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Gig Poster of the Week
Jan 23, 2019
That monkey’s snapback is too tight on the gig poster of the week
This week's gig poster was designed by Strange Lovelies members Colin Fox with help from Joey Hooson.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Jan 16, 2019
The portal to the cosmos is under construction on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by Milwaukee-based artist Trek Matthews.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Jan 9, 2019
Flowers for Uncle Bob on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Jay Ryan.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Dec 26, 2018
Dancing into the Felix Vortex on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Bill Connors.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Dec 19, 2018
Carousing with a Kool Katerpillar on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig posted was designed by local printmaker Josh Davis.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Dec 12, 2018
A guitar transfigured into liquid cheese on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Ryan Duggan.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Dec 11, 2018
See it now: 'The Many Hats of Ralph Arnold'
There's time to catch "The Many Hats of Ralph Arnold" at the Museum of Contemporary Photography
By Deanna Isaacs
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Dec 5, 2018
Carpooling upstream to spawn on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Jay Ryan of the Bird Machine.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Nov 28, 2018
A highly unprofessional trepanation on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Bill Connors.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Nov 21, 2018
Remember to floss your nipples on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist and comedian Sarah Squirm.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Nov 14, 2018
Nobody’s getting this pearl on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Margot Ferrick.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Nov 7, 2018
It’s hard to stay quit on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by Josh Davis of Dead Meat Design.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Oct 31, 2018
This definitely isn’t shoo-fly pie on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by Ohio-based artist Phil Guy.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Oct 29, 2018
What we learned this weekend at the Chicago Humanities Festival
Jerry Saltz, Alex Ross, women's anger, and why historians sort of miss Richard Nixon
By Aimee Levitt, Deanna Isaacs, and Emmanuel Camarillo
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Rebecca Traister
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Oct 17, 2018
Clean-burning rock on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by Daniel MacAdam of Crosshair Silkscreen Design.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Oct 10, 2018
A manicure with mystic power on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by Erin Page of Kill Hatsumomo Press.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Erin Page
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Burlington
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Nonagon
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Oct 3, 2018
A vision board for your all-seeing eye on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by artist Chris Day.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Sep 29, 2018
Expo Chicago 2018: See it now
Kerry James Marshall, the Hairy Who, and more at Expo Chicago 2018, this weekend only, at Navy Pier.
By Deanna Isaacs
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Ann Agee
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Gladys Nilsson
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Bisa Butler
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Deana Lawson
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Corbett vs Dempsey
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Deana Lawson
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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Sep 26, 2018
Something’s wrong with that greyhound on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was created by local artist Ryan Duggan.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Leon Bridges
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Khruangbin
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Sep 24, 2018
Ecstasy on film: Nathaniel Dorsky discusses
The Arboretum Cycle
, his latest work of devotional cinema, which he'd prefer you watch alone
The 75-year-old avant-garde filmmaker will attend the Chicago premiere of his most recent long-form work this Friday at Northwestern University's Block Cinema.
By Ben Sachs
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Sep 19, 2018
America is a junkyard on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by Dan Black of Landland.
By Luca Cimarusti
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This Is America
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Bleader
Sep 12, 2018
See the world’s largest Pez sculpture on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by Trek Matthews.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Andrew Bernstein
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Timeghost
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John Bender
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Kohl/Long/Clinkman
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Trek Matthews
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Bleader
Sep 5, 2018
These kebabs are terrible on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by local comedian and artist Sarah Squirm.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Guerilla Toss
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Good Willsmith
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DJ B-Trip
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Aug 29, 2018
You might want to avoid the shallow end on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Ryan Duggan.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Drug Factory Press
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Trouble in Paradise
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Trouble in Mind
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Paradise of Bachelors
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Facs
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Ethers
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Omni
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Negative Scanner
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Weather Station
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James Elkington
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Nap Eyes
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Olden Yolk
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Aug 22, 2018
The Looney Toons have seen better days on the gig posters of the week
This week's featured gig posters were designed by Milwaukee-based artist (and former Chicagoan) Francisco Ramirez.
By Luca Cimarusti
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