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City Life, Public Service Announcement Dec 18, 2020
Give it away, give it away, give it away now

Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Public Service Announcement, winter, events, Andersonville, Chicago Dance Supply, McCutcheon Elementary School, Peirce Elementary School, Santa Claus, gifts, GoodKids MadCity, TGi Movement, Evening Star Ministries, Chicago Park District, toys, Soldier Field, drive-in, Darrell Gordon, holiday music, Constellation, FitzGerald's, Hideout

Blogs, Bleader Dec 1, 2017
Video
More gift ideas: music for your eyes

Two stunning photography books that came out in 2017 focus on jazz in France and traditional music from around the world.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Gift Week, Music, Post No Bills, Jean-Pierre Leloir, Jazz Images, Quincy Jones, jazz, photos, books, gifts, Charles Duvelle, Sublime Frequencies, The Photographs of Charles Duvelle: Disques Ocora and Collection Prophet, Madurai Ramaswamy Gautam, dhrupad, Video

Best of Chicago, Goods & Services Jun 19, 2013
Readers' Poll
Best Place To Buy A Present

Hazel
- Tags: Goods & Services, Best of Chicago 2013, Hazel, presents, RR #1, stores, gifts, Hazel Apparel, Readers' Poll

Blogs, Bleader Dec 5, 2012
Video
Making your bike imitate a horse, a necessary measure

Buy Trotify to make your bike go clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Cycling, DUH!, Two Wheels, News, Trotify, cycling, Two Wheels, Monty Python, holidays, gifts, coconuts, clip clop, horse, bike lights, Original Content London, Video

City Life, Holiday Gift Guide Dec 4, 2012
Our all-local gift guide

Presents people might actually want, based on what we actually want
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Holiday Gift Guide, gifts, gift guide, gift guides, doughnuts, The Donut Shop, John Robinson, Fresh Goods, Terrell Jones, Vita Morte, streetwear, Broadway in Chicago, Olive Films, irony, Steve Gadlin, cats, Thumbtack Press, Letherbee Distillers, absinthe, RX Made, Archer Air Spray, Slightly Insulting Chicago Posters, Tru Blooms chicago, perfume, Monte Beauchamp, Blab! anthology, Owly Shaddow Puppets, Laura Prieto-Velasco

Blogs, Bleader Dec 16, 2011
When picking out gifts, don't do what Mo did

Reminder to self: Don't do what Mo did
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Flotsam and Jetsam, Gift Week, gifts, Christmas, cheap watches, Variations on a Theme, gifts, invective, Gerald Ford

Blogs, Bleader Dec 24, 2009
Mediocre Last-Minute Gifts for People About Whom You're Ambivalent

And with that, we retire our gift blog.
- By Lauri Apple
- Tags: RE Gift, Walgreens, 7-Eleven, Freedom Tray, holiday shopping, shopping, Christmas, holidays, gifts, gift ideas, gift guide, plush flea, Hershey's, chocolate, copper bracelet, Imperial Massive Googly Ball, TeleBrands, TeleBrands bottle tops, hair net, Christmas light necklace, novelty headband, antlers

Blogs, Bleader Dec 24, 2009
Holiday Cookie Recipes Courtesy of the Liberal Elite

The New York Times' holiday cookie recipe guide
- By Jessica Hopper
- Tags: RE Gift, holiday cookie recipes, New York Times, family, Christmas, Hanukkah, baking, gifts

Blogs, Bleader Dec 23, 2009
The Americans, If You Can Find It

Robert Frank's survey of the real America circa 1959.
- By Jessica Hopper
- Tags: RE Gift, Robert Frank, The Americans, photobooks, coffee table books, photojournalism, Jack Kerouac, Christmas, gifts

Blogs, Bleader Dec 18, 2009
Power Puff
- By Jessica Hopper
- Tags: RE Gift, Yuen'to Music Balloon, iPod speakers, headphone alternatives, Christmas, gifts

Blogs, Bleader Dec 16, 2009
Video
Subscribe to the Numero Group

The local musical archaeologists offer 2010's coolest reissues by advance subscription.
- By Jessica Hopper
- Tags: RE Gift, Numero Group, Syl Johnson, Al Jarnow, animation, Sesame Street, Boddie records, record label subscriptions, Christmas, Hanukkah, gifts, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 14, 2009
21-Single Salute

All the Green Day singles, for the price of an early, out-of-print one on eBay
- By Jessica Hopper
- Tags: RE Gift, Green Day, Rolling Stone, box sets, vinyl, Christmas, Hanukkah, gifts

Blogs, Bleader Dec 14, 2009
Metal Box Redux

PIL's Metal Box "replica" on vinyl
- By Jessica Hopper
- Tags: RE Gift, Music, Public Image Ltd., PiL, Metal Box, Second Edition, postpunk, holiday box sets, vinyl re-issues, Christmas, gifts

Blogs, Bleader Dec 11, 2009
Wanna Jam?

Which stores are stuffing Rare Bird Preserves in gift baskets
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: RE Gift, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Rare Bird Preserves, Elizabeth madden, jam, gifts, Provenance Food and Wine. Goddess and the Grocer, Trotters to Go, City Olive, blogsherpa

Blogs, Bleader Dec 10, 2009
Hope for the Hapless Vegetarian

A kitchen essential for vegetarians and other hungry beginners.
- By Jessica Hopper
- Tags: RE Gift, Food & Drink, vegetarian cookbooks, recipes, Deborah Madison, Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, vegan, healthy, Christmas, Hanukkah, gifts

Blogs, Bleader Dec 10, 2009
Say "Boodles" and Save

Holiday fashion events through Sunday, December 13
- By Heather Kenny
- Tags: Style, RE Gift, holiday shopping, gifts, Snow Ball, Koros, Winifred Grace, Shops at North Bridge, Designer Holiday Boutique, Ootra, Vaute Couture, Anna Fong, Christopher Augmon, Serpico, Holiday Indulgence, Empty Bottle, Handmade Market, Treasure Gypsy, Lily Sky Designs, City Soles, trunk show, Dollybird Design, Nittna, Robin Richman, Maria Calderara, jewelry, Chicago fashion designers

Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2009
BYOO (Blow Your Own Ornament)

Create your own blown glass ornaments
- By Jessica Hopper
- Tags: RE Gift, Visual Art, Chicago Hot Glass, glassblowing, Christmas decorations, gifts, classes

Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2009
25 Films by Akira Kurosawa, on Sale

Definitive box set from the Japanese director on sale this week
- By Jessica Hopper
- Tags: RE Gift, Film, Akira Kurosawa box set, Criterion Collection, Seven Samurai, gifts, Christmas, Hanukkah, Japanese film, DVDs

Blogs, Bleader Dec 7, 2009
Feather It Up

Owlita's long feather earrings, at Workshop in Pilsen.
- By Heather Kenny
- Tags: Style, RE Gift, Workshop, Annie Novotny, Frei Designs, Owlita, feather earrings, jewelry, accessories, gifts, shopping

Blogs, Bleader Dec 4, 2009
Rock, Sex, and Death, Italian Style

An early Italian graphic novel in a new paperback translation
- By Jessica Hopper
- Tags: RE Gift, Lit & Lectures, Visual Art, Books, graphic novels, Dino Buzzati, Italian comics, sex, mythology, naked ladies, Christmas, Hanukkah, gifts, New York Review of Books

Blogs, Bleader Dec 3, 2009
New Stuff for Your Old Timey Man

New and used goodies for rugged types at Hickorees.com.
- By Jessica Hopper
- Tags: RE Gift, Hickorees, vintage menswear, work boots, work clothes, rugged men, Christmas, Hanukkah, gifts

Blogs, Bleader Nov 29, 2009
Choco-Deals

Vosges offers 15 percent off with a special code
- By Jessica Hopper
- Tags: RE Gift, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Vosges Haut-Chocolat, chocolate, vegan, treats, sale, Chicago, gifts, Christmas, Hanukkah

Blogs, Bleader Nov 27, 2009
Where Can I Buy a Tattered Flannel Bow?

Grunge nostalgia in fancy packages.
- By Jessica Hopper
- Tags: RE Gift, Music, Nirvana, grunge, nostalgia, Live at Reading, vinyl, re-issue, coffee table books, music books, Michael Lavine, Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth, photography, the 90s, DVDs, Kurt Cobain, Christmas, Hanukkah, gifts

Blogs, Bleader Nov 11, 2009
Shaming Holiday Gifts for the Body-Conscious Little Girl

A retrospective of body-shaming dolls for girls.
- By Amanda Hess
- Tags: The Sexist, shame, bodies, weight loss, eating disorders, pregnancy, breasts, puberty, girls, christmas, holiday, gifts, diets

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