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City Life, Public Service Announcement Feb 26, 2021
Celebrating Black achievements

Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Public Service Announcement, Jim O'Rourke, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Hereaclitus, COVID-19, Experimental Sound Studio, Ken Vandermark, Black History Month, DuSable Museum, Que4 Radio, Angel Bat Dawid, Sam Trump, Brandon Breaux, Smithsonian, Ella Jenkins, Printed Matter, Almighty and Insane Books, Candor Arts, Half Letter Press, Mariame Kaba, Soberscove

City Life, Public Service Announcement Sep 25, 2020
Just got paid

Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Public Service Announcement, listings, events, galleries, shopping, Buddy, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Lumpen Radio, Public Media Institute, art, visual art, Shi-an Costello, Constellation, Aspect/Ratio Gallery, livestream, concerts

Music, Music Review Jul 7, 2020
Recommended
Carlos Niño and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson showcase their telepathic collaboration on the hushed Chicago Waves
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Review, Carlos Niño, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Chicago Waves, International Anthem, Los Angeles, California, Build an Ark, With Voices, AmmonContact, Living Room, Life Force Trio, Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings, Jeremy Cunningham, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Apr 2, 2020
Holding it together during the quarantine

The Quarantine Times is virtually helping folks keep their cool.
- By S. Nicole Lane
- Tags: Lit Feature, The Quarantine Times, Lumpen, Ed Marszewski, Nick Wylie, Marz Community Brewing, Marc Fischer, Quaranzine, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Brandon Alvendia, Public Media Institute, Amanda Klonsky, Evidence of Life, Stephanie Manriquez, Jamie Trecker, Logan Bay

Music, Music Feature Feb 26, 2020
Music is for every body

Chicago’s concert venues have made welcome advances in accessibility, but a regulatory gray area lets them fall short of what they should be.
- By Brian O'Donnell
- Tags: Music Feature, Americans With Disabilities Act, ADA, Chicago Human Rights Ordinance, CHRO, disability, disabled, accessibility, mobility, mobility accessibility, wheelchair, ramp, elevator, accessible section, concert, concert venue, music venue, Metro, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Beat Kitchen, Aragon Ballroom, Empty Bottle, Thalia Hall

Arts & Culture, Art Feature Dec 17, 2019
Six visual art shows that made 2019 bearable

2020 has some big shoes to fill.
- By S. Nicole Lane
- Tags: Art Feature, Zakkiyyah Najeebah, Adds Donna, "A Different Kind of Love Story: For Us", Alice Walker, womanism, "Still Here: Torture, Resiliency and the Art of Memorializing", Arts Incubator, Juan Chavez, Chicago Torture Justice Memorial, Sonja Henderson, Patricia Nguyen, John Lee, Leather Archives & Museum, Guest Artist Gallery, Andrew Bearnot, Chuck Renslow, Robert Gaylor, "Fruiting Bodies", National Museum of Mexican Art, "Peeling off the Grey", Sam Kirk, Sebastián Hidalgo, Virgil Abloh, "Figures of Speech", Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, "Church & State", "Sex Militant", Jex Blackmore, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Year in Review 2019

Music, Gossip Wolf Dec 10, 2019
Psychedelic country collective the Keener Family drop a debut four years in the making

Plus: Dustin Laurenzi’s Snaketime helps Mississippi Records celebrate the music of Moondog, and the Era Footwork Crew bring the stage show In the Wurkz to Links Hall.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Keener Family, Christopher Keener, Rainbo, Charleston, bootgaze, Tender Beast, Raised on the Roar, Empty Bottle, Perma Cough, Father Costume, Moondog, Mississippi Records, Snaketime, Co-Prosperity Sphere, On the Streets of New York, Dustin Laurenzi, Twin Talk, Snaketime: The Music of Moondog, The Era, footwork, Links Hall, In the Wurkz, Jana Rush, DJ Spinn, DJ Earl, National Dance Project, New England Foundation for the Arts

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Dec 6, 2019
Soup season is nigh at Souper Bowl 3 Peat

Kimski Chef Won Kim hosts a superstar lineup of more than soup cooks.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Kimchis, Won Kim, Co Propserity Sphere, Aaron McKay, Chicago Board Game Cafe, Brian Fisher, Entente, Margaret Pak, Thattu, Sarah Kaleta, Kimski, Nick Jirasek, Young American, Kevin Hickey, Duck Inn, Rafael Esparaza, Finom, Soup & Bread, Martha Bayne, Co-Prosperity Sphere

Music, Concert Preview Oct 3, 2019
Recommended Video
Pharmakon makes noise that vomits and bleeds
- By Noah Berlatsky
- Tags: Concert Preview, Pharmakon, Margaret Chardiet, Bestial Burden, Devour, power electronics, noise art, deprivation, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Resonance, Sacred Bones, Recommended, Video

Music, Gig Poster of the Week Aug 7, 2019
An argument for public transit on the gig poster of the week

This week’s featured gig poster was designed by local artist and musician Calvin Fredrickson.
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Gig Poster of the Week, gig poster, gig poster of the week, gig posters, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Calvin Fredrickson, Lasers and Fast and Shit, Multicult, Tongue Party, William Covert, parking tickets, ticket, Bridgeport, community of the future

Music, Gossip Wolf May 1, 2019
Chicago no wave celebrates itself

The Co-Prosperity Sphere’s concert and exhibit features some prime movers from the 90s scene. Plus: You haven’t missed the CHIRP Record Fair yet. It’s happening later this year!
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Chicago No Wave, now wave, no wave, Lumpen Magazine, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Flying Luttenbachers, Azita, Scissor Girls, Bobby Conn, DJ Le Deuce, 0th, D.O.G., Joaquin de la Puente, Shattered Dimension, Math, Duotron, Lake of Dracula, Dot Dot Dot, Magnatroid, Milk of Burgundy, Czar Bar, Shane Bugbee, Jim Newberry, Kelly Kuvo, Jodie Mecanic, Rose Meyers, Zeek Sheck, CHIRP, CHIRP Record Fair & Other Delights, Plumbers Hall, Ovef Ow, Jellies, Baby Money, Blue Ribbon Glee Club, DPCD, Thair, Charming Hokum, Alex White, Chuck Wren, Joe Shanahan, Van Paugam

Music, Gig Poster of the Week Feb 6, 2019
Typesetters gone wild on the gig poster of the week
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Poster of the Week, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, Tim Curley, Pinebender, Parlour, Poison Arrows, William Covert, Co-Prosperity Sphere

Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 29, 2019
Video
Gloriously idiosyncratic label Mississippi Records moves to Chicago

Plus: Space Blood drummer William Covert celebrates a solo tape, and Smashed Plastic throws a free grand-opening party packed with local talent.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Mississippi Records, tour, grand finale, Eric Isaacson, Cyrus Moussavi, Gordon Ashworth, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Raw Music International, Olvido Records, Golden Wilson, A Cosmic and Earthly History of Recorded Music According to Mississippi Records, William Covert, Space Blood, Rust Ring, Music for Synthesizer and Drums, Coup sur Coup, Smashed Plastic, grand opening, Serengeti, Bleach Party, Lawrence Peters Outfit, Diagonal, Tim Zawada, Chuck Wren, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 15, 2019
Drone-song duo Mending near the halfway point of a 40-song narrative cycle

Plus: Top-notch Chicago rapper Tree decisively ends his release drought, and Whitney trumpeter Will Miller drops the debut by his psychedelic soul-jazz band.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Mending, Kate Adams, Joshua Dumas, We Gathered at Wakerobin Hollow, Homeward, Chapter 04: Homeward, ChiCityLives, Que4 Radio, Tree, MC Tree, Tremaine Johnson, Sunday School, I.B.C.L.A.S.S.I.C., Vic Spencer, GOAT, Nothing Is Something, Daupe, Will Miller, Whitney, Chance the Rapper, trumpet, Resavoir, Akenya Seymour, Twin Peaks, Co-Prosperity Sphere, International Anthem, Escalator

Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 30, 2018
Video
Hip-hop site Ruby Hornet throws its first show in years

Plus: Local emo trio Mollow drop their debut on Worry Records, and Lumpen Radio teams up with Sonorama for a bumping Día de los Muertos party.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Ruby Hornet, Boathouse, Empty Bottle, Ajani Jones, Closed Sessions, Alex Fruchter, RTC, Jared Lanell, Lorde Fredd33, Worry Records, Rust Ring, Retirement Party, Regular Oatmeal, Mollow, Small, Subterranean, Calaveras y Palmeras, Día de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Lumpen Radio, Sonorama, Sonido Gallo Negro, Julian Donk, Peace & Rhythm, DJ Bongohead, DJ Garrincha, Tropical Diaspora Records, Marz Community Brewing, Sobremesa Supper Club, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 23, 2018
Pedro the Lion at Thalia Hall, and more things to do this weekend

Pedro the Line, James Brandon Lewis, and more recommended concerts and events this weekend
- By Anna White
- Tags: Music, Arts, Performing Arts, Style, Theater, Things to Do, Chicago events, Pedro the Lion, Thalia Hall, Glossier, The Radicalization Project, Co-Prosperity Sphere, David Bazan, H.C. McEntire, Ohmme, Thalia Hall, Empty Bottle, Constellation, Flamingo Rodeo, Ne-Hi, Mikey Wells, Said Unsaid, James Brandon Lewis, Ben Lamar Gay, Kent Kessler, Avreeyal Ra, Leor Galil, Dan Jakes, West Loop, pop-up stores, cosmetics

Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 14, 2018
Video
Wild bear rapper Big Dipper comes home to tease his long-awaited debut album

Plus: Rock iconoclasts Blizzard Babies, gnarly glam band Lollygagger, and brand-new boogie label Leisure Records all celebrate fresh releases.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Big Dipper, Late Bloomer, Shea Couleé, ShowYouSuck, Steppenwolf, 1700 Theatre, Drip Drop, Blizzard Babies, Missing Time, Don Giovanni, Sleeping Village, Chicago Period Project, Lollygagger, Life on Terminus, Midwest Action, Cole’s, Andrew Joseph, Paid Time Off, Leisure Records, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Drinks, Casual Friday, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 17, 2018
RIP to beloved Chicago house DJ and producer Sean Haley

Plus: Punk Rock and Donuts throws a Pilsen Reads! benefit, local pop-rock band Bike Cops celebrate their debut full-length, and more.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Sean Haley, house music, house, RIP, obituary, Chicago House Music Festival, Inner Sound System, Sonotheque, Windimoto, Scorpeze, Mr. JayToo, Sean Owens, Deep Rooted, Glenn Underground, I-94, Punk Rock and Donuts, Jeremy Kitchen, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Pilsen Reads!, Pilsen Community Books, Nonagon, Through N Through, Short Temper, Bike Cops, Jurassic Pop, Emporium, Dana Buoy, Gumdropp, Sharkula, Mukqs, Good Willsmith, Cafe Mustache

Music, Gossip Wolf May 16, 2018
The Chicago Zine Fest celebrates publishing by the people

Plus: Bloodiest and Luggage play to benefit the Clinic Vest Project at Rainbo, and local dirt-rock supergroup Hitter drop their first track.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Chicago Zine Fest, Plumbers Union Hall, Co-Prosperity Sphere, punk rock karaoke, Institute of Cultural Affairs, CHI PRC, Chicago Publishers Resource Center, GlitterGuts, Rainbo, Clinic Vest Project, Bloodiest, Luggage, Hitter, Lil Tits, Meat Wave, Hannah Hazard, Madalyn Garcia, Adam Luksetich, Foul Tip, Ryan Wizniak, Born to Rock, Quenchers

Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 20, 2018
Gothic stompers Hide celebrate their long-awaited debut full-length

Plus: The Co-Prosperity Sphere hosts a downright dancy weekend, and experimental tape label Reserve Matinee drops a second batch of four releases.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Hide, Dais Records, Castration Anxiety, Empty Bottle, Heather Gabel, Seth Sher, Lilac, Forced Into Femininity, Hogg, Jamal Moss, Hieroglyphic Being, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Ben LaMar Gay, This Is Bate Bola, Africans With Mainframes, Noleian Reusse, Jackin’ Zone, Potions, Chicago Jim, Red Tailed Hawk Luna, Reserve Matinee, Exhibitionist, Smoke Signals, The Big Stir, John Daniel, Jon Macintosh, Michael Stumpf

Blogs, Bleader Feb 23, 2018
RuPaul's Drag Race star Bianca Del Rio performs standup and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

Chic-A-Go-Go and more goings-on February 23-25.
- By Rachel Yang
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Typeforce 9, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Surely Goodness and Mercy, Redtwist Theatre, Patricia Musker, Roxy Bellows at The Den, The Den, RuPaul's Drag Race, Bianca Del Rio, Roy Haylock, Blame It on Bianca, The Vic, Hoover-Leppen Theatre, Andrew Pearson, This is a Blank Page. A Story in Motion, The Promontory, Chic-A-Go-Go, Mia Park, New Player Has Entered the Show, Super Smash Bros, Under the Gun Theatre

Blogs, Bleader Aug 2, 2017
In their words: How the folks at Fed Up Fest help keep queer punk a ‘community of care’

Everything about this year's Fed Up Fest—the bystander intervention training, the panel discussions on aging in punk, the frenzied yet thoughtful music—manifested the spirit of resistance, hope, and direct action.
- By Ashley Ray-Harris
- Tags: LGBTQ+, Music, Politics, Fed Up Fest, Co-Prosperity Sphere, queer, LGBT, LGBTQ, punk, hardcore, Homocore, Latino, Los Crudos, Limp Wrist, Martin Sorrondeguy, Jes Skolnik, Split Feet, El Rescate, Ono, Travis, Monica Trinidad, For the People Artists Collective, Anthony Wright, Chicago House & Social Service Agency, Mascha, E. Ornelas, Isabella Mancini, Ephran Ramirez, Mariam Bastani, Condenada, Permanent Ruin, Jolene, Blacker Face, Natalie Grace Krueger, Contentious, Pursley, No Men, Eric Strom

Blogs, Bleader May 5, 2017
Chicago Zine Fest, Obscura Day 2017, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

Nasty Women Art Chicago, Osama Alomar, and more happenings from May 5-7.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Nasty Women Art Chicago, Moonlight Studios, VHS Comedy, North Bar, Chicago Zine Fest, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Plumbers Union Hall, Anarchy, Ascendence Dance Chicago, Theater Wit, Obscura Day 2017, Atlas Obscura, Democracy Now, Amy Goodman, Women & Children First, Heaven Gallery, Universal Love, Osama Alomar, Seminary Co-op, Laura Marling, Metro, Character Assassination, Laugh Factory

Music, Gossip Wolf Feb 7, 2017
Instrumental prog-fusion wizards Monobody celebrate a new split album

Plus: The Co-Prosperity Sphere hosts 32 DJs in 24 hours to benefit Lumpen Radio, and Savage Sister guitarist Michael Tenzer returns with the synth-forward Soft Lashes.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Monobody, prog, Pyramid Scheme, Nnami Ogbonnaya, Slow Mass, Great Deceivers, Beat Kitchen, 32x24, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Logan Bay, Joe Bryl, WLPN, Lumpen Radio, K Sity, Mixtress Annie, Mykol, In-Between, Savage Sister, Michael Tenzer, Wild Patterns, Lazy Legs, Soft Lashes, Hypersensuality, Chain of Pink

Music, Music Feature Jan 18, 2017
Video
Lumpen Radio amplifies voices from the margins

This Bridgeport-based low-power station provides an on-air home for diversity and dissent.
- By Erin Osmon
- Tags: Music Feature, Lumpen Radio, WLPN, WLPN 105.5 FM, Lumpen magazine, Public Media Institute, Mash Tun, Co-Prosperity Sphere, low-power FM, community radio, LPFM, Version festival, Ed Marszewski, Edmar, Logan Bay, Bridgeport, Marz Community Brewing, Local Community Radio Act, WCYC 90.5 FM, Melanie Adcock, Tech Scene Chicago, Divisive, Yollocalli Arts Reach, Wattz Up!, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, Democracy Now!, Sandra Treviño, Stephanie Manriquez, the Ponderers, DJs, Craig Harshaw, Leah Gipson, Keith Brown, Radio Arte, noncommercial educational, FCC, CHIRP, Video

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