Nonfiction

From the back cover: "The year is 2073. One century ago, radio transmission from Earth passed through space, and Rock & Roll fell upon the mystified ears of an alien world. The new feelings this music produced heralded the dawn of a new age – their lives and culture were forever changed by Earth's rock music. These Starchildren embarked on a life-long pilgrimage to the birthplace of the strange new music. Our world has become a cold, unhappy place. The Ministries of culture have assumed control of the world's art and music, permitting only works which fit their own agendas. The minds of the people have become property of The Man, and Rock & Roll a thing of the past. Arriving on Earth, it was difficult for the Starchildren to imagine how such a dreary planet could be the origin of the beautiful sounds they adored so. Undaunted, the Starchildren walk among us, dazzling humanity with their unearthly beauty and forbidden music, joining underground bands to uplift the masses with the power of Rock. The broken-hearted and disenfranchised youth of the 2070s have found a powerful new voice in these rockers from beyond the stars. The impending revolution is sensed not only by the people, but also by their oppressors, and the Ministry of Music is beginning to crack down with lethal force. To both the fans they enthrall and the authorities they endanger, these lonely Starchildren must keep their true natures secret – but the aliens did not come here to run... they came to rock."

Toward an Anti-Racist Feminism is a zine that explores the roots of feminism and how it is often not applied equally to all women.

"The Dignity of Resistance chronicles the four decade history of Chicago's Wentworth Gardens public housing residents' grassroots activism. This comprehensive case study explores why and how these African-American women creatively and effectively engaged in organizing efforts to resist increasing government disinvestment in public housing and the threat of demolition." *

Street Play and Other Activities of Our Youth is a memoir by Russ Grundy about activities that he took part in while growing up in Chicago in the 1940's.

Covers the disadvantages faced by poor and minority youth that often lead to incarceration. Includes for suggestions to resist this path.

My Kind of Town, Chicago is a fascinating collection of little-known anecdotes, legends, untold stories, and fascinating facts about the Windy City. From the popular Armchair Reader series, this source of Chicago factual fun will delight and inform the curious of all ages. Much has been said about the city of Chicago it s a Midwestern metropolis, the third-largest city in the United States, and a hub of commerce and culture rising from the shores of Lake Michigan. Indeed, there s plenty to talk about: the Great Chicago Fire, the World s Fair of 1893, windy politics, stunning architecture, and more. This book is all things Chicago from its history, sports, and politics to its food, neighborhoods and music. Each topic is covered concisely in a few pages, so you can pick up My Kind of Town, Chicago anytime, anywhere to quench your thirst for Chicago-related knowledge. You ll get a unique taste of the Windy City, past and present, from each interesting tidbit. My Kind of Town, Chicago includes: A wide range of Chicago trivia presented in a clear and entertaining format Information on Chicago stars, legends, and titans of business, including Marshall Field, Oprah Winfrey, Resurrection Mary, and the city s most famous ghost Fast Facts pages that offer tidbits about Chicago sports, politics, history, and more You Can Thank Chicago, which details Chicago s wide range of contributions to the world, including Twinkies, Tinkertoys, and the skyscraper Chicago s ludicrous laws, like a $5 penalty against anyone who throws a rock or casts a stone in public Timelines that highlight key points in the city s history

Language matters / Javairia Shahid -- Welcome / Floating Museum -- Introduction / Sarita Hernández -- Value of Small Things -- The Society of Smallness : a brief history / Georgina Valverde -- Life in miniature : an ode to the Thorne Rooms / Elizabeth Lalley -- Fresh Theft : consuming art / Yasmin Zacaria Mitchel -- Small things with great love : an art department-library exhibition initiative / Jane Darcovich -- A conversation by the Loo on small artist-run spaces / Noora Al Balushi with Paul Hopkin and Jeffrey Grauel -- Engagement -- Lift to release / Juan Camilo Guzmán -- Expanding care : curation in the age of engagement / Aletheia Wittman -- Panopitcan't, Structures of power / Silvia Inés Gonzalez -- Small objects, big impact / Laura Phillips -- Marginalization -- The art museum chasm / Marjorie Schwarzer -- Critical narratives of the marginalized / Karen Vidángos -- La Madre Chiquita / William Camargo -- The world in a box / Tim Gorichanaz -- Location -- Compressed, compact, concise, and refined : a museum in Switzerland / Deniz Balik -- Air, water, and earth : lessons on communication from a museum in the mountains / Michelle Dezember -- Open table / Roni Packer -- Hong Kong identity : utilizing the small to challenge the big / Benjamin J. Hruska -- The fine art of reduction : diminishment, distance and Taylor's Panorama of Sydney -- Disturbing histories -- Book review : Museums, Heritage and Indigenous voice : decolonizing engagement / Alexis Mixon -- Selections from Focusing (Vol II) / Alejandro T. Acierto -- Book review : Bone Rooms : from scientific racism to human prehistory in museums / Benjamin L. Locke -- Confronting the holocaust : immersive counter-memorials as sites of collective memory / Lillian Hussong -- The white palace of the west / Jonathan Kelley.

"Museums, like all other social institutions, reflect the tensions and contradictions of their times. The Museum and Exhibition Studies (MUSE) Graduate Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago proposes that museum problems, including declining attendance, homogenous employee and visitor demographics, and inequitable workplaces, and are deeply seeded in the field and its professions and that remedies will require radical reimagining and change. Responding to the urgencies of the moment and recognizing the need to transform museums and our cultural work within their spaces, MUSE offers this new journal. Fwd: Museums signals a desire to lift up and forward ideas that might push our collective thinking about cultural work. This volume explores the theme of inaugurations, or firsts and beginnings, with over 20 contributions from scholars and creative practitioners."--Amazon.