Church on Maxwell Street
A short, collaborative film by two artists from the Institute of Design and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, shot on Maxwell Street. Per Marvin’s words in a phone conversation in 2008, the...
View ArticleMaxwell Street Mexican
Maxwell Street Mexican explores the diversity of foods to be eaten from food vendors at the New Maxwell Street Market, interspersed with segments of Maxwell Street history and impromptu street...
View ArticleMaking Money at the Market
Making Money at the Market: The social organization of street vending at Chicago’s Maxwell Street Market. Produced by Alphonso Morales and Steven Balkin, c. 1994. The post Making Money at the Market...
View ArticleMaxwell Street: Saving Chicago’s Heritage
Maxwell Street: Saving Chicago’s Heritage. Produced by the Maxwell Street Historic Preservation Coalition. © 1993 | Length: 13 min 55 sec The post Maxwell Street: Saving Chicago’s Heritage appeared...
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Film by Tom Palazzolo made in the 1980s with his film students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, one of whom purchased for $1.00 a roll of film from a Market vendor that contained 1940s...
View ArticleMaxwell Street Blues – Billy Branch on Maxwell Street
Film clip from “Maxwell Street Blues”, produced by Raul Zaritsky and Linda Williams on Rhapsody Films. (1987, RT 56:00 minutes; film clip RT 2:32 minutes) The post Maxwell Street Blues – Billy Branch...
View ArticleMaxwell Street Visions
A photographic scrapbook of Maxwell Street images compiled by photographers Marcia Palazzolo, Tom Palazzollo and Bernie Beckman, presented in video format set to music. © Tom Palazzolo, 2008 |...
View ArticleAnd This Was Free
In 2004, the Maxwell Street Foundation produced a street theatre performance with an original script inspired by characters in Ira Berkow’s 1977 book, “Maxwell Street: Survival in a Bazaar”. For the...
View ArticleShell Game
A short film by filmmaker Tom Palazzolo with his students of an informal gambling type of game on a sidewalk of the Maxwell Street Market. © Tom Palazzolo, 1984 | Length: 2 min 37 sec The post Shell...
View Article“Maxwell Street” poem reading by Andrew Gottlieb
For a written copy of the poem: https://www.cusd80.com/cms/lib/AZ01001175/Centricity/Domain/7131/Maxwell%20Street.pdf The post “Maxwell Street” poem reading by Andrew Gottlieb appeared first on...
View ArticleJim’s Original: Birthplace of the Maxwell Street Polish Sausage
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View ArticleZoot Suits and the Forgotten American Dream
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View ArticleSt. Francis of Assisi: Saved from the Wrecking Ball
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View ArticleSigns of Maxwell Street: Ellis Island of Chicago
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View ArticleHal Fox: Chicago’s Jazz Entrepreneur
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