By The Illinois Holocaust Museum

The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center presents the Midwest debut of Speak Truth to Power, a major touring exhibition based on the book, Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World, by Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.
The photographic exhibition – which will highlight the experiences of more than 40 courageous “Upstanders” and urges visitors to take action against human rights violations – is on display from Sunday, February 4 – June 24.
Through stunning black-and-white portraits by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Eddie Adams featured in Kennedy’s book, Speak Truth to Power highlights activists who have worked tirelessly to defend justice in the areas of political rights, freedom of expression, honor killings, demilitarization, environmental activism, mental health, children’s rights, national self-determination and more.
Nearly 50 Upstanders will be featured from more than 40 countries across six continents, including Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic, Baltasar Garzon of Spain, Nobel Prize laureates His Holiness, The Dalai Lama, Elie Wiesel, Oscar Arias, Rigoberta Mencha, Jose Ramos-Horta, Bobby Muller, and Wangari Maathai, in addition to everyday heroes.

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Posted on January 18, 2018

By J.J. Tindall

Sick
I still have a crush on you, still
comparing thee
to a summer’s day:
more lovely, longer lease,
this kind of thing.

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Posted on January 16, 2018

By The Beachwood Vs. Affairs Desk

“Wisconsin officials have launched a planned multi-million dollar advertising campaign to lure millennials from Chicago,” Fox6 in Milwaukee, among many others, reports.

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This got the Beachwood Vs. Affairs Desk thinking:

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Posted on January 11, 2018

By The Chicago History Museum

The Chicago History Museum commemorates Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact in 2018, the 50th anniversary of his assassination, with an exhibition that explores his work in Chicago and around the nation.
“King’s work in Chicago illustrated that racism and racialized discrimination were not just southern problems but American ones,” said Joy Bivins, director of curatorial affairs at the Chicago History Museum. “We’re proud to host this exhibition as King’s work in our city, the nation and around the world continues to speak to us today.”
Remembering Dr. King: 1929-1968, opens on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 15. The exhibition opening coincides with the Museum’s annual family-friendly event that takes place from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Museum admission is complimentary for Illinois residents on this day.

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Posted on January 8, 2018

By Vincent Uribe/Arts of Life

Hi friends, I’m writing to inform you of our next opening reception at Circle Contemporary gallery (at our Chicago studio). We hope you can join us next Friday. Details below.
Community in Color
January 12th – February 23rd

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Posted on January 5, 2018

By J.J. Tindall

Metal Machine Music
Ain’t it just like the night to play tricks when you’re trying to be so quiet? – Bob Dylan, “Visions of Johanna”
The heat pipes do more than just cough:
they hiss and spew, slur and sing.
Sometimes comes garbled dialogue
in a voice like Captain Beefheart
or his hero Howlin’ Wolf;
that could be a projection of mind
or perhaps the pipes are actually
channeling radio waves.

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Posted on December 31, 2017

By The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service

Piller’s Fine Foods, a Waterloo, Canada establishment, is recalling approximately 1,076 pounds of ready-to-eat salami and speck products that may be adulterated with Salmonella, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Saturday.
The ready-to-eat speck prosciutto and salami items were produced on Sept. 22 and Oct. 12, 2017, respectively. The following products are subject to recall:

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Posted on December 19, 2017

By J.J. Tindall

Winter Mice
The winter mice are reappearing,
As if they’ve been there all along, invisible,
Walking through walls,
Fatalistically determined like lemmings
Or salmon
To attain heaven.

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Posted on December 18, 2017

By The Chicago History Museum

“On November 26, 2017, the Secret Lives of Objects exhibition closed after a three-and-a-half-year run, requiring museum staff to return the exhibition’s artifacts to storage. One of the largest was a Model P motor buggy sold by Sears, Roebuck & Company around 1910.”

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Posted on December 15, 2017

By Shelley A. Davis

For anyone who cares about protecting public lands, the Trump administration’s recent announcement that it is reducing the size of two national monuments in Utah by some two million acres is disappointing, depressing and disastrous. This is the largest rollback of federal land protection in the nation’s history.
Just a year ago, on Dec. 28, 2016, President Barack Obama had established the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah, reserving approximately 1.35 million acres of federal lands for the care and management of objects of historic and scientific interest identified therein.
Utah may feel like it is far away, but we have our own public lands in Cook County. They’re called the Forest Preserves and we have nearly 70,000 acres of these precious, protected lands.

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Posted on December 13, 2017