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Jenny Lam

@jennylam.bsky.social

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Self-taught artist, indie curator, writer, traveler. Artists on the Lam founder. Named one of 2023’s Culture Shifters by @huffpost.com. Voted “Best Arts Blog” in @chicagoreader.com & “Best Art Exhibit” in NewCity. Nerd. http://www.artistsonthelam.com

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Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · Dec 19

On this day in 2021, I did this quick #sketch of Henry Cavill as Geralt in The Witcher: www.instagram.com/p/CXrr60Vr8rH 🐺

#ManOfSteel #Superman #SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

🦠Measles continues to spread and we will lose elimination status by the end of the year.

💉Talk to your pediatrician about early vaccination (6-12 months) especially if you live in an outbreak area or are traveling to one.

👉 www.aap.org/en/patient-c...

abcnews.go.com/US/150-unvac...

Over 150 unvaccinated students in South Carolina quarantining after measles exposure

The outbreak has grown to at least eight measles cases, officials said.

abcnews.go.com

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Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 6d

Report ICE sightings to Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights' Family Support Network and Hotline (www.icirr.org/fsn) at 855-435-7693.

#Chicago #Illinois #ImmigrantRights #Immigration #ICE #AbolishICE

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Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 4d

My videos of Music of the Baroque: The Chicago Water Music from 2024 (www.facebook.com/share/v/1D19...) are getting love again, most likely because of all the Chicago love. <3

#Chicago #Handel #Baroque #BaroqueMusic #WaterMusic #Music #Architecture

Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · Sep 10

Throwback to 2024 when an orchestra playing Baroque music floated up & down the Chicago River right in the heart of the city. #Chicago is the best. 🩵 And they're doing it again tonight! #Music of the #Baroque: The Chicago Water Music, performing Handel’s Water Music, the “Hallelujah”

#Architecture

Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 5d

Time to buy more Ben & Jerry's 🍨 (I always knew they were cool but still)

#Food #Baking #Multipolarity #China

(From Ben Cohen's TikTok www.tiktok.com/@yobencohen/... & Instagram www.instagram.com/reel/DPmNNaa...)

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Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 8d

Hell yeah [2]; #Chicago has just been voted Best Big City in the U.S. by Condé Nast Traveler readers for a record-breaking 9 years in a row!

(via Choose Chicago on IG, FB, & Twitter)

Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 9d

(And being above New Trier is just 🤌.)

Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 9d

中秋節快樂! Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 🥮🌝

#中秋節 #MidAutmnFestival #Mooncake #FullMoon #HarvestMoon #SuperMoon #Moon

Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 9d

Hell yeah; GBN (my alma mater) and GBS (its sister school) were just ranked #1 in the entire country: www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/s... Public high schools, mind you. (Also s/o to fellow Glenbrook Academy of International Studies program kids since we got to experience the best of both schools.)

Suburban school district tops new list of 'Best School Districts in US'; 4 others make top 10

On the report's top 10 list, half of the school districts were from the Chicago suburbs.

www.nbcchicago.com

Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 10d

#Cake #Restaurants

Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 11d

Dinner at Pomeroy's outdoor patio on this warm October night to celebrate my mom's birthday 🥂🍰 The red velvet cake and champagne were on the house!

#Foodie #Drink

Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 11d

Dinner at Pomeroy's outdoor patio on this warm October night to celebrate my mom's birthday 🥂🍰 The red velvet cake and champagne were on the house!

#Foodie #Drink

Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 12d

Happy birthday to my amazing mama! ♡ Here she is at age 16 in traditional Chinese opera garb in Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong: www.facebook.com/share/169YgE...

She recorded her 1st ever CD a few years ago! Buy it at www.ebay.com/itm/New-rele... She wrote all the songs herself! ^^

#Music #Photography

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Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 14d

These little catchers for xiaolongbao are so cute! 🥟

At the newly opened Serious Sanji Dumpling & Dim Sum, Illinois location.

#ChineseRestaurant #ChineseFood #Food #Chicagoland

Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 17d

On this day in 2022 I got interviewed by CanvasRebel! canvasrebel.com/meet-jenny-lam An article about when I knew I wanted to pursue an artistic path professionally, my projects and inspirations, the mission driving my creative journey, and resilience.

#SelfTaught #Artist #Art #Writer #Chicago

Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 18d

show, I figured some of you may have been a part of it before (or maybe you'll be in this one too and are in the same boat) and I'd reach out. (And for a visual explanation of the dimensions, here's the gallery's video of instructions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPAd...)

#ArtGallery #Artist

Jackson Junge Gallery TEN by TEN exhibition instructions

YouTube video by Jackson Junge Gallery

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Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 18d

Where can I get a square picture frame whose *outer dimensions* are 10x10"? (If you were to measure the outside edge of the frame itself, it would be 10 inches.) Two photos of mine were selected to be exhibited in Jackson Junge Gallery's TEN by TEN exhibition (woo!), and since this is an annual art

Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 20d

Obviously

Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 24d

Me on the ferris wheel at Riot Fest yesterday 🎡 At the top, you get a great view of the festival and the Chicago skyline!

(Cameo by my Always Carry A Book t-shirt I got from Pilsen Community Books (@pilsencommbooks.bsky.social) a few years ago ^^)

#RiotFest #Chicago #Photography #ShotoniPhone

Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 21d

Just got my 2025-26 COVID-19 vaccine at Walgreens! In Illinois, everyone is eligible; you don't have to be over 65 or immunocompromised, and no prescription is needed.

#Illinois #PublicHealth #Health #Medicine #Science #COVID #COVID19 #COVIDVaccine #Vaccine #Vaccines #Vaccination @idph.bsky.social

Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thank you, @govpritzker.illinois.gov

#Illinois #Health #PublicHealth #Medicine #Science #COVID #COVID19 #COVIDVaccine #Vaccine #Vaccination

WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · Sep 12

Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order Friday to authorize medical professionals to provide updated COVID-19 vaccines to nearly anyone who wants it in Illinois, despite an effort by federal officials to limit access to the life-saving shot.

to.wttw.com/41MG4Xd

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Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 22d

#AlienEarth ep. 8:

Between Weapons and Alien: Earth, it's the season of killer children putting fear into the adults who've wronged them and I cheer for them each time 🙌

Kirsh vs. Morrow fight!

Also, the person T. Ocellus ended up choosing as its new host?? I did *not* see (ha ha) that coming omg

Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 23d

www.tiktok.com/@artistsonth... & www.instagram.com/p/DO68ZZkDT-4

#AmericanIdiot #GreenDay #RiotFest #Chicago

Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 24d

"🖕 I'm not a part of a MAGA agenda 🖕" Bucket list item achieved: I finally got to see my favorite band from high school (for both their & my 1st time at Riot Fest)! And I actually could literally *see*; thanks to the kindness of strangers, I was standing on a couch! Being 5'1"

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biokinetic @biokinetic.southsidesecret.club · 24d

Was a great show! Can't wait for next year

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Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 23d

; it was amazing.

(Also I was singing along [off-key] to every song and thank goodness you can't really hear me in this video except I think that's me at mind-"fuck America" lol)

And all the other festival-goers / strangers who struck up conversations with me were so nice <3

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Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 23d

comeback with American Idiot, & the rest is history. And yesterday happened to be the 21st anniversary of the album's release!)

Anyway, back to #RiotFest: And they played my favorite song of theirs when I was in HS, "She!" And they played "The Grouch!" Check out their setlist

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Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 23d

soundtrack to my life during that specific time & Green Day became my favorite band in high school. It's interesting to get into an artist during their "decline" / quiet years; it makes them seem more like they're "yours."

(And then, my senior year, they made their

#GreenDay @greenday.bsky.social

Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 23d

I'm 99% sure it was one of the GBS girls). That was my introduction to both bands (technically, the 1st time I heard Green Day was in 1998 during the Seinfeld finale clip show, but I didn't know that was them yet), & I instantly loved them both; that music became the

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