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Posts tagged as “Art Institute of Chicago”

27th Annual Polish Film Festival Brings Together Polish Americans

Karolina Bielawska, the filmmaker of the documentary “Call Me Marianna,” showcased her film in the annual Polish Film Festival that took place last month in…

Paint, Punk Rock and Perseverance: A Local Artist’s Journey With Epilepsy

A metal bird cage rests upon a woman’s head, her bare chest exposed, a wink in her eye and her left hand over her heart. Around…

Design, Have Fun, and Do Windows Without Microsoft

Bottle & Bottega is holding a Project Windows Launch Party on Wednesday, July 9th from 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. The studio in Chicago’s South…

SpotHero’s Got a (Parking) Place for You This Holiday Season

In June 2011, the City of Chicago created the first apps competition in the nation open to anyone in the community, but especially local app developers,…

A Slice of Neighborhood in a Big City

In 1982, Tom Mannos never imagined the desolate Loop location that surrounded his restaurant, Exchequer Restaurant & Pub, would evolve into one of the busiest…

Extensive Art Institute of Chicago libraries go overlooked

  A look inside the Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago finds eager tourists snapping photos, teachers leading noisy children on field trips and tour…

“Summer of Hate” Exhibit Opens in Bronzeville

By Ebony L. McCline ChicagoTalks first published a story about the Springfield race riots on Feb. 27, 2008. With the opening this month of the…