#Chicago

[kaijutegu]

Reason number one you should attend Chicago Herpetological Society meetings: Nakajima WILL sit on your shoulders or lap or chest and WILL make it known how much fun she thinks people are. Also she might tell your kids secrets.

I still can't believe how amazing she is with kids. This is not a domesticated animal! This isn't a dog with a drive to work with people! This is a lizard who simply loves human interaction, and I am so grateful she ended up with me. I miss Kaiju every day but she makes the absence tolerable, and I'm so glad she and I have an avenue through CHS to share her with the world.

[srldesigns6277]

New Spotify Canvas for Louis' song Chicago

[newm8n]

r.i.p to my youth / tough for you to witness but it was for me too

[copperbadge]

[ID: Three elderly vinyl record covers with library tags; the first is labeled Soviet Army Chorus and Band, featuring a photo of a large military band. The second shows the rolling Welsh countryside and is labeled Traditional Welsh Songs; the third is a blue and red cover with an hourglass motif, and reads The American Jewish Experience in Song.]

The Chicago Public Library system recently weeded nine thousand vinyl records from its collection and announced a three-day sale; all records $1, cash only. I didn't imagine that there'd be a lot of LPs I wanted, but I do have a turntable and a reputation as a hipster to maintain, so today on the first day of the sale I strolled down to the Harold Washington Library to check it out.

It was startlingly popular -- each group of roughly 30 people they let in was limited to 15 minutes, and even with the time limit it took me 40 minutes to get in. Worth it, though; I came away with a dozen records all told, mostly a mixture of British and Jewish folk music, with a few soundtracks and other oddities thrown in.

But the piece de resistance, the prize find, was Rome With Love by Jo Basile and his orchestra: an album of accordion covers of Italian folk songs from 1957.

I hope it's half as good as the album cover suggests.

[ID: A fourth album cover reading "Rome with Love" and below that "Roma con Amore", labeled "The Italian Accordion of Jo Basile and his orchestra". The cover features a man and a woman on a scooter with Roma plates, dressed in the height of fifties beach fashion.]

[ecoharbor]

📍Chicago, USA 🇺🇸

[kodachrome-net]

Woman walking in the rain, Chicago, August 2018

[chicago-pigeons]

Jaywalking, or I guess in this case pigeon walking, South Michigan, Chicago

[samimarkart]

Join me tonight at the reception for Claims of Harm, a group show highlighting SAIC community members (where I’ll be showing off my shiny new alumni card) examining cultures of harm in our society, and the ways in which we can address them. My piece Pallid Mourning is included in the show, and there are other amazing pieces you don’t want to miss!

Non SAIC people, you’ll need a state ID to get into the building. It’s in the first floor gallery of the Sharp Building!

RECEPTION: Thursday, April 25, 4 – 6 pm.

37 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL, 60603 (SAIC Sharp building)

[lotusmgo]

I went to Tommyinnit's "How To Be A Billionare" Show in Chicago, it was great!

If you also went there I was one of the audience members that said "womp womp" and made Jack break character lmao

[kaijutegu]

Posting due to an emergency- please share widely if you're local to Chicagoland.

If anyone in the Chicagoland area sees this, a friend's service dog prospect is in need of immediate boarding from tomorrow until May 6. Winnie is about 40 pounds and is not dog-reactive at all, but the person caring for her was hospitalized and so my buddy is looking for a short term emergency foster!

I'm available to help with any transportation (you wouldn't need to drive her anywhere!) and compensation+coverage for food/medical/etc. would be involved. You wouldn't need to pay for her stuff, just make sure she has a place to stay and walk her and call me if she needs to go to the vet.

If this is something you or someone you know could help with, please let me know. It's an emergency situation, so for the first time in... well over a year, I am opening my inbox in case this is something you can help with. Please DM me if you or anyone you know can help.

[fuckingwhateverdude]

spring !!!!

[hobohobgoblim]

[genuinelyshallow]

We will not forget those who supported Palestine. You are in our prayers❤️

[copperbadge]

I used to spend a lot of time involuntarily on Navy Pier, and it's a nightmare but...the views do compel one.

[ID: Two photographs from the upper deck halfway down Navy Pier; one looks west and shows the ferris wheel and Streeterville high rise buildings with the sunset behind them, while the other looks east snd shows the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre sign and a lake cruise ship docked nearby.]

[mysharona1987]

They have turned the Palestinians into actual Guinea pigs for the military industrial complex.

We will see the robots and miserable remote controlled dogs at the next big BLM protest on American soil soon enough.