Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Cortland St Bridge looking noice this morning @bikegridnow.org 1121
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Excited to see how you pepper Apple Fest into Mr November lyrics this year 🍎🍂🍁 130
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I took too many videos but I’ll only post Delirium (feat. posthumous Mark E. smith) 010
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Still amazing that Damon Albarn pivoted from Blur (the greatest band of all time) to Gorillaz (the greatest band of all time) 230
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026publicbooks.orgPied Noir Homesick Blues - Public BooksCamus opens the book with Meursault’s life, but François Ozon opens the new film adaptation with Meursault’s specific moment in history: the brutal French colonization of Algeria. 000
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Did Social Media Ruin Car Commuting? With Long Lines And Traffic Jams, Some Believe So 030
Reposted by Andrew HertzbergLena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026📢 Public Hearing: Proposed Weber Spur Trail 🚲🚶 The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Alderman Nugent invite residents to a Public Hearing about the proposed Weber Spur Trail. 📅 Wednesday, October 14, 2026 🕕 6:00–8:00 PM 📍 NEIU Student Union Building www.chicago.gov/weber-spur-t...chicago.gov 12813
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Any idea of approximate times bands will play? Seeing how much Open House Chicago I can cram in before this 100
Reposted by Andrew HertzbergChicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2026 CHIRBys... 🧵 174
Reposted by Andrew HertzbergB-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Chicago: This Saturday at the Whistler. Launch party for ERRAND WEATHER, the new B-Side Editions book. Doors at 6pm, free admission, 21+ Readings from Deborah Shapiro, @parkeryoung.bsky.social , and Nathan Dragon 012
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hope Susan Mendoza’s camera crew got me declining her team handing out campaign literature at the Washington and Wabash stop…anyway, only 145 days til the election! 000
Reposted by Andrew HertzbergPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Christa Pike was tortured yesterday by the state of TN in every single USians name and the fact is that this is a country that is mostly OK with this. This says everything about all of us. We are all implicated in this barbaric practice. It's sickening. 111293408
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026👀 📚chicago.suntimes.com10 new books to read this fall with a Chicago flairOur curated list, assembled with the help of local authors and booksellers, includes anticipated tomes from big names, including the Pope. 001
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Sox win!m.youtube.comMarlon Hoffstadt - It's That Time (FISHER Remix)YouTube video by FISHER 000
Reposted by Andrew HertzbergJuan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 30/09/2026The Chicago launch for SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME is tomorrow Thursday October 1 at 7pm in Exile in Bookville. Join Cynthia Pelayo & Ananda Lina & me. See you there? I promise you it will be fun & that there is literally no better way to ring in October. This anthology is as October as it gets. 152
Reposted by Andrew HertzbergGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026At the height of the ICE raids earlier this year, agents in armored military vehicles rolled through residential neighborhoods. Masked agents patrolled public parks and stationed themselves outside elementary schools; squadrons of ICE agents snatched pedestrians off the streets. 🧵 54859522
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Oh ha, not surprising - I am curious about the maintenance they have to run on that. Ketchup and mustard splatters probably aren't good for the rails ha 110
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It ran smoothly the whole time we were there! It stopped at the end of this video since it was our table's food 110
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Took the Des Plaines River Trail to Des Plaines to a restaurant with trains yesterday 2121
Reposted by Andrew Hertzbergunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 25/09/2026Good morning from the ICE facility in Broadview, IL. As ICE vehicles trickle in and out of the lot, a small group of Chicagoland locals are holding a prayer service for those impacted by deportation efforts. The area around the facility is open, contrasting prior months of "protest zones." 4434128
Reposted by Andrew HertzbergBen Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Join us on Oct. 16 for our 3rd reading installment where all proceeds support the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights 🎤 @taylorbyas.bsky.social 🎤 Faisal Mohyuddin 🎤 Diego Báez 🎤 Snežana Žabić 🎤 Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas @haymarketbooks.org / @haymarkethouse.bsky.social 0207
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Perfect @nonprofitaf.bsky.social article. No notes.nonprofitaf.comLet’s stop blaming individuals and organizations for systemic problemsOriginal title: We need to get off the gaslighting, victim-blaming hamster wheel of bullshit (GVBHWBS) A few weeks ago, I was listening to a panel of funders give advice for nonprofits on the best wa... 010
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Wouldn’t you know, did a second Oktoberfest yesterday 010
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I didn’t think I was gonna make it to the de Kooning exhibit but then I did 031
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Had to wear the Kraftwerk shirt biking up to Oktoberfest at Sketchbook yesterday, natch 160
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Damn, RIP Annie Dillard. I could probably go for a re-read of Pilgrim at Tinker Creeknpr.orgAnnie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, dies at 81Dillard's work was characterized by spare prose and a deep connection to nature. She is best known for Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, An American Childhood, The Maytrees and The Writing Life. 110
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Just diverted everyone to go down alleyways and chill side streets, great work guys! 🙃🙃🙃 030
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026At 8:21 they were already blocking Lawrence eastbound at Pulaski 230
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Always Carry A Bike-helmet for when you need to Divvy 000
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Frequent Service update. Technically, three of those are ten minutes or less. So 75% ain’t bad 100
Reposted by Andrew HertzbergAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth 11778913681
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Wild that Google Satellite view of Grant Park currently shows a destroyed park post-music festival (most likely Lolla) 271
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I don’t think I can make any Printers Row festivities unfortunately but go to these things if you can! 022
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Biked by a guy on his motorcycle blasting Freebird while he was stuck in traffic 🚲 🦅 010
Reposted by Andrew HertzbergDave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Chicagoland rapid responders are reporting, with corroborating photos/videos, 3 ICE abductions so far today: one each in the Chicago neighborhoods of Logan Square and Belmont Cragin and the far NW suburb of Cary, IL. Activity also reported this morning in the Chicago neighborhood of Garfield Park. 15951
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Ken Vandermark, Chris Corsano, Bonnie Han Jones celebrate Joe McPhee, who was originally supposed to perform but couldn’t travel due to illness. Great way to end the festival (and hope McPhee is better soon!) 011
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Tomas Fujiwara 7 Poets Trio, wild wild set (with Jason Adasiewicz and Tomeka Reid) 111
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026If you’re planning on going to Hungry Brain tonight, you, uh, might want to get here soon 120
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Marc Ribot plays guitar and recites part of the Allen Ginsberg poem ‘To Aunt Rose’ 151
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