There is a lot to learn about the impressive Romanesque Revival Second Presbyterian Church, including its collection of Tiffany windows in the sanctuary. The Church, located at 4501 Westminster at Taylor, is currently undergoing some interior renovation, see photo above. Some readers may be familiar with the classroom space in the lower level of the…
Category: Art & Architecture
ME’s “Have Art Supplies, Will Travel” Workshop
For the past couple of years Mary Engelbreit has been celebrating her birthday by holding a Home Companion Workshop in her CWE Studio at Euclid and Maryland. This year's birthday celebration is scheduled for the weekend of June 9th and 10th. The editor of the late Home Companion Magazine and CWE resident Barbara Eliott Martin…
Sifting through a photographer’s archives: Brides
A 1929 Broadway play, "Whoopee!", produced a song written by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn that has endured throughout the decades. You can listen to Eddie Cantor sing his 1929 rendition of "Another bride, another June…" here. All of which leads into today's presentation of photographs from Martin Schweig's archives showing three brides…