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Ed Paschke Art Center

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Last week I visited the Ed Paschke Art Center in Chicago’s Jefferson Park neighborhood (5415 W. Higgins). The storefront museum is open seven days a week from ten a.m. to seven p.m. It’s free. For those who do not know about Chicago artist Ed Paschke, he was a contemporary (1939-2004) artist who lived in Jefferson Park and taught at Northwestern University. Here’s the Wikipedia link. You may want to take time and see all his art on digital display. The art center has a … [Read more...]

News, call for submissions, and what’s “just?”

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Jan Bottiglieri has a book of poems out—it is called Alloy and it is from Mayapple Press. Here's how Mayapple describes Jan's book: "A butterfly casts the shadow of a man; a homesick mermaid cleans teeth; a young girl pushes a heavy iron, singing. In Alloy, these and others (daughter, mother, astronaut; an occasional zombie or alien) find voice through poems exploring memory in all its shifting sense and purpose: from childhood recollection to adult reckoning, from folklore … [Read more...]

Father’s Day: poems by Bonnie J. Toomey and Susan Mahan

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Game Face Too I didn't realize how long he'd been wearing it until it was too late. Mom didn't believe the oncologist. She said Dad must have been poisoned. Until he outgrew it, I didn't realize how long he'd been wearing it - for all of us. Dad left his game face behind. Sometimes, I try it on for size. Sometimes, its the only thing that fits. Bonnie J. Toomey © 2015 Blogger, essayist, and columnist, Bonnie Toomey ruminates myriad issues facing … [Read more...]