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Music, Gig Poster of the Week Mar 3, 2021
Third Coast Percussion's family tree on the gig poster of the week

This week's featured gig poster was designed by Sonnenzimmer (aka Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi).
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Gig Poster of the Week, gig poster, gig poster of the week, livestream, Sonnenzimmer, Nick Butcher, Nadine Nakanishi, graphic design, Third Coast Percussion, concerts, Family Reunion, South Side Community Art Center, Raise It Up, Chicago Printers Guild

Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 17, 2020
Nick Butcher of Sonnenzimmer drops a time-traveling solo album

Plus: Chicago Research launches a slick label website with a pile of new merch, and Pugs Atomz collects a decade of his music on a star-studded compilation.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Nick Butcher, Nadine Nakanishi, Sonnenzimmer, Saccadic, Rhybadi, cassette, concrete, Chicago Research, website, hoodies, Avenue Zero, Season of Life, Club Music, Civic Center, Hen of the Woods, Joyous Sounds!, Preliminaries of Silence, Pugs Atomz, The Decade, BBE, Boom Bap on Michigan Ave., Nacrobats, Awdazcate, Primeridian, Psalm One, ShowYouSuck, Rashid Hadee

Blogs, Bleader Oct 4, 2017
SAIC fashion professor wears the same outfit every day

Abigail Glaum-Lathbury promotes conscious fashion with her unisex and multipurpose jumpsuit, a special edition of which will soon be made from discarded Ivanka Trump-brand garments.
- By Isa Giallorenzo
- Tags: Arts, Style, fashion, Chicago street style, School of the Art Institute, SAIC, Make America Rational Again, MARA, Ivanka Trump, Sonnenzimmer, jumpsuit, unisex clothing, Abigail Glaum-Lathbury, Rational Dress Society

Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 29, 2017
Video
After a three-story fall, Continental bartender Greg Shirilla needs help getting back on his feet

Plus: The Hideout’s Back to School Ball raises money for Intonation Music Workshop, and Soldier Field hosts a high-powered new hip-hop festival.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Greg Shirilla, Continental, YouCaring, fund-raiser, rehabiliation, raffle, auction, Tim Kerr, Dick Gregory, Black Flag, Sonnenzimmer, Kill Hatsumomo, Hideout, Back to School Ball, Daytonics, the Good, Drea the Vibe Dealer, Intonation Music Workshop, Lagunitas, Smoque BBQ, Letherbee Distillers, the Breaks, hip-hop, rap, Soldier Field, Tech N9ne, Method Man & Redman, Cam’ron, Crucial Conflict, Do or Die, Video

Music, In Rotation Mar 21, 2017
Video
Sonnenzimmer cofounder Nick Butcher on one of the TR-808’s earliest star turns

Plus: Artist Alex Valentine on the score that should’ve won this year’s Oscar, Reader critic Peter Margasak on a solo violin record that contains multitudes, and more
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: In Rotation, Maarja Nuut, Une Meeles, violin, Jürg Frey, String Quartet No. 3, Unhörbare Zeit, composer, Quatuor Bozzini, Neuköllner Modelle, Sektion 1-2, Sven-Ake Johansson, Bertrand Denzler, Joel Grip, constructive free jazz, Nick Butcher, Sonnenzimmer, Haruki Murakami, Seiji Ozawa, Absolutely on Music, Lvnch, Scott Carter, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Technodelic, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alex Valentine, Knobs, YouTube, Organelle, Critter & Guitari, 90 Day Men, Peel session, Brian Case, Robert A.A. Lowe, Lichens, Bloodiest, FACS, Cayce Key, Mica Levi, Micachu & the Shapes, film music, score, Jackie, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 15, 2016
Standing out at an art opening

Street View, featuring gallerist Ceri Hand looking cozy and stylish at Sonnenzimmer's opening
- By Isa Giallorenzo
- Tags: Arts, Style, womenswear, fall, fashion, Arts Club of Chicago, Sonnenzimmer, Chicago street style

Blogs, Bleader Jul 19, 2015
Recapping Pitchfork's second day: Weather forecasts suck, and Sleater-Kinney rules

An unexpected storm briefly shut down the festival, but a triumphant Sleater-Kinney set waited at the end of the rainbow.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Pitchfork Day Two, Music, Pitchfork, Pitchfork Music Festival, Sleater-Kinney, Carrie Brownstein, Janet Weiss, Corin Tucker, Vic Mensa, Ex Hex, Kurt Vile, Kurt Vile and the Violators, Sonnenzimmer, Nick Butcher, HoZac, Erin Page, Erin Watson, Kill Hatsumomo, Ariel Pink, Protomartyr, Joe Casey, New Pornographers, Future Islands, Sam Herring, Bully, Alicia Bognanno, Vince Staples, Shamir, Jimmy Whispers

Blogs, Bleader Aug 7, 2014
A bigger, better Medium Cool returns

Chicago's own art book fair and objects shop is back for a second year.
- By Kerry Cardoza
- Tags: Books, Do This, Arts, medium cool, art books, western exhibitions, prairie production, west loop, art book fair, chicago, half letter press, sonnenzimmer, graham foundation, zines, haskell wexler

Blogs, Bleader Sep 11, 2013
Gig poster of the week: No Age gets abstract

This week's gig poster was designed by local artist Sonnenzimmer.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Posters, Music, gig poster, gig poster of the week, Sonnenzimmer, Schubas, No Age, Running

Best of Chicago, Goods & Services Jun 19, 2013
Critics' Picks
Best Local Alternative to Urban Outfitters

Study Hall
- By Isa Giallorenzo
- Tags: Goods & Services, Best of Chicago 2013, Ukrainian Village, local alternative to Urban Outfitters, Study Hall, Naoko Nagano, Malcolm Felder, Marüshka, Sonnenzimmer, Cursive Design, Altru, Esley garments, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader May 8, 2013
Gig poster of the week: Cave dwelling with Bill Callahan

This week's gig poster was created by local design team Sonnenzimmer.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Posters, Arts, Music, Visual Art, gig poster, Sonnenzimmer, Bill Callahan, Garfield Park Conservatory

Blogs, Bleader Apr 16, 2013
Sonnenzimmer studio turns off the dark

Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi are artists who actually want you to understand their work.
- By Sarah Nardi
- Tags: Arts, Visual Art, Sonnenzimmer, Public Works Gallery, Nadine Nakanishi, Nick Butcher, Club Club

Blogs, Bleader Dec 26, 2012
Gig poster of the week

This week's gig poster is a collaboration between Lukas Abubeker and Sonnenzimmer for the Eternals New Year's Ever show at Hideout.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Posters, Arts, Music, Visual Art, gig poster, Lukas Abubeker, Sonnenzimmer, Eternals, Chandeliers, Hideout, New Year's Eve

Blogs, Bleader Sep 19, 2012
Gig poster of the week

A Deerhoof poster by Sonnenzimmer
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Posters, Music, gig poster, Sonnenzimmer, Deerhoof, Buke and Gase

Blogs, Bleader Jul 11, 2012
Gig poster of the week

A collaboration between Crosshair and Sonnenzimmer for the recent Codeine reunion show
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Gig poster, Codeine, Brokeback, Crosshair, Sonnenzimmer, collaboration, Lincoln Hall

Blogs, Bleader May 3, 2012
Audio
Nick Butcher completes Free Jazz Bitmaps Vol. 1

Nick Butcher celebrates the release of Free Jazz Bitmaps Vol. 1 with a Friday-night reception and visual-art exhibition at Saki Records.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Nick Butcher, Sonnenzimmer, Nadine Nakanishi, Free Jazz Bitmaps, Saki Records, Mike Reed, Jason Stein, Jason Roebke, Jason Adasiewicz, Tim Daisy, Jason Stein, Keefe Jackson, Audio

Blogs, Bleader Nov 28, 2011
Tonight: Nick Butcher's Free Jazz Bitmaps

Graphic artist and experimental musician Nick Butcher presents the final installment of his Free Jazz Bitmaps series tonight at the Whistler.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Free Shit, Post No Bills, Swag, Nick Butcher, Sonnenzimmer, Free Jazz Bitmaps, the Whistler, experimental music, improvisation

Blogs, Bleader Jul 8, 2011
The Reader Gets Another Redesign

With the help of the MCA, ten of the Chicago Reader's street boxes got an artistic makeover and hit the streets on Monday. Find them all!
- By Asher Klein
- Tags: Repurpose, Inside the Reader, Media, Visual Art, Behind Our Scenes, Street boxes, redesign, MCA Chicago, Gilt City, Golden Age, Object Design League, Tim Parsons & Jessica Charlesworth, Sonnenzimmer

News & Politics, Letters May 26, 2011
Letters and Comments: Food writing without the 'distasteful trope'
- Tags: Letters, Boka Group, GT Fish & Oyster, theater, Sonnenzimmer, Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, Michigan, Silver Beach

Blogs, Bleader May 20, 2011
A nearly edible spoon and other stuff you should buy from your neighbors
- By Asher Klein
- Tags: Local Wares, Style, Local Wares, Cereal Killer, Brass Knuckle Bon Bons, Milton and Margie's sex soy wax candles, Real nake Food, Circa Ceramics, Virtu, Don Draper, Frida Kahlo, Steve Banjo, Renegade Handmade, Topics, Nick Butcher, Sonnenzimmer, abbeychristine

Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 2, 2010
Who Is Bibi Merhdad?

An alter ego for A----, an art contest for hesher doodlers, a box of Sonnenzimmers, and more
- By Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Bibi Merhdad, Bibi Mehrdad, Last of My Species II: The Perilous Songs of Bibi Merhdad, Joyous Outdoor Event, JOE, Redmoon Theater, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Ssion, My Gold Mask, Azita, Dennis Dread, Destroying Angels, Nick Butcher, Nadine Nakanishi, Sonnenzimmer, Insound, Chic-a-Go-Go, Miss Mia, Tiny Bones, Decibel, Chris Connelly

Blogs, Bleader Jun 29, 2010
Video
Nick Butcher's Homemade Sounds

Chicago graphic artist Nick Butcher, who plays the Bottle on Wednesday, brings a homemade feel to both his poster work and his music.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Nick Butcher, Nadine Nakanishi, Sonnenzimmer, electronic music, My Silence, the Complicated Bicycle, Bee Removal, Empty Bottle, Home Tapes, graphic art, Video

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 Jan 8, 2010
1/10 — Free Show 'n Tell Show at Schubas

The Show 'n Tell Show returns to Schubas Sun 1/10 at 8 PM.
- By Robyn Chang
- Tags: Free Shit, Swag, Stephen Farrell, Chris Eichenseer, Someoddpilot, Joel Anderson, Optimus, iO, Felt, Sonnenzimmer, Curious Cardigans, Audrey Niffenegger, Schubas, Show 'n Tell Show, design, graphic design, Chicago, free

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