Local historian, author, and former NW Chicago Historical Society President John Maloof (http://www.johnmaloof.com/John_Maloof/Home.html) discovered the negatives of street photographer Vivian Maier (http://www.vivianmaier.com/about-vivian-maier/history/) while writing a book on our neighborhood of Portage Park (http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9780738552293/Portage-Park). These discovered images have subsequently rocked the art world, culminating in an Academy Award nominated documentary (http://oscar.go.com/nominees/documentary-feature/finding-vivian-maier) released last year and directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel.



In a charitable gesture to our community, John Maloof and the management of the Portage Theater are sponsoring a FREE SCREENING of this film at the Portage Theater on Sunday, February 8th at 7PM, in conjunction with the Northwest Chicago Historical Society (http://nwchicagohistory.org/), the Polish Arts and Poetry Association, and the Portage Park Chamber of Commerce (http://www.portageparkchamber.org/).



State Representative Robert F. Martwick will be presenting a resolution he sponsored recognizing John's role in popularizing Maier's work during the screening.