Weeds Tavern: Poster Art by Sergio Mayora - Before the days of social media and
On the Internet, Weeds Tavern host and bartender Sergio Mayora was drawing a crowd
loyal, diverse and eclectic at the bar with its unique collage posters and
vibrant advertisements promoting the tavern. \n \nThese advertisements were
singular copy-pasted works of art. From "Weed's Pollution Night" by
1988 at the 2004 poetry evening “Making America Safer in War”
against censorship," many of Mayora's posters predicted the world in
which we live in today. \n \nEchoing the bright colors and
Catchy phrases from Mayora posters, Weeds Tavern: Poster Art by Sergio
Mayora brings together more than 40 of these iconic posters that once adorned
the telephone booths and street lamps of Chicago. With text
by famed Chicago journalist Dave Hoekstra and a foreword by the actor
Award-winning author and Weeds patron Michael Shannon, this book is sure to delight both
those who attended Weeds and those who wished they could have been a part of
magic.
