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A documentation of the Contemporary Arts Council's (of Evanston, IL) 15th annual exhibition of new and emerging Chicago based artists. Presents artwork exploring the relationships of figure and ground, literally and metaphorically. Artwork presented shares a well defined graph of distances between subjects and objects which always portray a place, person, or idea which exists as a spatial and temporal background to the foregrounded object of art.

A collection of oral histories of descendant of Oak Park and River Forest's oral histories. Oral histories address a broad spectrum of topics ranging from farming, log cabins, Ernest Hemingway, the women's rights' movement and schools. Over 150 photographs accompany the interviews to provide an oral history of a visual picture of early village life.

This book is a series of candid portraits accompanied by poetry and monlogues given by the subjects. The words of some have been mixed and matched with others to tell new and differnt stories that still represent the collective Chicago Younker seeks to represent.

A collection of self-portrait photos by Chicago photographer Suzette Bross, all taken in the last stages of her 2003 pregnancy with her daughter. "[T]his project considers the implications of the most radical physical changes her pregnancy produced" (from the introduction, by art historian James Yood of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago).

Poetry East is an international magazine of poetry, translations, criticism, interviews, and art. Poetry East is an independent magazine affiliated with DePaul University, whose support is gratefully acknowledged. The theme of Number 61 is poets writing verse about photographs from their pasts, included alongside the poems.

Catalog of photographs by Chicago artist Douglas Fogelson, focusing on the elements of his art that are about the intersection and layering of time and individuals. Includes curriculum vitae.

Continued contributors: Shaun Martin, Nicole Chicane, Kimberely Norris, Steve Simon, Angelique Renaux, Kiley O'Brien, Angelia Siener, Rebecca Knights, Stacey Ochampaugh, Bradley Quandt, Tyler Grant, Jenny Armstrong, Christyn Heffron, Steve Simon, Melissa Murphy, Cassy St. Clair, Marques Morel, Jenna Haymond, Pat Simon, Sonya Paschedag, Chris Stevenson, Nick Galzin Thoughts from poetry, short stories, artwork and photography.

"The most famous highway in America starts in the center of Chicago. For over 2400 miles it winds west through little towns, plains mountains and deserts, all the way to L.A., California. The first few miles of the journey zigzag down busy streets of the city. Here and there are old roadside businesses dating from the picturesque days of auto tourism along the Mother road. Read the story of this historic travel route in the enclosed booklet, and see the sights along the way in three-dimensional photographs."

"In the 1950s, Lincoln Avenue was the gateway to Chicago from the north. At the edge of the city, new auto 'mo-tels' with the most modern amenities catered to auto travellers. Since then the little motels have fallen on hard times and many have been torn down. Read the story of Lincoln Avenue and take a tour in 3-dimensional photos to see what is left of this classic stretch of roadside Americana."

Photos and description of artist Juan Angel Chavez's exploration of found and borrowed urban objects transformed into a large-scale fantasy "speaker" exhibition in collaboration with sound performers.