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Film, Small Screen Mar 3, 2021
Video
For Caprice Williams, the Journey is just beginning

The filmmaker overcame many obstacles to achieve her dream, and she’s not slowing down any time soon.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Small Screen, Caprice Williams, Journey, Rouz Productions, Antoinette Drummer, Hyde Park Academy High School, Harmony Village, Jakub Wasowski, Maya Neita, CAN TV, Unpack the Gifted, Unblock the Creativity, Video

Music, Music Feature Sep 3, 2020
Video
Andrew Kitchen’s boogie strikes back

The Soul Train veteran and host of Attack of the Boogie celebrates the reissue of his dance show’s 1984 theme song.
- By Jake Austen
- Tags: Music Feature, Andrew Kitchen, Attack of the Boogie, Soul Train, Attack of the Chicago Boogie, Star Creature Universal Vibrations, Dick Clark, American Bandstand, Don Cornelius, A Black’s View of the News, Kiddie A-Go-Go, Chic-a-Go-Go, Kitchen the Dancin’ Magician, Dancin’ Magicians, WCIU, WJYS, Red Hot & Blues, Big Bill Hill, Chicago Access Network Television, CAN TV, Clinton Ghent, Jacqueline Stewart, Kelly Kuvo, Elma and Company, Soul in the Hole, Avery R. Young, Filipino Bandstand, John Q. Adams, John Q’s Entertainment Scene, Pinball Wizard, Arthritis, Rheumatism, Bursitis, Cupcake, Sugar, Spice, Masquerader, the Kicks, Southside Equators, Hot Ice, the Puppets, Midnight Special, Wolfman Jack, Ten Commandments, Dancing Superheroes, High Chaparral, Flipside, Ron Briskman’s Hideout, Kitchen’s Dancin’ Magicians, Ray Rayner and His Friends, Kidding Around, Bozo, U Dance With B96, Panos Productions, Jerry Bryant, JBTV, Melvin Dunlap, Melvin “the Alexander” Dunlap, Power Dance Circle, Planet of the Little Boogies, Rhythm People, Mavis Staples, Ginuwine, Common, Tim Zawada, Hersh Singh, Hersh “Kool Hersh” Singh, Kool Hersh, Boogie Munsters, Mr. Peabody, Kstarke, Lumpen Radio, Mario Smith, Nieci Payne, Jerry Soto, Kitchen, the Dancin’ Magician (Master of Love), Fox Century Plaza, Boogie Down With Me, Super Sessions of the 80’s, Elayne Coleman, Ben Marcus, Rob Sevier, Conservatory Vintage & Vinyl, Attack of the Boogie Reloaded, Video

Film, Small Screen Feb 6, 2020
Recommended
Hello! It’s Hobert wants to teach you a thing or two

The new cable access show is like bizzaro Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood for adults.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Small Screen, Hobert Thompson, Tucker Millett, CAN TV, Mister Rogers Neighborhood, cable access, Liz Getty, Sohrab Forouzesh, talk show, Recommended

Music, Music Feature Aug 15, 2019
Video
Cheer-Accident celebrate 20 albums as a beacon of prog-rock absurdity

With the new Chicago XX, their third full-length in three years, these indefatigable weirdos have hit a hot streak late in the fourth decade of their career.
- By Monica Kendrick
- Tags: Music Feature, Cheer-Accident, Chicago XX, Martyrs’, Bobby Conn, Akosuen, Thymme Jones, Jeff Libersher, Dylan Posa, Chris Block, Todd Rittmann, Phil Bonnet, Alex Perkolup, Small World, Dumb Ask, Introducing Lemon, Fades, Putting Off Death, Gumballhead the Cat, Cool Clown Ground, Dot Dot Dot, Brise-Glace, Filet of Nod, Lounge Ax, U.S. Maple, Enduring the American Dream, Lovely Little Girls, Skin Graft, Cuneiform, Complacency Records, Jamie Fillmore, Fred Kreuger, CAN TV, Video

Music, Music Feature Feb 28, 2019
Video
Marcus Mixx has lost his home, but he still has house

While his early records fetch hundreds of dollars apiece from a cult of collectors, he just wants a space of his own to make his new tracks.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Marcus Mixx, Marcus Shannon, Liam Gallegos, Head Studios, Gitano Camero, L.I.A.M., house, house music, Farley “Jackmaster” Funk, Hot Mix 5, WBMX, I Wanna House!, Chicago Cultural Center, Harold Washington Library, Marcus Mixx on TV, Rockerd, Cheap, but Not Cheap Video, Wake Up! Music, Pepper Gomez, DJ International, Trax Records, Franciscan Outreach, Walls Memorial CME Church, homeless, homeless shelter, GoFundMe, “I Wanna House Now (or at Least a Room)”—No Furniture Needed Mixx, Under Dog, Missing Dog Records, Missing Records, Get Wet & Sweat Records, Volume 2, Ron Morelli, Long Island Electrical Systems, L.I.E.S., Missing Records Special Edition Volume 1, Kevin “Krazy K” Dobbins, Corey “Send” Shannon, Corey Shannon, Psychousic, Jamie Principle, Dixie Record Pressing, Importes Etc., Ray Barney, Dance Mania, Barney’s Records, Let’s Pet Puppies, Thomos Oakes, Morgan Park High School, Jay B. Ross, “Screamin’ Rachael” Cain, Larry Sherman, Pam Zekman, Farley Keith, Frankie Knuckles, Armando Gallop, AKA’s, Coconuts, Ron Hardy, Streetfire, Liquid Love (Chicago Mix), The Best of Ron Hardy, Liquid Love, CAN TV, The Chicago Underground Explosion, Boom TV, Lesley Johnson, Saber, Tits, Ass & Pussy, Victor Blood, Marcuss Mixxed Up Records, John J. Madden Mental Health Center, Pacific Garden Mission, Soundation, Soundcloud, Mixcloud, Home Is Where the House Is, Joseph Bendavid, Skylax, Cable25, Trax TV, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 8, 2017
Video
Garage rocker Mac Blackout hangs his cosmic caricatures at Ampersand’s first art show

Plus: The National Steppers Society comes to Summerdance, and raunchy rapper Cupcakke hits an all-building party at Metro and Smart Bar.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Mac Blackout, Functional Blackouts, Mickey, Mac Blackout Band, Ampersand, tree stumps, Mary Nisi, Toast & Jam, Rise of the Geometric Giants, Laura Ellsworth, paintings, exhibit, CAN TV, Can I Step With You, Summerdance, steppers, Grant Park, National Steppers Society, Kenneth Watkins, Cupcakke, Charli XCX, Lollapalooza, Metro, Smart Bar, Oculus, Men’s Room, Harry Cross, Jacob Meehan, Aceboombap, Lesbifriends Cartel, Bézier, Bearcat, Mister Wallace, Kaycee Ortiz, Video

Arts & Culture, Feature Jul 19, 2017
Video
Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim still keep each other weird

With the comedians on tour celebrating the tenth anniversary of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, CAN TV variety show host Steve Gadlin talks to his Adult Swim heroes about public-access television, absurdist comedy, and much more.
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Feature, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Steve Gadlin, Star Makers, Awesome Show Great Job!, The Vic, Comedy, Video, Adult Swim, Anniversary, CAN TV, public-access television, Cartoon Network, Tim and Eric 10th Anniversary Awesome Tour, Don't Spit the Water, Impress These Apes, The Nairobi Project, I Want to Draw a Cat for You, Shark Tank, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 31, 2014
Spend election night with Mick and Ben at the Hideout!

Come to our election-night cabaret at the Hideout, featuring Alderman Will Burns, state rep Kelly Cassidy, and Matt Farmer, the singing lawyer with the big hit about Bruce Rauner.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, News, Blue State Cowboys, Bruce Rauner, CAN TV, cannabis, erectile dysfunction, Hideout, Kelly Cassidy, Ken Davis, Matt Farmer, medical marijuana, Mick Dumke, Pat Quinn, Plutocrat--the Ballad of Bruce Rauner, priapism, rich Republicans, Rick Kogan, Will Burns

Music, Music Feature Oct 1, 2013
Video
Bopping makes its move

Chicago hip-hop's latest hot dance is more fun than footworking, and it's already got a star in Lil Kemo—all it needs now is a crossover hit.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Lil Kemo, Chance the Rapper, Wala Cam, Twitter, mixtapes, Datpiff, rap, Fake Shore Drive, west side, south side, hip hop, Travon Biggs, dance, bopping, K-Town, North Lawndale, bop, Dlow, Daryon Simmons, M.I.C, Sicko Mobb, King Louie, Wala Williams, CAN TV, YouTube, video, parties, clubs, Mikey Dollaz, I.L Will, Lil Chris, fiestas, rap videos, Fake Shore Drive, Andrew Barber, footworking, DJ Nate, Nathan Clark, DGainz, Team Fiesta, gangs, KC Ultra, Stunt Taylor, Breezy Montana, Shawty Doo, S.B.E., LeekeLeek, Cicero on da Beat, Chief Keef, happy rap music, Lil Ceno, Lil Trav, Entertainers Basketball Classic, Rucker Park, JLM Abundant Life Community Center, bop contests, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 9, 2011
Everything you need to know about Ken Davis and his show on CAN TV
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, Ken Davis, public access television, CAN TV, Kate Grossman, Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Tribune, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, TIFs, George Schmidt, Substance newspaper, world-wide helium shortage

Blogs, Bleader Aug 2, 2011
The Renaissance Society live on your TV

A new partnership between the Renaissance Society and CAN TV brings excellent avant-garde music to the small screen: Tony Conrad, David Moss, Jacques Demierre, and more.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, CAN TV, television, experimental music, free jazz, Tony Conrad, David Moss, Marc Unternaehrer, Six, Jacques Demierre, Isabelle Duthoit, Charlotte Hug, Urs Leimgruber, Thomas Lehn, Dorothea Schurch, Vincent Barras

Blogs, Bleader May 6, 2011
Video
Mayor Daley's Mixed Transit Legacy
- By Alex Parker
- Tags: Transit, CTA, transit, Ed Zotti, Forrest Claypool, Mayor Daley, Jon Hilkevitch, CAN TV, Ken Davis, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 30, 2010
Video
Joravsky, Bus on Chicago Newsroom

Ben Joravsky and fictional mayoral hopeful Ald. Ed Bus on the year-end episode of Ken Davis's CAN TV series "Chicago Newsroom."
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Media, Politics, Clout City, Ben Joravsky, Ken Davis, CAN TV, Ed Bus, mayor, campaign, 53rd ward, Waiting for Superman, Chicago Newsroom, Chicago Public Radio, Justin Kaufmann, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 16, 2009
Video
Siege at Republic
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, workers, republic, windows and doors, local 1110, labor beat, andrew freund, kari lydersen, armando robles, ue, revolt on goose island, united electrical, occupation, benefits, bank of america, can tv, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 24, 2009
See who you're voting for...

If you want to look the Fifth District congressional candidates in the eye, look for them on CAN TV.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: News, News Bites, CAN TV, Sarah Feigenholtz, Chicago Access Network Television, Barbara Popovic, Chicago Journalism Town Halol

Blogs, Bleader Dec 18, 2008
Did you punch in, professor?

Academics as hourly labor
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Education, University Of Illinois, Academia, Jobs, Labor, Exploitation, Joe Berry, CAN TV

News & Politics, Feature Feb 16, 2006
R. Kelly's Old Lady

She's best known as the DJ who ruled black radio in the 70s and 80s, but La Donna Tittle has always thought of herself as an actress. Now thanks to a cameo in R. Kelly's epic "Trapped in the Closet" video, she's ready for her close-up.
- By Jake Austen
- Tags: Feature, WKKC, CAN TV, La Donna Tittle, Herb Kent, cooking shows, soul food

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The filmmaker overcame many obstacles to achieve her dream, and she’s not slowing down any time soon.

The Soul Train veteran and host of Attack of the Boogie celebrates the reissue of his dance show’s 1984 theme song.

The new cable access show is like bizzaro Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood for adults.

With the new Chicago XX, their third full-length in three years, these indefatigable weirdos have hit a hot streak late in the fourth decade of their career.

While his early records fetch hundreds of dollars apiece from a cult of collectors, he just wants a space of his own to make his new tracks.

Plus: The National Steppers Society comes to Summerdance, and raunchy rapper Cupcakke hits an all-building party at Metro and Smart Bar.

With the comedians on tour celebrating the tenth anniversary of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, CAN TV variety show host Steve Gadlin talks to his Adult Swim heroes about public-access television, absurdist comedy, and much more.

Come to our election-night cabaret at the Hideout, featuring Alderman Will Burns, state rep Kelly Cassidy, and Matt Farmer, the singing lawyer with the big hit about Bruce Rauner.

Chicago hip-hop's latest hot dance is more fun than footworking, and it's already got a star in Lil Kemo—all it needs now is a crossover hit.

A new partnership between the Renaissance Society and CAN TV brings excellent avant-garde music to the small screen: Tony Conrad, David Moss, Jacques Demierre, and more.

Ben Joravsky and fictional mayoral hopeful Ald. Ed Bus on the year-end episode of Ken Davis's CAN TV series "Chicago Newsroom."

If you want to look the Fifth District congressional candidates in the eye, look for them on CAN TV.

Academics as hourly labor

She's best known as the DJ who ruled black radio in the 70s and 80s, but La Donna Tittle has always thought of herself as an actress. Now thanks to a cameo in R. Kelly's epic "Trapped in the Closet" video, she's ready for her close-up.

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