Tacked to the wall of a beloved Hyde Park dive, a time capsule hides in plain sight.
Tag: mural
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Fading Memories of Germany
Lincoln Square artist Lothar Speer said he’d restore his prominent German heritage mural. But as the neighborhood has become less German and more gentrified, he wonders if anyone really cares anymore.
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How this got made: the award-winning 2017 Best of Chicago issue cover
The Reader‘s graphic designer and former director of photography and two sign painters explain how they created and photographed a mural in just 12 days.
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Historic home destroyed in fire; ex-owner furious at county for failing to secure it
The 125-year-old home had been ravaged by vandals after crews decided not to board up a basement window.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
After city accidentally whitewashes landmark mural, artists and activists demand change
Sandra Antongiorgi and Marcus Akinlana’s Es Tiempo de Recordar had been in Hermosa for 26 years.
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What ever happened to the King Memorial Mural at 43rd and Langley?
The artist, Eugene “Eda” Wade, wants to know, but nobody seems to have any answers.
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The case of the missing Keith Haring mural
The 36 panels currently on display at the Chicago Cultural Center are less than a third of the 488-foot-long work the artist created with CPS students in 1989.
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My morning at the Pitchfork lineup reveal, or two hours of watching paint dry
A Reader intern discovers the life of excitement and glamour that is journalism.
Posted inMusic
The best of the weekend’s blues outside Millennium Park
Not at the festival but playing in town are Eddie Shaw, Peaches Staten, L’Roy, Eddy “the Chief” Clearwater, and many more.
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A South Loop mural wants you to stop telling women to smile
Tatyana Fazlalizadeh’s street harassment project comes to Chicago.
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When Keith Haring painted Chicago
The story behind the Keith Haring mural at Wells High School
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Loop building’s makeover includes a giant $800,000 mural
The 300 South Wacker building’s giant mural features a map of the Chicago River and surrounding streets.
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The Ladydrawers collective tackles “Sex. Money. Race. Gender.”
The Ladydrawers collective tackles “Sex. Money. Race. Gender.”
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Artist’s del Valle Mural Channels Twitter
Barack Obama had Shepard Fairey.
Miguel del Valle has Maya Escobar.