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Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] Oct 7, 2014
Show us your . . . Catmobile

The Acro-Cats and Rock Cats tour-vehicle totem is new, improved, and back on the roof of animal trainer Samantha Martin's SUV.
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Show us your [____], Acro-Cats, Samantha Martin, Catmobile, cat circus, Rock Cats, Show us your [____]

Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] Sep 27, 2014
Show us your . . . walls of autographs

Go backstage at the Chicago Theatre, where some 10,000 autographs cover the walls.
- By Jake Malooley
- Tags: Show us your [____], Javier Ayala, Chicago Theatre, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Charlie Sheen, David Copperfield, Penn & Teller, Frank Sinatra, Julie Andrews, Burt Bacharach, George Carlin, Bill Cosby, the Eurythmics, B.B. King, Liza Minnelli, Bob Newhart, Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson, Red Skelton, Neil Young, Conan O'Brien, Jay Leno, Brian Wilson, Kids in the Hall, Sammy Davis Jr., Show us your [____]

Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] Aug 2, 2014
Show us your . . . ‘nipples’

The TaTa Top subverts Chicago's law against women exposing their nips.
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Show us your [____], nipples, Robyn Graves, Michelle Lytle, TaTa Top, bikini, Scout Willis, Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation, Show us your [____]

Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] Jun 30, 2014
Show us your . . . Swing Set Drum Kit

Artist Dave Ford's Swing Set Drum Kit brings the beat.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Show us your [____], Dave Ford, Swing Set Drum Kit, Rube Golberg, Guerrilla Truck Show, Fulton Market, Lincoln Square, Square Roots Festival, Show us your [____]

Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] Jun 7, 2014
Show us your . . . Punch Trunk

Will Duncan's party in a box, the Punch Trunk, dispenses drinks and music.
- By Jake Malooley
- Tags: Show us your [____], Will Duncan, Punch Trunk, Punch House, Dusek's, Thalia Hall, Metropolitan Brewing, 5 Rabbit, Floyd Davis IV, Pilsen, Ryan Duggan, Woodie Guthrie, Show us your [____]

Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] May 24, 2014
Show us your . . . inflatable rat

Scabby has been grabbing attention at labor-union demonstrations for nearly 25 years.
- By Jake Malooley
- Tags: Show us your [____], Scabby, Mike O'Connor, Big Sky Balloons and Searchlights, Plainfield, Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers' union, Anchorage, Alaska, Greedy Pig, Stinkin' Skunk, Corporate Fat Cat, AFL-CIO's Building, Construction Trades Department, Sean McGarvey, Godzilla, Show us your [____]

Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] May 3, 2014
Show us your . . . pothole art

Artist Jim Bachor repairs Chicago potholes with mosaic murals.
- By Patrick Sisson
- Tags: Show us your [____], Jim Bachor, streets, street repair, potholes, art, public art, public works, murals, Mayfair, traffic cones, Ravenna method, Show us your [____]

Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] Apr 22, 2014
Show us your . . . Popeil gadgets

Cultural historian Tim Samuelson appreciates the Chicago story in as-seen-on-TV appliances.
- By Jake Malooley
- Tags: Show us your [____], Tim Samuelson, Elliott Ness, Tim Samuelson, Wrigley Building, Promontory Apartments, Hyde Park, Mies van der Rohe, Popeil Brothers, Ronco, But Wait! There's More!, Ron Popeil, Maxwell Street Market, Veg-O-Matic, Pocket Fisherman, Mr. Microphone, Inside-The-Shell Egg Scrambler, Chicago Cultural Center, Show us your [____]

Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] Apr 5, 2014
Show us your . . . custom DeLoreans

Rich Weissensel's interest in the iconic 80s car predates Back to the Future.
- By Jake Malooley
- Tags: Show us your [____], Rich Weissensel, DeLorean, Robert Zemeckis, Citizen Kane, Star Wars, Shepard Chevrolet/DeLorean, Lake Bluff, John DeLorean, Chicago River, Saint Patrick's Day, Back to the Future, DeLorean Midwest Connection, Show us your [____]

Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] Mar 15, 2014
Show us your . . . drones

Last year, Ryan Twose founded the Chicago chapter of the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Show us your [____], Barack Obama, Ryan Twose, NSA, Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, Drone User Group Network, Emporium Arcade Bar, Bensonville, FAA, Drone User Group, Show us your [____]

Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] Feb 15, 2014
Show us your . . . bass harmonica

Of the ten to 15 harmonicas Bob Kessler plays, the one that's the "size of a large sandwich" is likely the most bizarre.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Show us your [____], Bob Kessler, harmonica, Hohner 264 Bass Harmonica, Bob Kessler, Sanford and Son, eBay, Corky Siegel and Howard Levy, Black Willoughbys, Eden Ahbez, Nature Boy, Hideout Harmonica Hoedown, Beach Boys, Pet Sounds, Show us your [____]

Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] Feb 1, 2014
Show us your . . . passenger pigeon

Steve Sullivan of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum explains that the long-extinct bird was hunted so rabidly it wasn't able to reproduce at a high enough rate.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Show us your [____], Mississippi River, Chicago, Evanston, J.G. Allyn, Chicago Academy of Sciences, Wisconsin, Steve Sullivan, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Cincinnati Zoo, passenger pigeons, Show us your [____]

Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] Jan 13, 2014
Show us your . . . collection of vintage lasers

It was nearly four decades ago that Ed Wesly saw his first hologram created by lasers—and he's been addicted ever since.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Show us your [____], Ed Wesly, Harrington College of Design, holograms, lasers, Lake Forest College, American Science & Surplus, Show us your [____]

Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] Nov 28, 2012
Show us your . . . sock animals

A look at Therese Burton's wild and crazy footwear
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Show us your [____], Show us your [____], Therese Burton, sock animals, Uptown Ribfest, Stewart Elementary School

Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] Nov 14, 2012
Show us your . . . dressing room

Behind the screen of Kiss Kiss Cabaret
- By Becca Oken
- Tags: Show us your [____], Show us your [____], Kiss Kiss Cabaret, The Flatter Brothers, The Claptrap Family Orchestra, coquettes, Jenn Kincaid, Greenhouse Theater, Greenhouse Theatre, Greenhouse Theater Center

Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] Oct 17, 2012
Show us your . . . kilt

One man’s journey into a pantsless world
- By Becca Oken
- Tags: Show us your [____], Show us your [____], Justin Osadjan, kilts, Chicago Men in Kilts, CMIK, Utilikilt, Cleo's Bar and Grill, Cleo's Bar & Grill

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The Acro-Cats and Rock Cats tour-vehicle totem is new, improved, and back on the roof of animal trainer Samantha Martin's SUV.

Go backstage at the Chicago Theatre, where some 10,000 autographs cover the walls.

The TaTa Top subverts Chicago's law against women exposing their nips.

Artist Dave Ford's Swing Set Drum Kit brings the beat.

Will Duncan's party in a box, the Punch Trunk, dispenses drinks and music.

Scabby has been grabbing attention at labor-union demonstrations for nearly 25 years.

Artist Jim Bachor repairs Chicago potholes with mosaic murals.

Cultural historian Tim Samuelson appreciates the Chicago story in as-seen-on-TV appliances.

Rich Weissensel's interest in the iconic 80s car predates Back to the Future.

Last year, Ryan Twose founded the Chicago chapter of the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.

Of the ten to 15 harmonicas Bob Kessler plays, the one that's the "size of a large sandwich" is likely the most bizarre.

Steve Sullivan of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum explains that the long-extinct bird was hunted so rabidly it wasn't able to reproduce at a high enough rate.

It was nearly four decades ago that Ed Wesly saw his first hologram created by lasers—and he's been addicted ever since.

A look at Therese Burton's wild and crazy footwear

Behind the screen of Kiss Kiss Cabaret

One man’s journey into a pantsless world

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