On an uncharacteristically rainy and cold April afternoon, Abe Louise Young stood in the Evanston gallery Space 900, gripping stacks of paperclipped letters. She was..
People may talk about poems as though they exist in the past, but the craft is anything but stagnant. In order to recognize this, The..
Finding the entry points in Chicago’s poetry community Hearkening back to the days of Gwendolyn Brooks, Chicago has a history of making sure poetry is..
Astrology may have been around for thousands of years, but there has been a recent resurgence on social media. With self-proclaimed astrologers taking over Twitter,..
A barrage of unruly curls — springy and full of life — sits atop Adrienne Baskin’s head, projecting a sense of rebellion that matches her..
“My name is Dennis White. I’m 63 years old. And my brain is dying.” Dennis White, a Massachusetts resident, was diagnosed with a terminal..
Has the South Side Irish Parade Returned to Its Roots? The parade that Sunday, March 15, 2009, began like so many other South Side Irish..
First, I would like to say that I had a pet. It died. Or rather, I killed it. I didn’t mean to kill it. Sometimes..
When viewing art — hanging art — the piece is often at eye-level, fostering a sense of coexistence between the artist and audience. Yet walking into the..
Chicago artist Brendan Fernandes looks to his past discipline of ballet to explore the concept of control in the pursuit of form. Brendan Fernandes: The..
