May 1 marked the remembrance of a historical day in Chicago. In 1886, around 35,000…
Category: Photography
The Museum of Contemporary Photography’s take on gun violence
In response to skyrocketing statistics of gun deaths and injuries, the “American Epidemic: Guns in…
Importance of shopping local during pandemic
If you had asked Michael Salvatore, the owner of Heritage Bikes and Coffee, what he…
Queer Kickboxing Club still thriving despite pandemic smackdown
Upon moving to Uptown, G Silverstein-Tapp quickly realized the neighborhood’s dire lack of businesses and…
Rattleback Records 2nd birthday, expanded storefront
When Paul Ruffino and his husband, Mike Weaver, decided to expand the storefront of Rattleback…
Someone’s always watching: Artists portray the state of surveillance in 2020
For Daniel Kayamba, a junior at Columbia College Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Photography’s current…
Summer MoCP exhibits explore racism in the past and present
The Museum of Contemporary Photography currently holds two joint exhibitions — “Birmingham, Alabama, 1963: Dawoud…
Floof: The solo debut of a young musician
GROWING UP AS a son of Stephen Burns, a well-known trumpet virtuoso, Eddie Burns has been surrounded…