Yom Kippur is the traditional Jewish day of atonement but my day of penance for the past twenty-five years has come a few weeks earlier. It’s gone by several different names and has moved locations and undergone a lot of upheaval but is currently called Expo Chicago. It’s just an art fair but it neverContinue reading “Amusement Tax”
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Heroes & Villains
A couple weekends ago I went to Humboldt Park two nights in a row to see bands play at an idiotic food truck festival. Normally I wouldn’t be caught dead at an outdoor festival of any kind, especially one centered around overpriced, mediocre street food, but the bands in question were the Gories andContinue reading “Heroes & Villains”
Can’t and Won’t
Go read Lydia Davis’ story collection which this painting (as well as this week’s newsletter) is named after. It’s killer. This painting and a few other recent ones will go up at the Gold Star this Thursday and will stay up until somebody buys them or Mary Ann tells me it’s time to take ’em home. IContinue reading “Can’t and Won’t”