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The Catich Gallery at St. Ambrose University is presenting “Lucidity for the Home,” an exhibit of paintings and drawings of artist and St. Ambrose faculty member Christopher Reno. With an approach reflecting Bauhaus influences, Reno’s painting process is an exploration of the improvisational, which he describes as a form of wayfinding, according to an SAU […]

Nedde Catich was a young jazz musician when he came to St. Ambrose College (now St. Ambrose University) during the Great Depression. At the time, he was playing trumpet in a jazz band at the Purple Grackle, a roadhouse just over the Cook County line. A respite for Chicago gangsters.