Bill Meyer

A profile on the life of Malachi Ritscher, a prolific audio recorder of the Chicago jazz scene from the early 1990s to 2006. The profile was written in response to an invitation by the 2014 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art. In writing about Mr. Ritscher, who died in November 2006, the author wants to "share something that the public may not know exists and to see the museum lend authority and importance to a life and a creative practice that probably would not receive museum consideration..."

Zine is part of a project that "highlights and activates physical materials found in public libraries." This issue contains photos from the Chicago Reader's touring musician publicity photo collection, along with an interview with Bob Sloane, the librarian in charge of collection development for the Visual and Performing Arts department at Harold Washington Library Center.