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Bloody Good Pie
Pleasant House Bakery was utterly charming. A chalk sign on the wall advertised pasties, royal pies, and “bangers and mash.” The entire kitchen, where two men were busy rolling dough and filling pies, was visible behind the counter. On a nearby table, a sprig of purple-blossomed chive rested in a small glass. The British... »
The Runoff
In the Bridgeport of 2011, Maria’s Dry Goods and Community Bar is bringing politics and booze together again. »
Third Fridays: Does the gallery crawl pay off for Bridgeport’s art community?
Light and noise spill out from the Zhou B Art Center onto a dark street lined with vacant brick factories, hinting at the warmth and activity inside. Cross the threshold and the eerily quiet street life is replaced with a different kind of urbanism. Hulking marble sculptures lay about like ancient ruins. Young cosmopolitans... »
Pub puzzlers
If you want to pay lots of money in exchange for being asked increasingly obscure and intellectual questions that will leave you hunched over the bar counter, drunk, broke, and brainless, Hyde Park is the place you’re looking for. The University of Chicago Pub, in the basement of Ida Noyes (1212 E. 59th), hosts... »
Positive Energy: Stock up on magical merchandise at Augustine’s Spiritual Goods
The Reverend Stitch Jones leans over the counter at Augustine’s Authentic Spiritual Goods and addresses the woman sitting before him. “So, do you meditate?” He is surrounded by semi-filled bottles of different colored oils and powders labeled with names like Love, Dragon’s Blood, and Peace. “Is there any particular type of Buddhism you’re interested... »
In Dialogue: Artists from Denver and Iran collaborate across borders
In the United States, the prevailing notion of Iran is one of religious fundamentalism and political oppression. “Iran” conjures up images of veiled women, state-sponsored terrorism, and nuclear weapons; rarely is it connected with contemporary art. “Dialogue,” a new exhibition of collaborative U.S.-Iranian art, opens January 29 at the Co-Prosperity Sphere in Bridgeport. The... »
Where art meets life
Lines are being blurred in the Chicago art scene. As demonstrated by last Saturday’s Artist Run Spaces Tour, organized by the Hyde Park Art Center, the divisions between artist and curator, studio and gallery, office and home really aren’t so defined after all. The Artist Run Spaces Tour represents HPAC’s contribution to the year-long... »
Faith painting
The art of icon writing is one that traverses many cultures. From Buddhism, to Orthodox Christianity, to Islam, the practice is as widespread as religion itself. Katherine de Shazer teaches a weekend class on this historical art form in the Byzantine Russian tradition at the St. Mary of Perpetual Help Church in Bridgeport. “The... »
