By Helene Smith
Shag & Mahal?
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Posted on June 30, 2017
South Side Teens Set To Showcase Talents At International Film Festival
By Marilyn Katz Communications
Four teens from Chicago’s South Side are using their creativity, and an opportunity created by a unique Chicago partnership, to flip the narrative on violence and instead shine the spotlight on the lives behind the headlines this Friday.
Through the creation of a documentary film called Rise Up, four young filmmakers aim to help others feel the humanity of their intimate experience with violence.
Posted on June 28, 2017
Researchers Seek Warning System For Destructive Waves On Great Lakes
By Jack Nissen/Great Lakes Echo via WisContext
Contrary to popular belief, Earth’s oceans do not have a monopoly on tsunamis.
Lesser known meteotsunamis are equally destructive and move just as fast in the Great Lakes.
Al (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted on June 26, 2017
Beachwood Photo Booth: Shelf Life
At The Art Institute | Gauguin: Artist As Alchemist
By The Art Institute Of Chicago
Relentlessly adventurous in his work, Paul Gauguin created distinctive, innovative art across a wide variety of media. Get to know the many sides of this complex artist with the most in-depth examination to date of his radical experiments as a painter, sculptor, ceramist, printmaker and decorator.
Posted on June 22, 2017
Ink: Chicago Blue
Limited Edition!
“A very very deep blue. In fact, super dark blue.”
Posted on June 20, 2017
Wisconsin’s Penokees Are A Geologic Gem
By Scott Gordon/WisContext
In a state where the landscape tends towards low-lying swamps, flat fields and rolling hills, northern Wisconsin’s Penokee Range of mountains are a dramatic outlier. Though their elevation is relatively modest – the Penokees are often just called hills – the range stands out. Billions of years of geologic processes, a cataclysmic meteor impact and changes in Earth’s atmosphere all contributed to shaping a land with striking visual and physical properties.
Posted on June 19, 2017
Beachwood Photo Booth: Flotos’ Gifts
By Helene Smith
Where shopping is an adventure since 1946!
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Posted on June 16, 2017
Chicago Vegan Fest 2017!
Featuring Karyn Calabrese, Jonny Juicer, Pharaoh
Highlights from last weekend from interesting people.
1. Pharaoh Said That.
Posted on June 15, 2017