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When I started working on Alchemy’s Daughter when my son was still in pre-school, I never imagined it would take fourteen years before I would hold a printed copy of the book in my hand.  But as I’ve said before, … Continue reading →

Last Sunday, instead of working on my novel,  I visited the National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen.  I love this museum, and I’m always surprised that more Chicagoans don’t know about this treasure in the Pilsen neighborhood. Years  back … Continue reading →

Like the English poet John Masefield, Jason Brammer has heeded the call of sea.  The Chicago artist’s new solo exhibition, “Into the Deep,” explores the hidden mysteries down below in works inspired by nautical maps, navigational instruments, and medieval bestiaries.  … Continue reading →

Sky Cubacub wears leather holsters that hold her Lindstrom pliers. Essential tools at hand, she is ready to chainmaille at any time. “It also makes me feel like a cowboy with his guns, ready for the quick draw,” says the … Continue reading →

Poetry and light installation tomorrow at 6 pm at Northwestern University Campus!  One of Italy’s most famous and popular artists, Marco Nereo Rotelli, is here in Chicago, and he is creating a stunning display on the University’s library. Rotelli, who … Continue reading →

I would not call myself an art collector, but the walls of my home are filled with paintings by various artists.  My mother, Lori Bloom Bohaty, was a painter, and so her work is well represented.  There are also a … Continue reading →

Before you settle in with the big screen and chicken wings tonight, have a healthy taste of art.  You can read about Chris Silva and the collaboration of Chicago artists in the era of gridlock on the Examiner here. Chris … Continue reading →

Some find little merit in the graffiti that adorns the walls of abandoned buildings or the sides of subway trains here in Chicago.   And yet the graffiti artists persevere, wielding their cans of spray paint, creating spontaneous arabesques and turns … Continue reading →

The new year, still unwritten, looms large and open and full of promise.  Miracles can happen if you imagine them, if you work hard enough, if you try over and over and over again.  So make a wish, write it … Continue reading →

If the old world is ending, as the Mayan calendar suggests, then a new world is beginning.  Celebrating this auspicious day, 12-12-12, Hilton  | Asmus  Contemporary is hosting a stunning exhibition which opens tonight, 5-9 p.m.  Artist and poet Arica … Continue reading →