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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, Gossip Wolf Apr 10, 2018
La Armada return with an overdue album of Dominican-born hardcore

Plus: Awesomely trashy Indiana punks the Fritz celebrate their debut full-length, and CHIRP holds its 16th annual record fair.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, La Armada, Dominican Republic, hardcore, Anti-Colonial Vol. 1, Javier Fernandez, Cobra Lounge, the Fritz, northwest Indiana, punk, SESTA, FOSTA, DIY, Hammond, Drunken Sailor, Dani Leopardo, Cyber Pink, Pentas, Clay Fritz, Pukeoid, Joe Seger, Big Zit, Raw Nerve, CB Radio Gorgeous, CHIRP Radio, CHIRP Record Fair & Other Delights, Plumbers Hall, Bernice, Patient Sounds, Hausu Mountain, Already Dead, Maximum Pelt, vinyl, DJs, record fair

Reader, Reader events Oct 24, 2017
Video
Made in Chicago Holiday Market

Shop local on December 3, 2017
- Tags: Reader Events, #MICM, #MadeInChicago, Made in Chicago Market, holiday shopping, holiday markets, shopping, Plumbers Hall, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 26, 2017
Mel Brooks, Bike the Drive, and more things to do in Chicago on Memorial Day weekend

A Memorial Day parade, Baderbrawl, and more happenings from May 26-28
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Hot Dog Architecture, LetherB+B, Baderbrawl, Baderbräu, 26, Pride Arts Center, Memorial Day parade, Mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein, Chicago Theatre, You Only Live Once More, Frontier Theater, Randolph Street Market, Plumbers Hall, Art Institute of Chicago, Cauleen Smith, Bike the Drive, Lake Shore Drive, ChitChat: Hack Your Period, East Room, Femdot, Schubas

Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 4, 2017
Logan Bay loses half a leg to a driver, keeps programming WLPN from his hospital bed

Plus: CHIRP holds its 15th annual Record Fair, and Seth Vanek moves The Therapy Sessions to Constellation for a one-off birthday party.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Logan Bay, Gutter Butter DJs, Lumpen Radio, WLPN, station director, injury, accident, Cook County Hospital, Ed Marszewski, fund-raiser, CHIRP Record Fair, CHIRP Radio, Plumbers Hall, Beat Drun Juel, Flesh Panthers, Avery Young, Seth Vanek, The Therapy Sessions, anniversary, Hungry Brain, Constellation, The Seth Show, Tonight!, Roommate, Kent Lambert, Ameya Pewar, Rebecca O’Neal, Akenya

Blogs, Bleader Dec 16, 2016
The Reader’s Made in Chicago Holiday Market, Jim Jarmusch’s Gimme Danger, and more things to do this weekend

Shop Sensual, “Riot Grrrls,” and more happenings from December 16-18
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Gimme Danger, Logan Theatre, Shop Sensual, Reunion, Christmas Queens, the Vic, Riot Grrrls, Museum of Contemporary Art, Your Stories, Hideout, Kandy Kane Ball, Joe's Bar, Made in Chicago Market, Plumbers Hall, Cocktails for Ding Dongs, Presidio, Tidings of Tap, Chicago Tap Theatre, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts

Blogs, Bleader Oct 14, 2016
Logan Square Food Truck Social, Grace Bonney, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

Grateful Dead Brunch, Open house Chicago, and other happenings from October 14-16.
- By Jack Ladd
- Tags: Arts, Food & Drink, Do This, hume, tender space, clickhole, the hideout, mash bash chicago, binny's beverage depot, logan square, logan square food truck social, dad's basement, grateful dead, the empty bottle, chicago architecture foundation, open house chicago, bloody mary fest, plumbers hall, vintage garage, grace bonney, music box theatre

Blogs, Bleader Aug 5, 2016
The Reader’s Made in Chicago Market, Hot Dog Fest, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

Martin Luther King 1,000 Mile March, Juke These Days: Footwork Battle, and more happenings from August 5-7
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Chicago Hot Dog Fest, Chicago History Museum, Unelectable You, Second City, Slate, Up Comedy Club, Chicago Horror Convention, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Juke These Days: Footwork Battle, Subterranean, The Inborn Absolute, Robert Ryan, Great State Gallery, Made in Chicago Market, Plumbers Hall, Arguments and Grievances, North Bar

Reader, Reader events Aug 3, 2016
Slideshow
Made in Chicago Market
- Tags: Reader Events, Plumbers Hall, Slideshow

Blogs, Bleader Jul 29, 2016
Chicago Margarita Festival, CLLAW XXV: Summer Showdown, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

Fed Up Fest, Chicago Poetry Block Party, and more happenings from July 29-31.
- By Jessica Kim Cohen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Lincoln Park Zoo, Mon Ami Gabi, Vanille Patisserie, Titanic Live, Titanic, Ravinia Festival, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Children's Choir, Fed Up Fest, Chicago Poetry Block Party, Fatimah Asghar, Ric Wilson, Randolph Street Market Festival, Plumbers Hall, Alphabet Soup Vintage, Meema's Treasures, Magic Circle Crepes, Baba Pita, South Shore Cultural Center, Chicago Margarita Festival, Under the Gun Theater, For Those Who Can’t, RoscoeBooks, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers, Logan Square Auditorium

Blogs, Bleader Apr 8, 2016
Chicago Art Department's Crystal Ball, CHIRP Record Fair, and more things to do this weekend

CAKE Art Auction, a Tremors lecture at Music Box, and more happenings from April 8-10
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, CAKE Art Auction, Hideout, Wiggle Room, City Winery, Black Women's Expo, McCormick Place, CHIRP Record Fair, Plumbers Hall, Speed Dating for Mom Friends, Longest Shortest Time, the Grafton, Chicago Art Department, Crystal Ball, Lincoln Hall, Fictlicious, Tremors, Music Box

Blogs, Bleader Feb 26, 2016
Watch the Oscars at Logan Theatre, see typographic art at Typeforce, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

Table Top Shakespeare, the Randolph Street Market, and more happenings from February 26-28.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Typeforce, Co-Prosperity Sphere, To Heed Nature's Call, Living Room Gallery, After Dark, Van Gogh's Bedrooms, Art Institute Chicago, Table Top Shakespeare, Museum of Contemporary Art, Polar Beer Festival, Rock Bottom Brewery, Randolph Street Market, Plumbers Hall, Oscars, Logan Theatre, Academy Awards, Oscar party

Blogs, Bleader Dec 18, 2015
'Pop Art Design' at the MCA, Made in Chicago Holiday Market, and more things to do this weekend

CMYCake, Neil Hamburger, Everything Is Terrible!, and other happenings in Chicago from December 18-20
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Pop Art Design, MCA, Wild Game and Bourbon Affair, Blackstone Hotel, Late-er Night Andersonville, CMYCake, Pilsen Outpost, Made in Chicago Holiday Market, Plumbers Hall, The Incredibly Strange Holiday Spectacular for the Needy, Emporium Arcade Bar, Taco in a Bag

Reader, Reader events Nov 10, 2015
2015 Made in Chicago Holiday Market
- Tags: Reader Events, Plumbers Hall

Blogs, Bleader Apr 12, 2014
Reader's Agenda Sat 4/12: CoffeeCon, Tom Hanks Day, and CHIRP Record Fair

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, April 12
- By Taylor Tolbert
- Tags: Do This, Arts, CoffeeCon, coffee, Zhou B Art Center, George Howell, Coffee Connection, International Tom Hanks Day, Tom Hanks, Oscars, Lifeline Energy, Headquarters Beercade, CHIRP Record Fair and Other Delights, Plumbers Hall

Blogs, Bleader May 25, 2013
Reader's Agenda Sat 5/25: The Randolph Street Market, the Belmont-Sheffield Music Festival, and drunk art pairings

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, May 25
- By Tosten Burks
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Randolph Street Market, Plumbers Hall, Craft Beer Week, Haymarket, Drinking & Writing Theater, Beerfly AlleyFight, Belmont-Sheffield Music Festival, Belmont, Dot Dot Dot, Trippin Billies

Blogs, Bleader Apr 13, 2013
Reader's Agenda Sat 4/13: CHIRP Record Fair, History of Freestyle, and Phosphorescent

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, April 13, 2013
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Tennessee, CHIRP Record Fair, Plumbers Hall, History of Freestyle, Congress Theater, Phosphorescent, Muchacho, Matthew Houck, Peter Margasak, l Phosphorescent, Lincoln Hall, Strand of Oaks

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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!

Plus: Awesomely trashy Indiana punks the Fritz celebrate their debut full-length, and CHIRP holds its 16th annual record fair.

Shop local on December 3, 2017

A Memorial Day parade, Baderbrawl, and more happenings from May 26-28

Plus: CHIRP holds its 15th annual Record Fair, and Seth Vanek moves The Therapy Sessions to Constellation for a one-off birthday party.

Shop Sensual, “Riot Grrrls,” and more happenings from December 16-18

Grateful Dead Brunch, Open house Chicago, and other happenings from October 14-16.

Martin Luther King 1,000 Mile March, Juke These Days: Footwork Battle, and more happenings from August 5-7

Fed Up Fest, Chicago Poetry Block Party, and more happenings from July 29-31.

CAKE Art Auction, a Tremors lecture at Music Box, and more happenings from April 8-10

Table Top Shakespeare, the Randolph Street Market, and more happenings from February 26-28.

CMYCake, Neil Hamburger, Everything Is Terrible!, and other happenings in Chicago from December 18-20

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