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- Music, Concert Preview Nov 1, 2019
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Providence trio Minibeast deliver two albums of out-there postpunk
- Arts & Culture, Comics Apr 4, 2018
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130 comic artists team up to finish friend's graphic novel after he dies at 43
There will be fund-raising for Ed Siemienkowicz's (Fucking) Forty at C2E2 this weekend.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 25, 2016
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Bands dress up as better bands for Halloween at Cole’s
Plus: Gramps the Vamp celebrate their spooky, funky new LP, and south-suburban MC Calez raps about his impending fatherhood.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 11, 2016
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Funk Trunk Records shutters its brick-and-mortar shop
Plus: Kickstarted local vinyl-storage company Flipbin hits the market, shoegazers Lazy Legs release a new cassette, and more.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 8, 2016
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Laura Collins turns voyeurism into art with 'Olsen Twins Hiding From the Paparazzi'
A Chicago artist inspires a new museum in New York.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 22, 2016
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Expat jazz guitarist Dave Miller returns from Brooklyn with a new album in tow
Plus: Postpunk trio World War Tree celebrate a new EP, Gramps the Vamp crowdfund ‘the soundtrack to a faux-horror adventure film,’ and more.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 21, 2016
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WFMT wants to Kickstart a vast online Studs Terkel archive
The radio network turns to Kickstarter to get an expanded Studs Terkel digital archive up and running.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 10, 2015
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Geek Bar's fans rescue it from oblivion—but was it worth saving?
"This isn't what the geek community deserves."
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 14, 2015
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Former Trib correspondent Paul Salopek is taking an eight-year walk
National Geographic is chronicling the journalist's journey from Ethiopia to Tierra del Fuego
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 8, 2015
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Two Chicagoans hope to light up the Wabash el tracks
A new project, still in the fundraising stage, will combine public art and computer technology.
- Blogs, Bleader May 5, 2015
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How Merle's 2000 EP became a cult house hit
Chicago dance label Stripped & Chewed reissue the underground record from house veteran Merwyn Sanders this month.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 30, 2015
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UIC students take a class in Kickstarter
Local designer—and crowd-funding success story—Craighton Berman gives young designers a hands-on lesson in self-promotion in the new Entrepreneurial Product Development class.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 12, 2014
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Kedzie Avenue gets the Illustrated Press treatment
Darryl Holliday and company are Kickstarting their effort to collect stories for a second book, Kedzie Avenue.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 10, 2014
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Bee and PuppyCat is as adorable and bizarre as ever
The animated show finds life on YouTube thanks to Kickstarter.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 1, 2014
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A mobile barbecue podcast needs some dough
An interview with Car Con Carne host James VanOsdol
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 11, 2014
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Making sense of the game Utter Nonsense
Two Chicago guys hope they can duplicate the success of Cards Against Humanity with their card game Utter Nonsense.
- Music, Music Feature Jul 23, 2014
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Will Chicago's most daring and virtuosic jazz singer finally get the recognition she deserves?
Dee Alexander has earned international acclaim, but fame has eluded her. Her great new album, Songs My Mother Loves, might change that.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 30, 2014
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A local guy created a smartphone game that wants you to look up, not down
Cartegram wants to bring urban explorers together.
- Blogs, Bleader May 23, 2014
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The Annoyance Theatre settles into its new home
The comedy theater reopens at its Lakeview location.
- Arts & Culture, Feature May 20, 2014
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Everything is wonderful in the world of Everything Is Terrible!
The found-footage video collective is churning out new projects and collaborating with the likes of MTV, Fox, and Adult Swim, but its core mission—to be as weird as possible—holds true.
- Arts & Culture, Art Sidebar Apr 1, 2014
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Chicago Design Museum has designs on a permanent home
The nascent organization is raising funds for an exhibit on 100 years of Chicago design.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 26, 2014
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Gossip Wolf: Pure Joy wants to give Chicago a venue that's welcoming to everyone
Plus: Spektral Quartet releases its contemporary-classical ringtones, and Mormon Toasterhead keeps popping
- News & Politics, Chicagoans Nov 29, 2013
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This week's Chicagoan: Ruth Smith, seamstress for plus-size children
"If they had just another inch, my baby could wear this: 'Well, maybe mama can move the button.' It just wasn't enough. They was still a little bit snuggie."
- Music, Music Feature Nov 19, 2013
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Time Crash brings Time Lord rock across the pond
Beloved BBC sci-fi franchise Doctor Who turns 50 this week, and Chicago nerd-rock band Time Crash is ready to celebrate.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Nov 6, 2013
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The great puppet caper
How a Wicker Park building full of "creepy wooden dolls with strings" led a young documentarian to (almost) reunite a prolific puppeteer with his life's work
