The first time we participated in the event we were amazed to turn on the TV and hear the weather report (aren't artists always listening for weather reports?) and hear the weather person talking about how it was going to be at Old Town this weekend. Any other city use their art fair as a talking point on the weather? Then the celebrities would show up for the art auction (for most years the booth fee was a donation of a piece of art for this auction), the political candidates were there. It was the hot place to be for that weekend.
I stumbled on the writings of Shirley Baugher who blogs about " My Kind of Town - Chicago" at this link. Those of you who haven't been there might enjoy reading her stories about the show.
P.S. ArtFairInsiders member photographer Alan Klug was the poster boy this year. Congrats, Alan! I miss seeing you and Sandy at the shows.
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