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homoe · 06-11-2021, 04:00 PM

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Chicago Restaurants and Bars Could Fully Reopen Next Week.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has moved up the city’s relaunch date to align with the rest of Illinois.

I'll update as more info becomes available.

Chicago Restaurants and Bars Fully Reopen After 15 Grueling Months. Masks, capacity limits, and social distancing are no longer required.

The threat of tragedy caused conflicting emotions between customers, restaurant owners, and workers. This has all led up to Friday — barflies can now freely pull up a stool at the bar or mingle with customers. Diners don’t have to worry about quickly masking up as servers stealthily appear. While each establishment has the option to continue social distancing, the rules are no longer mandatory in Chicago and Illinois as Friday marks entry in the final stage of Restore Illinois, the state’s COVID-19 recovery plan.

https://chicago.eater.com/2021/6/11/...inois-restored

homoe · 06-12-2021, 08:45 AM

Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago 220 E Chicago Ave. Now until Sept 5th

Are the figures in a painting by Christina Quarles taking shape or dematerializing? Solidifying or dissolving? The viewer can’t be sure. That indeterminacy reflects the artist’s sense of who she is.

A mixed-race queer woman living in Los Angeles, Quarles was the breakout discovery of the New Museum’s “Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon” group show in 2017. In that setting, her paintings seemed to be addressing gender fluidity. But, as she told me then, it’s race, not gender, that has preoccupied her since childhood. “Mom is white, Dad is Black,” she explained. “I am fair-skinned and usually seen as white by white people, but I’m seen more as mixed identity in communities of color.” Her racial profile depends on the context of the moment. “My experience is firmly rooted in whiteness and Blackness, rather than a hybrid of the two,” she said.

Four years later, with her concerns more timely than ever, Quarles, 36, is having her largest solo museum show, which runs through August, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. (The exhibition will travel to the Frye Art Museum in Seattle.) “Legibility, the way we understand things, is through this either/or mentality, but the reality is we have a both/and situation,” “And that’s where a lot of my work comes from.” She endorses what she calls “the idea of ambiguity as an excess of information” and observes that “there can be more legs than would normally go with one torso” in her paintings. “The viewer’s desire to see a cohesive figure will override the ambiguity.”

homoe · 06-12-2021, 09:33 AM

“Chicago Comics: 1960s to Now” Museum of Contemporary Art , 220 E Chicago Ave ( at Mies van der Rohe Way) Saturday June 19 2021 - Sunday October 3 2021.

Chicago has traditionally been a city where independent comic artists and cartoonists have thrived, thanks to a steady supply of art school students and graduates charting their own course in the medium. The latest Museum of Contemporary Art exhibition explores six decades of work by local artists, ranging from traditional strips to experimental longform pieces that buck conventions. With pieces from artists like Kerry James Marshall, Lynda Barry, and Chris Ware on display, this survey of comic art features work that hasn't been shown in museums before, offering a look at process of cartooning, the collaborations that it encourages and the creativity that Chicagoans have penciled (and inked) into the world.

https://mcachicago.org/Exhibitions/2...s-1960s-To-Now

homoe · 06-12-2021, 05:39 PM

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Because I have STILL not gotten my double issue (June/July) of Chicago Magazine, the events and articles posted are from Time Out and Eater Chicago.

homoe · 06-13-2021, 05:12 PM

Located inside the Chevron gas-station, 406 High School Road NE, Bainbridge Island, WA

Stopped here today and those cinnamon rolls were amazing! If you're ever around this neck of the woods, don't pass up this gem!

https://www.jakespickup.com/menu

homoe · 06-13-2021, 05:27 PM

Streamliner Diner 397 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, WA Located at the SE corner of Winslow Way & Bjune Drive, one block west of the iconic Bainbridge Island Museum of Art and Gateway Park, next door to the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce. (If you are walking from the ferry, head up the hill to the signal at the corner of Winslow Way and Hwy. 305, then go one block to the left/west).

Another gem you don't want to miss around these parts!

http://streamlinerdiner.com/

homoe · 06-15-2021, 07:14 AM

Embark on a free downtown adventure through alleys and other off-the-beaten-path locations on this self-guided Loop Mural Walk, available now through July 4.

Featuring 21 murals by international household names as well as emerging artists, Chicago Loop Alliance’s Loop Mural Walk highlights many hidden pieces you’ve probably never seen before. Using a smartphone, follow turn-by-turn route directions, or forge your own path to these masterful works of street art, many by artists of color whose perspectives and stories in these spaces are important to witness. While a few of the featured murals are prominent pieces you may already know, many others are more obscure, left behind after Chicago Loop Alliance’s popular ACTIVATE alley events.

06-12-2021, 08:45 AM	#2
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,549 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	Fan of Christina Quarles, then catch her exhibit in Chicago.. Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago 220 E Chicago Ave. Now until Sept 5th Are the figures in a painting by Christina Quarles taking shape or dematerializing? Solidifying or dissolving? The viewer can’t be sure. That indeterminacy reflects the artist’s sense of who she is. A mixed-race queer woman living in Los Angeles, Quarles was the breakout discovery of the New Museum’s “Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon” group show in 2017. In that setting, her paintings seemed to be addressing gender fluidity. But, as she told me then, it’s race, not gender, that has preoccupied her since childhood. “Mom is white, Dad is Black,” she explained. “I am fair-skinned and usually seen as white by white people, but I’m seen more as mixed identity in communities of color.” Her racial profile depends on the context of the moment. “My experience is firmly rooted in whiteness and Blackness, rather than a hybrid of the two,” she said. Four years later, with her concerns more timely than ever, Quarles, 36, is having her largest solo museum show, which runs through August, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. (The exhibition will travel to the Frye Art Museum in Seattle.) “Legibility, the way we understand things, is through this either/or mentality, but the reality is we have a both/and situation,” “And that’s where a lot of my work comes from.” She endorses what she calls “the idea of ambiguity as an excess of information” and observes that “there can be more legs than would normally go with one torso” in her paintings. “The viewer’s desire to see a cohesive figure will override the ambiguity.”

06-12-2021, 09:33 AM	#3
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,549 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	Comic book fans, this opens on the 19th........ “Chicago Comics: 1960s to Now” Museum of Contemporary Art , 220 E Chicago Ave ( at Mies van der Rohe Way) Saturday June 19 2021 - Sunday October 3 2021. Chicago has traditionally been a city where independent comic artists and cartoonists have thrived, thanks to a steady supply of art school students and graduates charting their own course in the medium. The latest Museum of Contemporary Art exhibition explores six decades of work by local artists, ranging from traditional strips to experimental longform pieces that buck conventions. With pieces from artists like Kerry James Marshall, Lynda Barry, and Chris Ware on display, this survey of comic art features work that hasn't been shown in museums before, offering a look at process of cartooning, the collaborations that it encourages and the creativity that Chicagoans have penciled (and inked) into the world. https://mcachicago.org/Exhibitions/2...s-1960s-To-Now

06-12-2021, 05:39 PM	#4
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,549 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	Just an FYI about my Chicago posts....... ~~ Because I have STILL not gotten my double issue (June/July) of Chicago Magazine, the events and articles posted are from Time Out and Eater Chicago.

06-13-2021, 05:12 PM	#5
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,549 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	Jake's Pickup......... Located inside the Chevron gas-station, 406 High School Road NE, Bainbridge Island, WA Stopped here today and those cinnamon rolls were amazing! If you're ever around this neck of the woods, don't pass up this gem! https://www.jakespickup.com/menu

06-13-2021, 05:27 PM	#6
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,549 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	It was a bit of a wait BUT well worth it........ Streamliner Diner 397 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, WA Located at the SE corner of Winslow Way & Bjune Drive, one block west of the iconic Bainbridge Island Museum of Art and Gateway Park, next door to the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce. (If you are walking from the ferry, head up the hill to the signal at the corner of Winslow Way and Hwy. 305, then go one block to the left/west). Another gem you don't want to miss around these parts! http://streamlinerdiner.com/

06-15-2021, 07:14 AM	#7
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,549 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	Art lover, and Chicago bound? Then why not... Embark on a free downtown adventure through alleys and other off-the-beaten-path locations on this self-guided Loop Mural Walk, available now through July 4. Featuring 21 murals by international household names as well as emerging artists, Chicago Loop Alliance’s Loop Mural Walk highlights many hidden pieces you’ve probably never seen before. Using a smartphone, follow turn-by-turn route directions, or forge your own path to these masterful works of street art, many by artists of color whose perspectives and stories in these spaces are important to witness. While a few of the featured murals are prominent pieces you may already know, many others are more obscure, left behind after Chicago Loop Alliance’s popular ACTIVATE alley events.