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Stephanie Lenchard Warren

ARTICLES: 31
Art & Museums, Front page

Art+Science Barbershop Draws Inspiration From Black and White Photos

[soliloquy id=”10558″]   The window into the Art+Science Barbershop of Logan Square frames a view of leather barber chairs set before a large mirror, flanked by shelves of styling concoctions and a […]

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Art & Museums, Installation, Sculpture

‘The Beginning and End of things’ Only Scratches Surface of Artist’s Potential

At the quaint gallery space of The Comfort Station, located at the heart of  Chicago’s Logan Square, is Sae Jun Kim’s new solo exhibition, The Beginning and End of things. […]

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Front page, Lit

Happy Birthday, Chicago!

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Today marks Sweet Home Chicago’s 180th birthday. Born as a town in 1833 and becoming a full-grown city in 1837, Chicago is a city that’s always thriving. After being completely burned to […]

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Art & Museums, Museum

L’Affichomania French Poster Show at Driehaus Museum Is Captivating Portal to the Past

On a cool blue night in Chicago, streetlights twinkle across the stained glass windows of the Richard H. Driehaus Museum—an old Gilded Age mansion turned art museum, ornately silhouetted against […]

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Art & Museums, Beyond, Design

Design Focus: 2017 Dodge Challenger R/T at Chicago Auto Show

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Sparkling new cars lined up this Wednesday at McCormick Place’s Concept & Technology Garage to help kick off the 2017 Chicago Auto Show–the nation’s largest automotive exhibition featuring the latest […]

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Art & Museums, Design

Open House This Weekend: Speakeasy Launches Classic Cadillac Design Group With Custom Flair

This weekend, Speakeasy Customs & Classics opens its garage doors to celebrate its public launch. The group, which started up in 2016, specializes in Cadillac-inspired restoration and customization with an […]

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Art & Museums, Beyond, Design

Design Focus: 2017 Mazda MX-5 at Chicago Auto Show

Pulling in at this year’s Chicago Auto Show–the nation’s largest automotive exhibition held annually at McCormick Place–is the sleek and stylish 2017 Mazda MX-5 Miata. Equipped with an automatic convertible […]

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Music

‘Joanne’ and the Story of Lady Gaga’s Hat

With everyone going gaga over Lady Gaga’s recent Super Bowl performance, the pop star’s records have been receiving major hits as listeners just can’t seem to get enough. Along with […]

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Art & Museums, Beyond, Design

Cars Show Off Their Curves at 2017 Chicago Auto Show

[soliloquy id=”9660″]   LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, start your engines and get set for this year’s Chicago Auto Show, now showing at McCormick Place. It’s the nation’s largest annual automotive exhibition, showcasing the […]

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Art & Museums, Installation, Museum, Photography

Viviane Sassen’s UMBRA Is Illuminating Walk Through the Shadows

The walls at the Museum of Contemporary Photography are lit this evening by overhanging gallery lights. Photographs of shadows dancing across hidden faces, hunching figures, barren landscapes, and wrinkled clothes […]

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Art & Museums, Museum

Japanese Monoprints at Art Institute, Bold and Delicate

Ink on Paper: Japanese Monochromatic Works, currently on display at the Art Institute of Chicago, explores the rich history of Japanese monoprint art. Before methods in color printing came around in the […]

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Art & Museums, Painting & sculpture

Something Wonderful from Something Terrible in Mason Pott’s Solo Show, Post-Diagnosis

When artist Mason Cosmo Pott found out he had histoplasmosis, a life-threatening infection affecting the immune system, he didn’t let it detour his life as an artist. After undergoing rigorous treatment […]

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