Maxwell Street musician, Blind Arvella Gray
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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 ArticleBlues Music Store Looking In
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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 ArticleMaxwell Street Market: Interview with vendor Cindy Santilli
Cindy Santilli discusses the role that vending at the Market has played over the generations for her Italian family, and the challenges that faced the market in the 1990s and in its current incarnation...
View ArticleMaxwell Street Market: Interview with blues musician “Lefty” Vince Johnson
Blues musician “Lefty” Vince Johnson talks about memories and inspiration from his youth on Maxwell Street and why he’s chosen to carry on the area’s legacy to be the last remaining blues musician...
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Maxwell Street Collection portfolio
The Maxwell Street Collection (Chicago, 2005) is a striking portfolio of 11 historical photographs of Maxwell Street, strictly limited to 71 copies—60 for sale and 11 for the photographers as...
View ArticleMaxwell Street Market: Interview with former vendor Merlyn McFarland
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Postcards from Maxwell Street: Manolo’s Tacos
Every couple weeks, I’ll be sharing photos and stories gathered from a visit to the market. Be prepared to encounter music-makers, entrepreneurs, chefs, junk connoisseurs, artists, troublemakers,...
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Postcards from Maxwell Street: The Fat of the Land
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Postcards from Maxwell Street: Witness Marks
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View ArticleNocturnal Journal Christmas Edition with Dave Hoekstra | Maxwell Street...
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View ArticleMaxwell Street Market: interview with artists Ken Josephson and Tom Palazzolo
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View ArticleVendor Charlie Joe Henderson obituary
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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 ArticleVendor John Johnson obituary
John Johnson obituary in Living Blues Magazine #277 The post Vendor John Johnson obituary appeared first on Maxwell Street Foundation.
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