrowed from Amy’s (Theodore’s neighbor) apartment and hand them a cat coaster (a nod to Theodore’s cyber one-night stand SexyKitten).
If the awards broadcast proves less than riveting, read from a book by philosopher Alan Watts—whose “uploaded consciousness” has a cameo in the film—and use it to spark a thought-provoking conversation, or 8,316 concurrent conversations, depending on who RSVPs.
1. 