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Oh, you pretty things
Cultural curators found fashion and food market to debut in June
Owner of Truffle Truffle, Nicole Greene, worked as a presidential management fellow for the federal government before opening her sophisticated confectionery business. Succumbing to what she calls her “internal Martha Stewart,” she ...
Greeting inspires publication
New journalism magazine devalues celebrity, debuts in June
When 30-year-old Columbia graduate student Daniel Duffy decided to publish his multi-faceted, new journalism-themed magazine, he immediately thought of the most basic human interaction there is: the handshake.
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Community, garden blossom
Unnamed Chicago neighborhood bands together for project
A 12,000-square-foot lot has been vacant behind the 4200 block of west Addison Street for as long as resident Ann Kauth can remember. On a map, the community that surrounds it is ...
Fresh Moves to launch in May
For those living in the Austin and North Lawndale communities, “default food” is pizza or McDonalds, according to Shawn Jackson, who’s the principal at Spencer Technology Academy, 214 N. Lavergne Ave. and ...
Modern metal ‘Symphony’
by: Sophia Coleman, Contributing Writer
With two years under their belt, the four members of the North Side band Trainwreck Symphony are a solid addition to Chicago’s rock scene.
Performing at popular venues such ...
‘Lonesome Organist’ keeps busy
Jeremy Jacobsen has performed solo under the moniker “The Lonesome Organist” since 1996 and hasn’t recorded an album since 2003. Yet he continues to play at local venues at least twice a ...
‘Vertical suburb’
Journalists and artists use high-rise demolition to illustrate the human experience
By Mina Bloom & Brianna Wellen
Tenants have long since moved out, and layers of the last remaining Cabrini-Green high-rise have fallen, but stories of the community have found new life amid destruction....
Blimpus is born
Inflatable canvas art gains attention, room for expansion
Local graphic designers Mike Serafin and Tony Ruth received an inflatable mannequin in the shape of a torso in the mail almost two years ago. Ruth explained that mannequins are generally ...
Rabble Rabble to release 7-inch in May
In the past two years, local psych-punk band Rabble Rabble played approximately 200 shows in Chicago. After releasing their debut LP “Bangover” in 2009, the group took a do-it-yourself approach to gaining ...
Sweepmarket carts sweep city
For Team Action-squad, constructing a 6-1/2-by-7-foot- atall stagecoach to sit atop its shopping cart seemed appropriate. Despite slush and unforgiving weather on March 5, the stagecoach made its way across ...
Pmartt collaborates with T-Pain
Martial Njiemoun, or Pmartt, performing “Just Wanna Know You” at last semester’s Little Mouth Open Mic Night, may be history, but as a hip-hop/pop artist, entrepreneur and Columbia freshman,he’s only beginning.
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Wordplay, whiskey at The Whistler
Logan Square bar reaches capacity for first annual spelling bee
While sipping cocktails containing ingredients such as Plymouth Sloe gin and egg whites, people with red-numbered cards dangling from their necks stood behind a panel of Ravenswood Elementary School teachers at Logan ...
Ballroom dance influences punk
The art of two wheels
Almost 10 years ago, Brendt Barbur was riding his bike on the frenetic streets of New York City—a normal affair for the avid cyclist who grew up amid BMX culture—when he got ...
‘Skins’ as contrived as every other reality TV show
An overtly controversial attitude does not make for a good TV show. Such is the case with the U.S. version of “Skins”—a steamy teenage drama import, currently masquerading as something more spirited ...
