Just one block from the Dempster CTA Station sits a small, glass-fronted store that houses Trapdoor Studio, its interior looking like the page of a furniture design catalog. A kitchen features […]
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Daphne Yao is a freelance reporter for the Evanston RoundTable; she is also studying journalism at Northwestern University. Reach out and follow her on Twitter @daphnecyao.
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Max Li’s Trapdoor pop-up contemplates decision-making
The first pop-up exhibition at Trapdoor Studio, The Eight Excuses for Not Coming, features eight works by Max Li, an artist who graduated from University of Chicago in 2021. This […]
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New exhibition offers perspectives on visible and hidden violence
Violence currently pervades our culture: from nightly news on major outlets to social media posts, we see incidents related to violence every day. But what about acts of violence less […]
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A look beyond the frames
In the Block Museum’s 2019 Caravans of Gold exhibition, a small, iridescent glass fragment from Morocco measuring less than five centimeters long and less than four centimeters wide sat in […]