An eavesdropping law has been ruled unconstitutional, but the city's strict peddling regulations remain on the books.
by Deanna Isaacs
Last week, in a private "prescreening" at Columbia College, artist and photographer Nancy Bechtol debuted her first-ever documentary film: Free Speech & the Transcendent Journey of Chris Drew, Street Artist. The room was packed with people who'd been touched by the late artist's eccentric activism—the Native
Americans he'd known (since 1990, Drew's Uptown Multi-Cultural Art Center had made its home at the American Indian Center), the wannabe artists (Drew taught screen printing to anyone who walked in the door), the Puppet Bike guys (his better-accepted colleagues on the city streets).…[ Read more ]