In 1918, a train wreck near Hammond, IN killed about 60 people – many of them circus performers of the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus. A large memorial exists at Woodlawn Cemetery in Forest Park. I found out about today’s memorial service through the Chicago Reader, and also learned that the service coincided with National Clown Week. This,…
In a fit of nerd-tastic enthusiasm, I’d happy to say that yesterday I got linked up by BoingBoing. For those that aren’t familiar with the site (it’s one of my daily reads, and a site I check up on multiple times a day), it’s got a pretty massive audience. Needless to say, I’ve been getting…
Tonight Bryan had a group show over at Rotofugi, with a few other artist/friends of his. As usual, Bryan and his friends draw a bunch of folks. It was pretty crowded at his last group show, and Rotofugi always tends to pull in a big crowd whenever they have events. It was a bit crowded…
I didn’t find out about this exhibit until near the end, but my friend Matt let me know about a show of us at All Rise Gallery on Milwaukee. After dinner, Liz and I hopped on the scooters, and made our way over. It’s been a long while since I last saw some of Matt’s…
*ring* Hello, Bryan? It’s me, Allison. Ok, today? I was thinking we could do a bright pink top, dark jeans combo thing. Whaddya say?
About a week ago, I mentioned the Barry B*nds shirt that Mike created, with the help of Chris and Jane. Well, late last week he found out that his shirt was going to get mentioned on-air on WSCR (670 The Score), a Chicago Sports radio station. He was able to get a copy of the…