Perhaps Februaries are supposed to go by fast. For some reason, at short notice, we decided to open up a new space in the Loop which we have dubbed the (Con)Temporary Art Space. It is conceptually a franchise of the Public Media Institute’s activities located in a former Ritz camera shop in downtown Chicago. It’s rad. The neighborhood experience downtown is so vastly different than the B-port life.. The new space was provided by Pop Up Art Loop, a newish pop-up art gallery project put together by the Chicago Loop Alliance. We are pretty excited about the project working with some long time collaborators and several new interns that have appeared for the Spring Semester at SAIC. It has become a nice site for research , work and interaction with the public. We had our inaugural opening last week. Rachael and I both put work in the show. Some images of the space are here. the Space will have weekly Thursday evening openings.
Late last January I launched the Bridgeport International newsletter that I had been thinking about for awhile. It came out before the primary elections and included a handy palm card for voters as well as a guide to restaurants in the hood. Someone who writes for the New York Times got a copy. And they wrote a blurb about it in yesterday’s paper. Weird. Of all the things to write about..
I performed with the Members Only this past Thursdat, too. We now have a set of marvelous dancers (Colin and Chase) who totally make the band an experience to behold.. I will hopefully post some images about them. We played the Bottle. had a good time afterwards with Conor, the publisher of The Baffler and Jennifer Norback, hot downtown Art Dealer.
As this becomes a diary of sorts I want to remember that February was also the month of the Auto Show. Brutal midnight shifts and 16 hour days should not be forgotten! It’s like I won the lotto because so many people were trying to get the job. I was very very lucky to have worked on this show and I owe Miles (the guy who hired me) a bottle of whatever he likes to drink. The money I earned is paying for babystuff and diapers and our new Midwife and baby helpers… Woo hoo!
Speaking of babies. My baby mama is the hottest most beautiful woman in the world. Each day I see Rachael and her growing baby bump, it fills me with a primordial caveman-like pride. I am an extremely lucky man to be wed to such a lovely woman. I am super happy to be a dad soon.
In the near future.. Rachael and I are gearing up for Version 10 and we are taking a trip to Rotterdam for a Proximity tour of sorts this March 5.. This will be our holiday before the next storm of activities.
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