Week In Review: Two of Two

Week In Review: Two of Two

PODCAST: This week Bad at Sports talked to critic, poet, gallerist, the award winning Director of the Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts Director Jessica Baran, the self-same Baran who appeared in Kelly Shindler’s earlier this year here. The week began with Dana...
Week in Review: One of Two

Week in Review: One of Two

Because I missed my chance to post last week’s “Week In Review,” this Sunday is going to be a double whammy. I’m post last week’s Week In Review first, here, and then, this weeks directly after…If you’re confused now, just...
The Outward Spiral

The Outward Spiral

Guest Post by Robert Burnier Whence this creation has come into being; whether it was made or not; he in the highest heaven is its surveyor. Surely he knows, or perhaps he knows not.  From the Cosmology Hymn of the Rig Veda, c. 2000-1700 BCE   In the initial...
Making Yourself at Home – Laura Shaeffer

Making Yourself at Home – Laura Shaeffer

Over the past ten plus years, Laura Shaeffer has been the entrepreneur and custodian behind a number of projects housed within a handful of unconventional— and often under utilized— spaces on the Southside of Chicago, including Home Gallery, The Op Shop and...
UPDATE. CARISSA HINZ HIT & RUN

UPDATE. CARISSA HINZ HIT & RUN

Hello all, Here is an update on Carissa Hinz and how you can donate money to her family to aid with the expenses related to this tragedy. For those who missed the story yesterday, we reported the shocking death of artist Carissa Hinz, 21, last Friday as she was...