Editor’s Note:
This week instead of interviewing a guest I hosted a special ART
CRY RADIO hot topic show. It was an ode to Chicago. The Windy City is the place
where it all started for me. I learned about Art from working in the Harold Washington
Library on the 8th floor. There one can find literally thousands of
books featuring photography, painting, music, poetry and cinema.
I took calls from Chicagoans and we discussed the good, bad and
ugly parts of town. We discussed food, fashion and fun. One of the more memorable
callers mentioned getting Maxwell Street polish sausages and authentic Asian cuisine from the Chinatown neighborhood of Chicago
near Cermak road. I can remember taking the Red Line to Chinatown or the Dan
Ryan to Three Happiness Restaurant. They served the best Mongolian Beef and
Crab Rangoon!
We also talked about how the city has changed from being an oasis
of urban cool filled with families who embraced love and had a sense of
community to a defunct pool of hopelessness filled with crime. Teenagers barely
old enough to drive are armed street soldiers who terrorize communities and
make turn perfectly good city blocks into war zones. Who knows what the root cause is, I don’t
think we particularly care unless knowing somehow helps us defend our children
and families against this lunacy.
To lighten the mood I played funny clips from movies I grew up
watching and featured feel good music from products of Chicago like ELLI$ and
Yaw. At the end of the day, I exited the airwaves feeling good about the
overall reflection that is Chicago. But don’t take my word for it, go back and
listen to the show for yourself:
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BELOW FOR SHOW LINK
SEE ART
Frank Lloyd Wright Homes
(Illinois)
The
Frank Lloyd Wright Trust is a Chicago-based not-for-profit organization that
renews the vision of Frank Lloyd Wright through programs and educational
initiatives about architecture, design and culture to perpetuate Wright’s
all-inclusive artistic vision and belief in the integrity of the natural and
built environment.
The
Trust conducts ongoing historic preservation and operates public tours,
programs and events at major Wright sites, including his Home and Studio
(1889/1898) in Oak Park, a Chicago suburban community; The Rookery Light Court
(1905-07) in downtown Chicago; Unity Temple (1905-08) in Oak Park; the
Frederick C. Robie House (1908-10) in Chicago’s Hyde Park; and the Emil Bach
House (1915) in Chicago’s Rogers Park.
The
mission of the Trust is to engage, educate and inspire the public through
architecture, design and the legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright, and to preserve the
Trust's historic sites and collections.
ART QUOTE - - -
“No house
should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to
it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other.”
-Frank Lloyd
Wright
Weekly Art Challenge:
Challenge: Support
a local music artist by purchasing one of the CD’s and give it an honest listen
John R
Williams
ARTcry
Creator
Question of the week:
What artistic
elements do you need to have or see in your home?
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