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Bump in road for Book Bike ends smoothly
Chicago departments resolve Book Bike fiasco by communicating
The usually giddy enthusiasm Gabriel Levinson exhibits for all things literary was seemingly squashed when a ...
Dolins doesn’t have the blues after 27 years
Head coordinator retires from Chicago Blues Festival
Barry Dolins recalls selling sun shades on historic Maxwell Street as a wide-eyed teenager in the ...
Local comedy group marks anniversary
Chicago Underground Comedy turns 5, celebrates with their best comedians
Throughout the year and more so during summer, Chicago’s theater and comedy venues are known for ...
Chicago gets geocoded, use of location-based data on the rise
Map provides interesting example for future of geotagging
Though seemingly insignificant at the time the picture was taken, Eric Fischer finds the timestamp and ...
West-side arts center welcomes all
Rumble Arts Center launches summer schedule, accessible for neighboring communities
Columbia celebrates rising stars
CineYouth Festival showcases work from filmakers under twenty
A 7-year-old girl from St. Paul, Minn., made an experimental short film and managed to get ...
Major League Gaming comes to Chicago
Tournament gives gamers chance to hone their skills, try to go pro
Hundreds of competitors will converge upon one hotel with the intent to shoot, snipe and bomb ...
From A to Z
Local spoken word show uses encyclopedia as performance inspiration
Wyoming is the state that made women’s suffrage sexy, inspired people to leave picnic baskets for ...
Electro rockers propel forward
Since performing in the first time slot at Lollapalooza 2007 after winning a battle of the bands contest...
It’s a ‘Babies’ world
Director records lives of four babies living in different countries
Sometimes filmmakers try to pick mysterious and alluring titles for their work, but it’s impossible to ...
Capturing families’ most private memorial of troops
Fallen Afghanistan, Iraq war soldiers’ rooms photographed
Marine Corps Sgt. Thomas M. Gilbert of Downers Grove, Ill., paid the ultimate price for his ...
Around the world in nineteen films
Local organizations, international consulates bring foreign movies to Chicago
There are no red carpets, no celebrities and no paparazzi, but the International Summer Screenings program ...
Tales of a job interview
MTV’s new show follows interviewees aiming for their dream job
Across the country, college terms are coming to an end with thousands of seniors ready to ...
Pedaling books, sharing appreciation
Book Bike accepts donations in support of independent book publishers
Chicago’s ‘Dance Dance’ revolution
Chicago chapter of free-form dance group fun, therapeutic for all ages
Every time 28-year-old Jenn Brandel hopped on the treadmill at the gym in the hopes of ...
Let them make prints
Duo brings printmaking to college students nationwide, makes art more accessible
Imagine two men selling or pawning most of their belongings and using the money to purchase ...