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Come join us on a tour of Villa, a serene and historic residential community nestled between the neighborhoods of Avondale and Irving Park....
Profile by Tedd Strom
As shuttersoul.com enters its six month of soulful operations, the team is diligently at work getting ready to add more photos to the gallery and more editorial on cultural highlights, events, and people around town. To show our appreciation of our growing community of readers and Chicago aficionados shuttersoul is offering 10% off the first ten photo purchases on the site. By purchasing shuttersoul photography you not only get the chance to hang interesting photography in your home or office, but you also get to support shuttersoul's mission to provide weekly and monthly highlights of culturally relevant neighborhood and artist profiles.
The first folks to buy a print after May 11th can enter the code 1FE9C7 for a 10% discount.
Check out the latest artist, community, and neighborhood spotlight in the scoop:
This month the staff at shutter soul wanted to do something a little different for the monthly artist spotlight. Moving forward, the monthly spotlight will include not only local Chicago artists, but periodically the spotlights will also include updates on Chicago civic, environmental, cultural, and social welfare organizations and events that are working to make Chicago the best city in the country. Okay, we're not going to lie we're slightly biased about the last statement. Well without further adeau, shutter soul is proud to announce the new monthly artist and community spotliight. Just in time for Earth day we're spotlighting the green civic and community organizations dedicated to promoting the environmental health of Chicago for all Chicagoans.
Spotlight by Tedd Strom
Originally a pickle farm Budlong Woods is now a residential sanctuary, slightly off the beaten path yet close to the hustle and bustle of neighborhoods to the east and west. Come join us on a tour of Budlong Woods.....
Profile by Budlong Woods
Chicago is a city of distinct neighborhoods, 77 of them to be exact. Every month the staff at shuttersoul.com will provide a snapshot of a new neighborhood (or surrounding suburb) shedding light on what makes each ‘hood unique and soulful. Alright, it's that time again...strap on your walking shoes, or in this case your reading glasses, it’s time to take a tour of our next neighborhood...Bowmanville.
Profile by Tedd Strom
Cage and Aquarium is Chicago's premier event Deejay and Live Music service. The company is committed to making your events unique while pulling off a stylish formality everyone can appreciate. C & A’s passion for music makes them who they are, and they understand how the music of an event can set a vibe, change a mood, or define a moment. And most importantly, C & A is committed to partnering with folks every step of the way to complete the overall vision they hold for their event.
Cage and Aquarium offers deejay, live music, and photography for standard weddings, executive weddings, and private parties. During a chilly stretch of February I had the opportunity to catch up with Tyler Huffman, musician and president of Cage and Aquarium via email. shutter soul founder, Tedd Strom knows first hand how Cage and Aquarium can get the party started....they did his wedding two years ago.
Spotlight by Tedd Strom
As part of a new segment on shutter soul called Emerging Artists, the staff would like to recognize the work of emerging artist and Chicago based photographer Jeremy Edwards. Jeremy's latest project The FROM THE POCKET features images using iPhone cameras and then processed using various iPhone photography applications. What truly stands out in Jeremy's work is the intimacy of his portraits, candid street scenes, and his ability to juxtapose objects and people under contrasting light and space.
Ravenswood. A hometown in the big city. Quality over quantity. Ravenswood may lack the retail and restaurant options of nearby neighborhoods, but what Ravenwood lacks in volume it most definitely makes up for in quality. Hidden gems can be found throughout this tree-lined neighborhood While Ravenswood may lack the hustle and bustle of nearby neighborhoods Andersonville and Lakeview, there are many surprises in this sometimes sleepy, but always interesting neighhorhood.
From quaint Victorian and Prairie style houses, great neighborhood restaurants, prairie style open parks, the Lillstreet art center, antique and art shops along the Ravenswood Ave's industrial corrridor and side streets, Ravenswood 's character always shines through with hometown pride....even in a big city.
Yep folks, it's that time again. We brave the cold, blustery elements of Chicago again in February to give you this month's neighborhood profile....Ravenswood.
Profile by Tedd Strom
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