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Robyn Okrant
Think you're Oprah-obsessed? This local blogger has surely got you beat.
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Liz Nielsen
This photographer's photographer loves quantum physics and little white kitties.
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No Coast Collective
From comic books to t-shirts, these artists have a lot to offer. Find it all in their Pilsen gallery/store space.
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Jason Brammer
The artist's paintings offer visions of new worlds with each spray and brush stroke.
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Stacia Yeapanis
The Chicago-based artist gives meaning to TV fandom through cross-stitch screen shots.
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Novem Collective
The graffiti artists have made T-shirts their new canvases.
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Sarah King
Chicago is this comedienne's kind of town.
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Elise Rasmussen
This Canadian-born artist has a thing for the French.
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Irena Knezevic
The Hyde Park-based artist's work will be on display at the MCA through April 27.
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Kristin VanDeventer
The local painter, who opens a show on April 20, draws inspiration from daily life, the internet and books.
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Clayton Hauck
Everyoneisfamous.com tells the story of Chicago's nightlife scene one photo at a time.
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Elizabeth Aloni
The Chicago-based celebrity dating coach penned her first book, "The Mating Manual."
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Melanie Schiff
The photographer is one of two Chicago artists featured at the 2008 Whitney Biennial.
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Todd Dills
DIY lit mag The2ndHand is still going strong after eight years.
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Ginny Sykes
We talk with the local artist behind your favorite public art displays.
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Michael Harvey
The Wrigleyville resident's crime novel, The Chicago Way, showcases the city.
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Darrel Morris
The artist's carefully sewn fiber work challenges stereotypical male archetypes.
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Lane Alexander
This tap-dance legend talks about the birth and evolution of the Chicago Human Rhythm Project.
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Philip von Zweck
We chat with the artist, gallerist and man-around-town.
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Jeffrey Moss
We chat with a local filmmaker participating in the Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival.
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Cris Mazza
Her latest book takes readers on a journey through one character's struggle to understand her past.
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Stephanie Gentry-Fernandez
Local Latina lesbian poet writes about her unusual Chicago childhood.
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Karen Abbott
Uncovering a forgotten period of Chicago's underground history in Sin in the Second City.
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Carrie Schneider
This artist's work calls upon a great Spanish master painter.
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Natalie Y. Moore
Readers get the low-down on men and women of the hip-hop generation in Moore's collaborative work, Deconstructing Tyrone.
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Joseph Clayton Mills
This mixed-media artist explores the dark side of his subjects.
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Fred Sasaki and Sarah Dodson
This duo brings together Chicago's lit lovers at Printer's Ball.
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Mary Porterfield
Here's an artistic perspective on degenerative disease.
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Avant Chicago
Renaissance blogger Brent Kado keeps Chicagoans posted on local life and culture that deserves some extra limelight.
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Lorraine Peltz
Pop meets feminism in this artist's work.
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Leah Guenther
826CHI's executive director helps boost local youths' writing cred, one mustache at a time.
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Strumpette
Amanda Chapel serves up the naked truth about the PR industry for anyone interested in reading.
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Ottavio Canestrelli
An eighth-generation circus performer shares his story in "Clown Without A Circus."
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Juan Angel Chavez
After years of contributing to Chicago's public art, this muralist takes it indoors.
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Art or Idiocy?
Erik Wenzel helps to fill the art criticism gap in Chicago "and beyond."
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Saya Woolfalk
This show features soft sculptures, installations and paintings that color our commercial culture.
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Clayton Brown and Monica Long Ross
The directors of 137 Films discuss Fermilab, filmmaking and the questionable future of science.
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Jill Summers
Move over David Sedaris; here's Chicago's new inventive storyteller.
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AMillionMonkeys
The most contentious news fit to print: politics and Justin Timberlake.
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Life Aboard Mazurka
The ordinary and extraordinary tales of living on a boat in Lake Michigan.
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Naeem Murr
Talking with the author of The Perfect Man.
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Julie Shapiro
The art, fiction and truth in radio documentaries.
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You Are Beautiful
The artists behind the world-wide campaign shed light on the art project's optimistic history.
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Bella Rossa
Notes and anecdotes from one funny writer.
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Dress A Day
Erin McKean blogs about the secret lives of dresses, the culture of craft and technology.
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Thomas Marlow
Documenting Chicago, one portrait at a time.
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Linda Bubon
The Women & Children First co-owner sounds off on the independent book scene and what you should be reading
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Jargon Chicago
Chicagoans who tell it like it is.
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Allison Hill y Pablo Perea
This painting pair keeps Cuba close to Chicago.
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Joe Meno
Hairstyles of the Damned author returns to the themes of love and loneliness with a new twist.
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Byron Flitsch
The voice of our generation: overeducated and looking for work and meaning in everyday life.
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Elizabeth Crane
The Chicago author's real skill lies in her celebration of customary moments.
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Elizabeth Cronin
Asrai Garden's owner is not your stereotypical florist.
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Chicago Carless
This native New Yorker preaches the gospel of downtown Chicago living.
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Ayun Halliday
Talking with the author of Dirty Sugar Cookies.
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Apartment Therapy
Heather Blaha scouts out the most delicious designs in the city and on the Web.
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Deb Sokolow
This girl mixes installations, drawings, the movies and mystery novels.
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Everything in Moderation, Including Moderation
A well-balanced diet of pop culture, politics and personal life stories.
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Linda Warren
This business-savvy artist rocks Chicago's gallery scene.
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John McNally
Talking with the author of "America's Report Card."
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Megan Stielstra
Stories worth reading from one busy writer.
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Danielle Klinenberg
This can-do Chicagoan's palette is full of promise.
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Schadenfreude
One funny man's take on the day's local news.
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Jay Ryan
Talking shop with Chicago's gig-poster master.
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Overheard in Chicago
Eavesdropping has never sounded so sweet.
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Lynne Warren
Exhibiting Chicago's emerging art stars each month.
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One Good Thing
A healthy mix of porn and parenting.
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Miguel Cortez
The co-founder of Polvo chats contemporary art.
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Poundy
Local writer Wendy McClure's blog weighs in on body image, boredom and beyond.
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Zulkey
Interviews, essays, diatribes and diary entries documenting the days in the life of Claire Zulkey.
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Big Happy Funhouse
Ron Slattery's funhouse is home to found photography, free pie and happy thoughts.
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Michael Thomas
Taking on Second City-ism and the far West Loop scene.
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J.P. Amidei
Taking tea, err, martinis with Blue Man Group's ticket manager.
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Muralist Daylene Christensen
Yoga, warm swims and the West Side's espresso inspire this Chicago painter.
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Ivan Brunetti
2005 was quite a year for Ivan Brunetti.
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Burtonwood & Holmes
This dynamic duo wages a war of its own.
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Sally Ko
Centerstage salutes Chi-Town's creative geniuses with a new series of Artist Sketches.
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