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Music, Gig Poster of the Week Nov 12, 2020
The cosmic egg hatches on the gig poster of the week

This week’s featured gig poster was designed by the folks at Experimental Sound Studio.
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Gig Poster of the Week, gig poster, events, concerts, Glasgow, Experimental Sound Studio, ESS, Jay Ryan, Steve Albini, Art Design Chicago, Terra Foundation, Chicago Independent Venue League, livestream, Tone Glow, Sunik Kim, Lucy Liyou, Still House Plants, Wendy Eisenberg

Music, Gig Poster of the Week Oct 14, 2020
A monument to Pierre Kezdy on the gig poster of the week

This week’s featured gig poster was created by local artist and musician Jay Ryan.
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Gig Poster of the Week, gig poster, gig poster of the week, gig posters, concerts, drive-in, SeatGeek Stadium, Jay Ryan, Bird Machine, concert posters, Pegboy, Naked Raygun, Local H, Bollweevils, Jake Burns, Stiff Little Fingers, Pierre Kezdy, punk rock, outdoor show, Bridgeview

Music, Gig Poster of the Week Apr 8, 2020
All creatures love Thai food on the gig poster of the week

This week’s featured gig poster was created by local artist and musician Jay Ryan.
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Gig Poster of the Week, beavers, Bird Machine, cell phones, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dianogah, food delivery, gig poster, gig poster of the week, gig posters, Jay Ryan, musicians, order in, pandemic, posters, printmakers, prints, quarantine, Screwball Press, Thai food, The Bird Machine

Blogs, Bleader Jan 9, 2019
Flowers for Uncle Bob on the gig poster of the week

This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Jay Ryan.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Visual Art, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, Jay Ryan, Guided by Voices, New Year's Eve, Bottom Lounge, the Bird Machine

Blogs, Bleader Dec 5, 2018
Carpooling upstream to spawn on the gig poster of the week

This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Jay Ryan of the Bird Machine.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Visual Art, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, Jay Ryan, Bird Machine, Matt Talbott, Hum, solo, tour

Blogs, Bleader Jun 27, 2018
Conjuring a cuddly spirit on the gig poster of the week

This week's featured gig poster was created by Jay Ryan of the Bird Machine.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Visual Art, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, Jay Ryan, the Bird Machine, Mountain Goats, Old Town School of Folk Music

Blogs, Bleader Jan 17, 2018
There’s a bicycling snowman in a marching band on the gig poster of the week

This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Jay Ryan.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Visual Art, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, Jay Ryan, the Bird Machine, Hideout, Andrew Bird, My Brightest Diamond

Blogs, Bleader Nov 15, 2017
Hanging around with the Mountain Goats on the gig poster of the week

This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Jay Ryan of the Bird Machine.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Visual Art, Arts, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, Jay Ryan, Mountain Goats, Riviera Theatre, The Bird Machine

Blogs, Bleader Sep 27, 2017
There’s a chorus of kittens on the gig poster of the week

This week's featured gig poster was designed by Jay Ryan.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Visual Art, Arts, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, The Bird Machine, Jay Ryan, Hideout, Hideout Block Party, Electrical Audio, Man Or Astro-Man, Screaming Females, Danielson, Nina Nastasia, Shannon Wright, Meat Wave, Facs, Mint Mile, Dianogah

Blogs, Bleader Apr 12, 2017
There's a Bird Machine bird village on the gig poster of the week

This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist and screen printer Jay Ryan.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Visual Art, Arts, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, Jay Ryan, the Bird Machine, Tortoise, Lonesome Organist, Empty Bottle

Blogs, Bleader Sep 28, 2016
The monarchs fly high for Andrew Bird on the gig poster of the week

This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Jay Ryan.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Visual Art, Arts, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, Jay Ryan, the Bird Machine, Andrew Bird, Margo Price, Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park

Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 26, 2016
Anthony Janas makes sound art by sailing a boat

Plus: Everytown for Gun Safety hosts a big punk benefit at Township, and Fiesta del Sol celebrates ten years of its house-music festival.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Radius, WIIT, 88.9 FM, Anthony Janas, Water Has Nothing to Say and Neither Do I, sailboat, Adler Planetarium, 31st Street Beach, Drop Your Weapons, Drop Yr Weapons!, Township, benefit, Everytown for Gun Safety, Tim Kinsella, Josh Caterer, Eli Caterer, Smoking Popes, Vortis, Jon Langford, Jay Ryan, David Yow, House of Sol, Fiesta del Sol, Pilsen, house music, Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, Gant-Man, DJ Heather, Soulphonetics

Music, Music Feature Apr 20, 2016
An oral history of the Empty Bottle

Staff members and musicians share stories of the venerable nightclub in this excerpt from The Empty Bottle Chicago: 21+ Years of Music / Friendly / Dancing.
- By John Dugan
- Tags: Music Feature, Empty Bottle, oral history, Curbside Splendor, John Dugan, John E. Dugan, The Empty Bottle Chicago: 21+ Years of Music / Friendly / Dancing, Miss Alex White, Hot Machines, White Mystery, Damian, Bobby Conn, Bobby Conn & the Glass Gypsies, Conducent, Jay Ryan, Bird Machine, Dianogah, Hubcap, Uzeda, Bedhead, Chisel, Chicago Stone Lightning Band, Idful Music, Brad Wood, Red Red Meat, Liz Phair, Tortoise, Veruca Salt, Big Star, Metro, Alianna Kalabba, We Ragazzi, Brian Case, 90 Day Men, the Ponys, Acteurs, Disappears, Boys Life, C-Clamp, Bruce Finkelman, Lustre King, Craig Ackerman, Lounge Ax, Damian Kulash, OK Go, Lonesome Organist, Allison Hollihan, Atombombpocketknife, the Mono Men, Estrus, Melisa Young, Kid Sister, Bruce Lamont, Yakuza, Led Zeppelin 2, Bloodiest, Corrections House, Ken Vandermark, Bob Pollard, the Strokes, Guided By Voices, Black Lips, Matt Williams, Chris Anderson, Chris Saathoff, the Red Lights, Mike Gebel, City Pages, Skeletonwitch, Bob Johnson

Film, Artist on Artist Mar 4, 2013
Artist on Artist: Brendan Canty of Deathfix talks to Jay Ryan of Dianogah

"The best part about doing something you've never done before is not feeling confident, honestly."
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Artist on Artist, Brendan Canty, Rich Morel, Bob Mould, Devin Ocampo, Mark Cisneros, Medications, Bird Machine, screen printing, posters, Whelms, Joe Lally, Steve Albini, Kevin Canty, Schubas, Jay Ryan, Schubas, videos, Burn to Shine, Discovery ChannelChristoph Green, Trixie Film, Garland of Hours, Q and Not U, Fugazi, Dianogah, Bob Weston, Touch and Go, MVD, Black Lips, Deerhunter, Mastodon, Brent Green, The Bitter Tears, Bird Machine, Deathfix, Mike Scalpone, Al Scalpone, Sam Green, Bill Siegel, Mike McGinley, Steve Albini, Joe Lally

Blogs, Bleader Nov 18, 2012
The romance of books: the Newberry Library at 125

A special exhibit displays some of the exquisite items in the Newberry's vast collection, on the occasion of the library's 125th anniversary
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Books, Do This, Arts, Newberry Library, University of Chicago Press, Kelly McGrath, Walter Newberry, Bughouse Square, Nelson Algren, Man With the Golden Arm, Jack Kerouac, Malcolm Cowley, Montaigne, Shakespeare, first folio, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Dill Pickle Club, baseball cards, American Tobacco Company, Jay Ryan, Bird Machine

Blogs, Bleader Jun 10, 2010
Poster Cabaret Bicycle Prints

Poster Cabaret releases its 2010 Bicycle Art series
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Bicycling, Cycling, Poster Cabaret, 2010 Bicycle Art, Sonnenzimmer, Jay Ryan, Delicious Design League, Diana Sudyka, bicycle poster, bike poster, bike art, bicycle print

Blogs, Bleader Mar 30, 2010
Video
Diana Sudyka on Curious Cardigans

Local illustrator Diana Sudyka on Curious Cardigans, a video project of the Show and Tell Show.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Bicycling, Chicagoland, Visual Art, Cycling, Show and Tell, Diana Sudyka, Sonnenzimmer, Nadine Nakanishi, Nick Butcher, Jay Ryan, illustration, Chicago rock posters, gig posters, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Friday 2/12

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Lit & Lectures, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Books, Congorock, Smart Bar, Matsuya, Keith Jarrett, Symphony Center, The Gage, Still Bill, Facets, Kith & Kin, Singin' in the Rain, Gene Siskel Film Center, La Madia, Jay Ryan, Joe Meno, Book Cellar, Dorado Restaurant, Determination, Prop Thtr, RhinoFest, Red Apple, Wiggerlover (White Boy + Black Dad = Grey Areas), South Water Kitchen, Chicago Cultural Center

Blogs, Bleader Jan 29, 2010
1/29 - Jay Ryan paintings at Rotofugi

I've Been To Europe: New Factual Paintings by Jay Ryan opens at Rotofugi.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Visual Art, Jay Ryan, Rotofugi, I've Been To Europe: New Factual Paintings by Jay Ryan

Blogs, Bleader Dec 14, 2009
Dinner and a Show: Monday 12/14

A free Tyler Jon Tyler show, Guatemalan cuisine, a Jay Ryan lecture, and more
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Lit & Lectures, Music, Visual Art, Free Shit, Performing Arts, Arts, Swag, Books, Tyler Jon Tyler, Sleepovers, Empty Bottle, Jay Ryan, Paul Hornschemeier, Hungry Brain, Homeroom, El Tinajon, Whining in the Windy City: Holiday Edition, Jackie Hoffman, Royal George Theatre Center, The Libertine Gastropub & Lounge

Blogs, Bleader Dec 5, 2009
Holiday Sales and Fairs Roundup
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: RE Gift, Chicagoland, Visual Art, Holiday sales, Holiday fairs, rock posters, Renegade Craft Fair, Diana Sudyka, Jay Ryan, Darwin's rhea

Blogs, Bleader Aug 25, 2009
A Post About Posters
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Chicago Printers Guild, Gigposters, Gigposters.com, Delicious Design League, Jay Ryan, Chicago, posters, visual art, servicey

Blogs, Bleader Jul 16, 2009
7/16: Clay Hays of Gigposters, Diana Sudyka at Quimby's
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Music, Visual Art, Free Shit, Swag, Clay Hays, Gigposters.com, art, rock posters, Diana Sudyka, Jay Ryan, The Bird Machine, The Tiny Aviary, Quimby's

Blogs, Bleader May 22, 2009
Cheap posters this weekend

Chicago Printmakers Collaborative holds its second annual print sale, with works by Jay Ryan, letterpress virtuoso Amos Kennedy, and others.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Jay Ryan, Amos Kennedy, Dan Grzeca

Blogs, Bleader Mar 10, 2009
Chicago Public Library seeks poster art

The library's holding a poster design contest and Jay Ryan's judging.
- By Alison True
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Jay Ryan, poster contest, Chicago Public Library poster, Chicago screenprinters

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