Author Archives: Jeffrey Felshman

Winnifred Birts didn’t want to leave Rogers Park, but in December her building went condo. She was riding the bus crying when another passenger asked her what was wrong. When Birts told her, the bus rider said, “Girl, go talk to my landlord. They’re pretty good, and they take Section 8.” Birts considers her new […]

Formerly a latex-wearing, fire-breathing club kid–he quit after burning half his face–27-year-old clothing designer Geoffrey Mac moved four years ago at the suggestion of a squeamish landlord. “We have a line of latex, so I have a lot of fetish clients, and a lot of freaks were coming in at two in the morning wanting […]

Except for a cat who stays in the basement and shies from men, Rebecca Wolfram lives alone in her century-old house in Little Village, painting in her attic studio and playing the violin. In the front room, which doubles as a private gallery, are five small paintings of women in the branks, or scold’s bridle, […]

About three years ago George Klauba arrived home from his afternoon walk to find two birds coupling missionary style on his doorstep. The bird on its back had its wings spread as wide as they could go, wide enough for Klauba to see what looked like an armpit. “It was all a pale white, and […]