Pilsen Open Studios is happening from noon-8 PM today and tomorrow along 18th Street and elsewhere in the neighborhood from Halsted to Western. Galleries, artists, and vendors invite visitors and neighbors to experience the hyperlocal arts community. This 20-year-old event celebrates aesthetic traditions and innovations within hip-hop, muralism, screenprinting, self-publishing, graffiti, and more. Appreciators, admirers, […]
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A hunt for Chicago treasures
For Jessica Mlinaric it all started in her grandma’s backyard. “My cousin and I spent hours drawing scavenger hunts and treasure maps to the patch of trees between her lawn and a neighboring grocery store parking lot,” writes Mlinaric in the introduction to her new book Chicago Scavenger: The Ultimate Search for Chicago’s Hidden Treasures. […]
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Chicago corruption for sightseers: Walking tours show seedy underbelly of the city’s politics
“I lure them in with promises of wacky Blagojevich stories, and leave them with civics,” journalist Paul Dailing muses.
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A new app will put Chicago public art in the palm of your hand
An app hopes to bring Chicago’s public art to (digital) life.
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How Emily Graslie went from YouTube science star to full-time at the Field Museum
A 20-year-old aspiring artist visited a zoological museum. Four years later, Emily Graslie is working at the Field Museum.
