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Chicago Surrealist Group

January 8, 2012 By Joey Pizzolato Leave a Comment Filed Under: 68/08

Amidst the turmoil of 1968 in Chicago, a group of six young surrealist artists established their own revolution on the corner of Mohawk and Eugenie. The Chicago Surrealist Group was formed two years prior in 1966 after Franklin and Penelope Rosemont were inducted into the Paris Surrealist Group. When they returned stateside, they set an […]

The Nazis in Skokie

January 8, 2012 By Joey Pizzolato Leave a Comment Filed Under: Peripheral Vision

In the fall of 1976, Frank Collin, the leader of the National Socialist Party of America (NSPA, or Nazis), was denied his request to hold a demonstration in Marquette Park. The Chicago Park District stipulated that the NSPA had to put up $250,000 in insurance—a sum they could not obtain. [1] The events that followed […]

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