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Blogs, Bleader Aug 23, 2014
Reader's Agenda Sat 8/23: Threadless Family Reunion; Bacon, Sports & Beer; and Matthew Hoffman's Go For It

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, August 23
- By Kerry Cardoza
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Food & Drink, Threadless, Ezra Furman, Bacon, Sports & Beer, Blackfinn Ameripub, Matthew Hoffman, Mosnart, You Are Beautiful

Music, Music Feature Feb 11, 2014
How to get Bob Nanna of Braid to write your sweetheart a Valentine’s Day song

Thanks to the songwriting service Downwrite, which Nanna cofounded last year, he makes a pretty affordable Cupid.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago, Bob Nanna, emo, The New Nathan Detroits, Braid, Lincoln Hall, Spitalfield, Mark Rose, The Book of Mormon, Valentine's Day, Downwrite, Hey Mercedes, Certain People I Know, Jack & Ace, City on Film, Threadless, Music Box, Soup and Bread, Hideout, Matt Pryor, the Get Up Kids, JT Woodruff, Hawthorne Heights, Bob Morris, Hush Sound, Patrice Wilson, Ark Music Factory, Rebecca Black, Friday, Chinese Food, Alison Gold, Reggie & the Full Effect, Swans, Michael Gira, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, Dan Reed, Lifted Bells, Matt Jordan

Arts & Culture, Culture Vultures Jul 18, 2013
Culture Vultures: Writer Austin Gilkeson recommends Roxane Gay's Ayiti

Plus: Artist Alexandra Ensign on comics confab Brain Frame and Gonzo Chicago founder John Yingling on T-shirts from Skim Milk
- Tags: Culture Vultures, Austin Gilkeson, books, Roxane Gay, t-shirts, John Yingling, Gonzo Chicago, Skim Milk, Threadless, Designer Drugs, Josh Scholl, Belmont Army, Akira, Kevin Budnik, Brain Frame, Lyra Hill, Alexandra Ensign, comix, performance, Jim Trainor, School of the Art Institute of Chica

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 19, 2013
Critics' Picks
Best Sign That People Are Still Buying Records

Bric-a-Brac Records
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2013, record stores, Bric-a-Brac Records, Logan Square, Avondale, Lincoln Hall, Nick Mayor, Jen Lemasters, Threadless, Bongo Room, Wicker Park, records, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader Jan 18, 2013
Reader's Agenda Fri 1/18: Bingo Night Fund Raiser, Dolphin Reopens, and Grace Potter & the Nocturnals

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, January 18, 2013
- By Katie Kather
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Bingo Night, 826CHI, Wicker Park, Bucktown, Chicago Zine Fest, Threadless, Intelligentsia, Green Dolphin, Crystal Method, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Riviera Theatre, Langhorne Slim

Blogs, Bleader Mar 1, 2012
Threadless weaves a partnership with Gap

Threadless and Gap are rolling out new T-shirts together. Has Threadless sold out?
- By Asher Klein
- Tags: Style, Threadless, Gap, clothes, fashion, branding

Arts & Culture, Art Review Dec 22, 2011
Jake Nickell, the entrepreneur

'I don't have a business degree. I think a lot of the time innovation comes from amateurs.'
- Tags: Art Review, People Issue 2011, Jake Nickell, Threadless, New Media Underground Festival, T-shirts, business management

Blogs, Bleader Sep 1, 2011
This week on the B Side

Jazz Fest, cool tattoos, picks from guys who make cool t-shirts, and more
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Chicago, Chicago Jazz Festival, African Festival of the Arts, North Coast Music Festival, Of Montreal, Wilco, Autumn Defense, Pat Sansone, Davey Pierce, Bob Nanna, Braid, Threadless, Tortoise, John Herndon, Flosstradamus, Josh Young, Chrissy Murderbot

Music, In Rotation Sep 1, 2011
In Rotation: Threadless founder Jake Nickell on Foster the People and Deer Tick

Plus: Reader assistant music editor Kevin Warwick on Wu Lyf and Braid Guitarist and Singer Bob Nanna on Who Charted?
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: In Rotation, Threadless, Jake Nickell, Braid, Bob Nanna, Fugazi, Illinois Centenial Monument, Logan Square, Wu Lyf, The Velvet Teen, Who Charted?, Foster the Peopel, Do Good Bus, John Bellows, Deer Tick

Blogs, Bleader Aug 10, 2011
Two days left to enter the Chicago Ideas Week T-shirt design challenge
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Other Stuff, Apropos of Nothing, Chicago Ideas Week, TED, Threadless, TEDx Midwest

Best of Chicago, Goods & Services Jun 23, 2011
Readers' Poll
Best local clothing designer

Annie Novotny voted best local clothing designer
- Tags: Goods & Services, Best local clothing designer, Readers' poll, Annie Novotny Workshop, Mario Pinto, Laura Miller, Threadless, Michelle Obama, Readers' Poll

Blogs, Bleader Jun 2, 2011
New website shows crime block-by-block
- By Alex Parker
- Tags: Morning Newsfeed, Gambling, casino, Trulia, crime, Rod Blagojevich, Rep. Anthony Wiener, Barack Obama, Harper Reed, Threadless

News & Politics, Our Town Mar 18, 2010
Jersey Girls

Inspired by Threadless, a crowdsourcing site for bike apparel
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Our Town, bike jerseys, bike jersey design, crowdsourcing, Threadless, Sherry Keating, Michelle Hierzer, Crank the Earth, cranktheearth.com, the Chainlink, thechainlink.org, Pace of Chicago, David Wallach, Active Transportation Alliance

Blogs, Bleader Jan 28, 2010
Buy a T-shirt, Help Haiti

A Threadless tee that helps earthquake victims in Haiti.
- By Heather Kenny
- Tags: Style, How to Help Haiti, Haiti, Threadless, T-shirts

Blogs, Bleader May 19, 2009
T(wit)-shirts

Threadless allows you to wear Tweets around town. Plus: Nietzsche on Twitter. (Not really.)
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Nietzsche, Threadless, Twitter

Blogs, Bleader Aug 8, 2008
Big business Threadless

Threadless takes a big step towards world dominance.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Business, Threadless

Blogs, Bleader Jul 30, 2008
Spreading the thunder

"Wine madman" and T-shirt enthusiast Gary Vaynerchuk signs his new book at Threadless Chicago tonight.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Threadless, Gary Vaynerchuk, Wine Library TV, Internet entrepreneurs, personal branding

Blogs, Bleader May 20, 2008
The latest Chicago business-mag-cover-story award winners

Threadless brings another biz mag-award to Chicago.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Design, Threadless

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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, August 23

Thanks to the songwriting service Downwrite, which Nanna cofounded last year, he makes a pretty affordable Cupid.

Plus: Artist Alexandra Ensign on comics confab Brain Frame and Gonzo Chicago founder John Yingling on T-shirts from Skim Milk

Bric-a-Brac Records

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, January 18, 2013

Threadless and Gap are rolling out new T-shirts together. Has Threadless sold out?

'I don't have a business degree. I think a lot of the time innovation comes from amateurs.'

Jazz Fest, cool tattoos, picks from guys who make cool t-shirts, and more

Plus: Reader assistant music editor Kevin Warwick on Wu Lyf and Braid Guitarist and Singer Bob Nanna on Who Charted?

Annie Novotny voted best local clothing designer

Inspired by Threadless, a crowdsourcing site for bike apparel

A Threadless tee that helps earthquake victims in Haiti.

Threadless allows you to wear Tweets around town. Plus: Nietzsche on Twitter. (Not really.)

Threadless takes a big step towards world dominance.

"Wine madman" and T-shirt enthusiast Gary Vaynerchuk signs his new book at Threadless Chicago tonight.

Threadless brings another biz mag-award to Chicago.

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