by Alicia | Aug 29, 2010 | Art Writing, Press, Queer, Writing
I tried to sleep in today but I couldn’t. Typical. It’s 6:30am on a Saturday morning, and I’m out on my back porch staring at the sun and watering my basil plant. The other weekend I took a three-day trip to New Mexico for a gay wedding, and forgot to ask...
by Alicia | Aug 21, 2010 | Chicago Sun-Times, Food, News, Writing
At this self-proclaimed “grown-up bar,” Eric Palm, who worked at The Matchbox for 14 years, and his brother Dan Palm, who put in seven-plus years at Silver Palm, decided to go out on their own. The result is a swank Wicker Park joint covered in lots of wood and lined...
by Alicia | Aug 17, 2010 | Art, Art - Photography & Performance, Photography, Photography: Brassai's 1932 Gay World in Queer 2012, Projects
We restaged Brassai’s 1932 photograph “Butch and Femme,” which captures a gay Parisian couple out to dinner. Reimagining this photograph in the context of the 21st century leads viewers to question what it means to be queer, and questions the assumed...
by Alicia | Aug 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
I offer copywriting, copyediting and marketing development services for small business and creative individuals. Starting from the ground and working my way up, I use my journalism background to interview clients and learn more about their work. Together we develop...
by Alicia | Aug 3, 2010 | Art Writing, BRAVO's Work of Art, News, Writing
In Episode 8 of Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, three artist pairs were selected at random, and given an assignment to jointly create works of art about opposing forces. Peregrine Honig and Mark Velasquez worked on “Heaven and Hell,” Nicole Nadeau and Abdi Farah...
