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| |  | | Visitors enjoy the winning contest photos on display at Prairie Bread Kitchen. |
by Anne Holub
2/2/10Throughout the month of February, we'll have our dozen winning photos on display at Prairie Bread Kitchen in downtown Oak Park (more, here). This past weekend, we invited our winners and their friends and family out for an afternoon the day we opened the show. It was a beautiful, sunny afternoon and it was great to meet so many of our photographers and their beeming family members. Thanks to everyone who came out! Check out our Flickr set for some snapshots from the show (where I took the opportunity to capture our photographers on the other side of the camera). I hope you can visit the bakery as well this month to enjoy the photos (and grab a coffee and some delicious bread!). It's conveniently located just north (literally, just a few steps) from the Oak Park Metra stop and the Harlem Green Line stop on the CTA. It's also close to I-290 if you travel via car, or bikable if you prefer to go by two wheels. Thanks again to the Prairie Bread Kitchen for hosting us! The show ends February 28, 2010.  permalink
   
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| | by Lindsay Banks
2/1/10 I chose this particular photo today because it has a bicycle and has a melancholy mood that matches mine. Last week, someone stole 4 bicycles from my basement, two of which were mine, one of which was my roommate's, and the other belonged to the woman who left the door to the alley unlocked. It is a terrible thing to have a bike stolen, so I made fliers, talked to bicycle shop owners and mechanics, posted a message with local bicycle couriers and did all that I could think of to recover them, knowing that recovery is unlikely in a city like Chicago. Someone on the Chainlink forum suggested that I investigate the Swap-o-rama over the weekend. So I went down to look for bikes, and found a guy selling a bike that looked very much like my roommate's. We checked her description with the details on the bike and everything fit except for the frame size. We did not check the serial number because we were trying to be inconspicuous, and we thought that that would alert them to the fact that we knew it was stolen. Big mistake. My roommate had given us an incorrect frame size. If it had been the same number, we would have called the police, but we figured that it was a similar looking, but different bike. We called and left a message with her about the bike, but had to leave to attend an event in Oak Park. She went back the next day and the bike had been sold. It was her bike. I can't believe we found her bike and let it slip through our fingers. Terrible feeling in my gut. Perhaps it will turn up again, but what is the likelihood of getting a second chance? Our Monday Flickr Photos are chosen from the Explore Northeastern Illinois photo pool. Submit your photos! permalink |
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| |  | | "Festival Park" in downtown Elgin, IL. Photo by Jessica Thompson. Winner "Community Vitality" category from our 2009 Photo Contest. |
by Erin Aleman
1/27/10
The Chicago Tribune featured a story today on how the Chicago neighborhoods of Wicker Park and Bucktown are supporting their local artists in order to reinvigorate the area's unique bohemian roots while addressing issues of crime and property values. Sprucing up your neighborhood might be as easy as employing some good urban design. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced a new funding program through The NEA Mayors' Institute on City Design 25th Anniversary Initiative. They will be giving small grants that support planning, design, and arts engagement. NPR did a story on the millions of stimulus dollars that have been allocated for the arts and whether or not people agree that funding for creativity will stimulate the economy. Does this support our Regional Vision? We think so. For guidelines on the NEA grant process click here. To see if you are in an eligible city in our region click here. permalink |
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by Anne Holub
1/15/10This week's Monday Flickr Photo comes from our Explore Northeastern Illinois Pool and Flickr user Renee Rendler-Kaplan. Her shot of these vibrant flowers in the Chicago Botanic Garden greenhouse in Glencoe, IL reminds me that the gray days of winter do have the opportunity for color. Add your favorite shots of our region to the pool to share your insights. permalink |
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