Nixed Messages
Some photos are timeless, some are just tasteless—so what happens to those that don’t make the grade? We dust off a few cutting-room rejects for closer inspection.
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We asked you to send in photos. You snapped to it. Over the course of two months, Chicago received more than 1,400 photo contest entries from avid shutterbugs ages 14 to 88 across the country. Although your favorite subject was Millennium Park (we received 467 images of the Bean alone), shots from the tops of tall buildings and pictures of tulips were popular as well. Sorting through submissions wasn’t easy, but these shots inspired us to give some familiar scenes—and a few previously unknown faces—a second look.
Pixel Perfect: Learn to Shoot
What happens when you challenge a professional photographer to a point-and-shoot-off?
Pixel Perfect: Organize, edit, and share
Here’s how to organize the thousands of images residing on your computer’s hard drive.
Straight Edge/ Talking Trash
This year, the punk band Rise Against took on J. Crew and sold a lot of albums. PLUS: Talking Trash: Ira Glass v. Beau O’Reilly!
The Avant Guardians
Meet four rising jazz stars who are bellowing their way out of the local fringe and into the big time.
Settling Versus Settling Down
Tuesday’s blog seemed to strike a chord with some readers. “Why do you hold so firmly to the belief that single 32-year-olds have a hang-up or two?” one poster queried. Another asked, “What’s so bad about ‘settling’ at this point in the game?” As cited in a previous post, 51 percent of American women are … Read more
Big Nights, Small City
Thursday night I attended De Lux, a clean, comfortable, no-frills corner bar owned by Gen Furla (I love women bar owners), who used to helm the now-shuttered Parkway Tavern on Fullerton. Chicago feels like such a small city sometimes: When we walked in, we bumped into The Husbands – the male half of The Marrieds … Read more
Direct Hit
What inspires Wicker Park filmmaker Malik Bader’s neo-noir movies? Chicago’s gritty underbelly.
Psst! There’s Art in #4A
In turning their living rooms into exhibition spaces, some young entrepreneurs are bridging the gap between elite West Loop galleries and the emerging art scene. “It forces me to mop more,” says Katie Rashid, explaining the downside of opening an art gallery in her apartment. The upside? For an aspiring gallerist with an eye for talent: a business opportunity—plus an excuse to throw some of the best parties in town.