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- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Mar 3, 2021
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The last idiot standing
Cartoonist Johnny Sampson finally got his dream job at MAD magazine. Now he’s one of the only artists keeping the legendary publication going.
- Arts & Culture, Pride 2019 Jun 5, 2019
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Essential listening for Pride Month
From Stravinsky to Wendy Carlos, six instances where music has shaped our conception of queerness, whether we're aware of it or not.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 22, 2018
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Attorney and former Playboy model Corri Fetman calls out ‘body-shaming’ attack ad in judicial campaign
A Facebook video mocks Fetman for bodybuilding, calls her a “poser.”
- News & Politics, Chicagoans Oct 25, 2017
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A longtime Playboy editor on working for Hugh Hefner
“It wasn’t about the models for me. The mystique of the world I was living in was the writers,” says Barbara Nellis.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 29, 2017
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How Chicago shaped Hugh Hefner and his Playboy empire, and other news
Also, Governor Rauner signs a bill expanding abortion coverage.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Mar 15, 2017
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The printed relics of Chicago’s predigital gangland
The book Thee Almighty & Insane: Chicago Gang Business Cards From the 1970s & 1980s is a snapshot of the city’s street gangs during a period of transition.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 7, 2016
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Chicago readies Alexander Hamilton statue for Hamilton musical premiere, and other news
Also, the ultimate guide to Playboy’s Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 29, 2016
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Layoffs possible for Chicago Public Schools teachers and other Chicago news
Also, the city surpasses 100 homicides for 2016, and the mysterious killing of three young Muslim men in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 25, 2016
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One primary race could be key to Illinois's budget crisis, and other Chicago news
Also, body of missing tourist from London found on top of retired Metra train, and Hugh Hefner fights CPS budget cuts to his high school with donation.
- Music, Music Feature Jan 13, 2016
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David Bowie's ex-girlfriend discusses their love affair, interracial dating, Mick Jagger, and the infamous Labyrinth bulge
Chicago-born singer Ava Cherry reflects on the loss of her former lover and collaborator.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 21, 2014
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Sixteen fun facts about 16 cartoonists who changed the world
Local illustrator/designer Monte Beauchamp has two excellent new books out for devotees of comics and pulps.
- City Life, Space Aug 10, 2014
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A mushroom-shaped party pad by the designer of Playboy's headquarters
Charles Moelter's swinging-60s design is now the residence of Flipside Cafe owner William von Hartz.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 1, 2014
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RIP author and Harvey Milk speechwriter—and former Chicagoan—Frank M. Robinson
The sci-fi author and behind-the-scenes gay activist passed away yesterday.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 11, 2013
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Reader’s Agenda Wed 9/11: Windhand, Next to Normal, and "Wisconessee"
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, September 11
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Aug 5, 2013
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What do the Playboy bunny, Lite Brite, and Dove soap have in common?
"Chicago's Bauhaus Legacy" pays tribute to the legendary school whose graduates produced these and other icons.
- Columns & Opinion, Savage Love May 16, 2013
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Should Mom buy Playboy for her kid?
Plus: Gays have 99 problems, but drunk straight girls making out ain't one.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 15, 2012
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Dubious taste—always correct
Bad taste is bad taste, but it pays to come as close as you can
- Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Dec 22, 2011
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Leopold 'Lee' Froehlich, the editor
'Print isn't going to die; it's going to change. Railroads aren't dead and radio's not dead—they just changed.'
- News & Politics, Feature Feb 4, 2010
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What Sort of Woman Reads Playboy?
By day Peggy Wilkins runs Unix servers at the U. of C. By night she tends her apartment-size collection of Playboys, moderates the Playboy Mailing List, builds Playmate databases, and even sends free advice to Hef.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 9, 2009
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Cheesecake Theft at the Fifty/50
- News & Politics, Feature Jul 2, 2009
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How I Made It in Comedy: Harold Ramis
"At the time—it was the late 1960s—the Playboy editors wanted to modernize the jokes a bit, to make them more counterculture. A big part of my job was changing 'the farmer' into 'a swinging advertising executive.'"
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 21, 2009
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More travails at Playboy Inc
More bad news from the print world: even naked, busty women are a hard sell these days.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 20, 2009
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Street Style
What they were wearing at Stop Smiling's party at Design Within Reach last night.
- News & Politics, Our Town Dec 15, 1988
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Hef's Pad
The Playboy Mansion Isn't What It Used to Be