Tag: CHICAGO
After this year’s brutal, road-cracking winter, New York could use someone like Jim Bachor. The 51-year-old Chicago man has made a name for himself by filling potholes in the Windy City and capping them off with custom mosaic tiles. He started performing this public service in 2014 and is still at it. Like certain veteran […]
Today, glitChicago opens at Chicago’s Ukrainian Institute of Art (UIA), featuring 22 glitch artists from around the country. There has been a renaissance of new media art in the Windy City over the last few years, which hosted the GLI.TC/H in 2010 through 2012. Tonight will include live performances from many of the show’s participants, including A. Bill Miller and Nick Kegeyan, […]
A Chicago man who was arrested using facial recognition software has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for armed robbery. Pierre Martin had strikes on his record before he was caught on camera holding up a man on public transportation. His photo was already in the Chicago police department’s database of 4.5 million mugshots. […]
The city of Chicago is suing five of the biggest pharmaceutical companies for “ten counts of fraud, conspiracy, unjust enrichment, insurance fraud, misrepresentation in advertising, and other violations of Chicago municipal code,” Vice reports. The case against Big Pharma is pretty damning. The lawsuit alleges that these massive corporations have been in conspiracy to sway the public towards […]
Have you ever been out clubbing with your bros/ladies/bros and ladies, having some drinks, when you think, “Jeez, this drink would be so much better if I didn’t have to drink it. I wish I could just smoke it instead”? Lucky you, Vaportini will solve your oddly-specific problem. The above diagram shows the components of the […]
