WWII Cartoon at Lit lounge exhibition
Saturday, March 28, 2020
dad's POW 2 minute video with artwork
This 2 minute video is a quick summary of Dad's WWII POW experience:
Marilyn Walton, who with Mike Eberhardt, has published two books and a Stalag III research center in Sagen, Poland to tell about POWs in German camps.
Two books by Marilyn and Mike,
Commander to Captive and Interrogation to Liberation
Ordering from Mike directly funds the SLVII research center
Michael C. Eberhardt
6006 Club Oaks Drive
Dallas, Texas 75248
972-567-0029
These are overview photos of XIIID See POW “signs” to allied airforce
These are Gramma Mac’s postcards from her European tour including Bavaria where dad has been a POW. And a response postcard from friends who said she was on a European tour in 1956, a year before we moved to Spain:
Sunday, February 9, 2020
Franklin McMahon Chicago Eight Trial Paintings Exhibition
6:30 pm, Chicago Eight exhibition viewing
7:00 pm, Reading by Margot McMahon: “1968 Happened: A convergence at the family dinner table”
8:00 pm, Dinner nearby at Francesca's on Chestnut, 200 E Chestnut St., Chicago IL
7:00 pm, Reading by Margot McMahon: “1968 Happened: A convergence at the family dinner table”
8:00 pm, Dinner nearby at Francesca's on Chestnut, 200 E Chestnut St., Chicago IL
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the country’s most controversial cases, the Chicago Eight Conspiracy Trial.
In late August 1968, the city hosted the Democratic National Convention at the International Amphitheatre, which was located on the south side. This was a tumultuous time in America; Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert “Bobby” Kennedy had been assassinated that same year, and the country was in the middle of a very controversial war in Vietnam.
Activists saw the Democratic National Convention as an opportunity to protest the War and their leaders. They filed for permits to protest in the city’s parks, but most were denied; instead, they were granted one rally at Grant Park and an 11 o’clock nightly curfew. Because of these restrictions, riots erupted in the parks and the streets, leading to violence between the police and protestors.
Sixteen men were held responsible for this disaster: eight police officers and eight protestors. None of the police officers received any punishment—either their charges were dropped or they were cleared in court. The protestors, on the other hand, had became co-defendants in a long, messy trial.
This exhibit presents the chaos of the Chicago Eight Conspiracy Trial through the lens of three courtroom sketch artists: Andy Austin, Franklin McMahon, and Verna Sadock. Each has a unique artistic style that brings to life the characters and events that ensued
In late August 1968, the city hosted the Democratic National Convention at the International Amphitheatre, which was located on the south side. This was a tumultuous time in America; Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert “Bobby” Kennedy had been assassinated that same year, and the country was in the middle of a very controversial war in Vietnam.
Activists saw the Democratic National Convention as an opportunity to protest the War and their leaders. They filed for permits to protest in the city’s parks, but most were denied; instead, they were granted one rally at Grant Park and an 11 o’clock nightly curfew. Because of these restrictions, riots erupted in the parks and the streets, leading to violence between the police and protestors.
Sixteen men were held responsible for this disaster: eight police officers and eight protestors. None of the police officers received any punishment—either their charges were dropped or they were cleared in court. The protestors, on the other hand, had became co-defendants in a long, messy trial.
This exhibit presents the chaos of the Chicago Eight Conspiracy Trial through the lens of three courtroom sketch artists: Andy Austin, Franklin McMahon, and Verna Sadock. Each has a unique artistic style that brings to life the characters and events that ensued
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Date & Location
Date: 2/27/2020
Time: 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Time: 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: Northwestern University Law School
Pritzker Legal Research Center Gallery
Northwestern University Law School
Exhibit Gallery, 3rd Floor
375 E. Chicago Avenue
Northwestern University Law School
Exhibit Gallery, 3rd Floor
375 E. Chicago Avenue
2019 WFM Exhibitions
RESIST! Wm. Franklin McMahon
Scheduled 2019 Exhibitions
History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff January 2019
Euclid Church, Oak Park for Black History
Princeton University Special Collections, March 2019
Oak Park History Museum, through June 2020
Northwestern Law School, September 2019 -March 2020
Margot's CLC Reading at Cliffdwellers, 1968 Happened December
"1968 Happened" Cliffdwellers CLC Reading
Pritzker Research Library
Northwestern Law School
Chicago Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
Friday, May 11, 2018
In conjunction with Oak Park Art League's
Art for Social Change: Sanctuary National Postcard Exhibition
In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Ordinance (1968)
and addressing current Sanctuary City political rhetoric, the Oak Park Art League presents postcards from artists that explore legislative policies of past and present that support diversity, inclusion, racial equity and human rights.
May 11-June 1, 2018 7-9 pm
Preview Party May 10, 2018 7-9 pm
Opening Reception May 11, 2018 7-9 pm
Oak Park Art League
720 Chicago Ave, Oak Park 60302
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