Contrast and saturation will go a lot farther for you than bogus retro looks and phony simulations of hardware you have never owned or operated. Worry instead about composition. Worry about staying out of the rain. Worry about how you are going to eventually dry your shoes. Worry about what you will do in the unlikely event Ciudad Viejo is as terrifying as the folks on the travel forums would have you believe.
Hangover City with special guest Andrew Reilly. Plus: The White Sox Are The Cleveland Browns; The Bulls Got Ripped Off, Man!; Meet Your 2019 Stanley Cup Champions!; Greatest Bears Game Ever Coming This Christmas Eve!; and Schweinsteiger!
No Stairway
Pilsen, Chicago
Canon t3i @ 28mm
f5.6 / ISO 100 / 1/100
One Man’s Map Of The City Of Chicago In The Year 2016
“Andersonville did not count, though Edgewater and Uptown both did; officially there is no such thing as Bronzeville, even though everyone knows there is absolutely such a thing as Bronzeville. And so on.”
Seeing Things In A New Light: Stories Of Discovery & Epiphany
“Life throws you a curveball, and your world becomes unmoored. Sometimes, that change comes with the end of a relationship or a radical career shift. But no matter what, these discoveries and epiphanies have the power to transform our worlds, or at least our perceptions. From a young woman who must endure one of her biggest fears to reach her saving grace to a little girl on a quest with her mother for a new set of dishes, join us for an evening of stories that are sure to help you see things in a new light.”
Friday, December 9 through Sunday, December 11
1406 W. Morse Ave., 7pm
Stories by Andrew Reilly, Siobhan Thompson, Kim Hunt, and Scott Woldman
Directed by Julian Stroop
Sound Design by Jeffery Levin
Curated by Aimy Tien & Vince Pagan
This Is Where We Are: Stories Of Self & Acceptance
“What happens when someone isn’t who we thought they were? What happens when that someone is us? A celebrity crush crashes an anniversary celebration; a woman wrestles the ghost haunting her new life; a child rules her new world with both velvet glove and iron fist; a mother struggles to give her daughter the world she never had. This month, our tellers search for answers as they search for themselves—whether they like what they find or not.”
Friday, November 11 through Sunday, November 13
1406 W. Morse Ave., 7pm
Stories by Deborah Hines, Erica Cruz Hernandez, Lizzie Duszynski, and Jasmin Cardenas
Directed by Dorothy Milne
Sound Design by Nick Kawahara
Curated by Andrew Reilly
True Hoop
“You won’t know until you try, but the real hooping took place before the hood was gentrified.”
AMR
Chicago, IL / October 21, 2016