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Monday, November 28, 2011
Show Us Your... Visual Art Call for submissions to the Reader's fifth annual photo issue
Posted by Tal Rosenberg on 11.28.11 at 04:42 PM
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
You Are Here Show Us Your... Show us your . . . clear guitars
Each week, we ask you to show us something. This week it's Geoff Benge's CLEAR GUITARS.
Posted by Sam Worley on 08.30.11 at 10:52 AM
About four years ago somebody handed Geoff Benge a clear piece of plastic—brand name Lucite; another form of the stuff is Plexiglas—and he decided to apply his trade to it. Benge, who owns an instrument repair shop in Roscoe Village, made the plastic into a guitar.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Show Us Your... cats on the internet buzzfeed Show us your . . . ugly pet
Posted by Kevin Warwick on 08.15.11 at 10:22 AM
Each week we ask you to show us something. This week it's Christina Jimenez's UGLY PET. Got something to show us? showus@chicagoreader.com
In late 2007, Christina Jimenez visited the Humane Society in Lawrence, Kansas, out of curiosity. She had tracked down a particularly bizarre-looking cat on petfinder.com, and against the advice of her family and friends, brought her home.
"It's not like she's in pain or anything," says Jimenez. "Sometimes it's necessary to explain that to people."
Jimenez takes great pride in Ambrosia's "ugliness," and rightfully so. Aside from donning a tattooed portrait of the Himalayan on her arm, she also has the honor of trumpeting Ambrosia as the 18th-ugliest cat on the Web, as judged by buzzfeed.com.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
You Are Here Show Us Your... Show us your . . . snow globe collection
Posted by Julia Thiel on 08.06.11 at 11:00 AM
Each week we ask you to show us something. This week it’s Kara Selberis’s SNOW GLOBE COLLECTION. Got something to show us? showus@chicagoreader.com
Some people have even made snow globes for her. “My friend Tim took a photo of himself, and it’s of him with a cigarette in his mouth on a bus, so it’s pretty funny when you shake the globe and it’s snowing on the bus,” Selberis says.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
You Are Here Show Us Your... Show us your . . . bodily tribute to a country icon
Posted by Sam Worley on 07.28.11 at 09:17 AM
Each week we ask you to show us something. This week it’s Liz Weck’s BODILY TRIBUTE TO A COUNTRY ICON. Got something to show us? showus@chicagoreader.com
It’s not the only Dolly-related paraphernalia that’s passed between them: Weck’s partner tattooed Parton’s signature onto her shoulder just two weeks after they started dating—“which is really lesbian of us,” Weck says. She’d long wanted a Dolly tattoo. She grew up listening to country music, and at about 12 years old was inspired by Parton’s famous quip, “It takes a lot of money to look this cheap.”
“I think I’ve always kind of lived that,” says Weck.
Parton plays tonight at the Rosemont Theatre; see Soundboard for more. After the jump, the video for "More Where That Came From."
Friday, July 22, 2011
You Are Here Show Us Your... Show us your . . . bedroom
Posted by Sam Worley on 07.22.11 at 10:17 AM
It’s not so much that Dan Maloney’s bedroom is nautically themed—it’s more that his life is. Maloney, who works at Reckless Records, plays in a band called Death Ships; their records are released on the Faithful Anchor label.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
You Are Here Show Us Your... Show us your . . . closet of board games
Posted by Kevin Warwick on 07.16.11 at 12:00 PM
"Oh, I definitely think they're nerdy," Adam McIver says. "But I wouldn't consider them a guilty pleasure, because they're rad, and why would I feel guilty for liking something rad?" McIver's closet houses more than 60 board games, most of which he describes as having "strategic elements and less randomness." Translation: you probably won't find Sorry! or Battleship.
Friday, July 8, 2011
You Are Here Show Us Your... Show us your . . . animal pelt collection
Posted by Julia Thiel on 07.08.11 at 04:00 AM
Each week we ask you to show us something. This week it's Sean Patrick Riley's animal pelt collection. Got something to show us? showus@chicagoreader.com
"I don't have a favorite dead animal," Sean Patrick Riley says. "I just have a collection. I haven't named them; it's not that creepy." Riley began collecting animal pelts a couple of years ago after his dad visited and gave him one. He now has about ten, including wolf, fox, coyote, skunk, and badger—all from Montana, where he grew up. Some, including a couple of elk and a couple of deer skins, are from animals his brother killed.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
You Are Here Show Us Your... Show us your ... violin collection
Posted by Sam Worley on 06.30.11 at 03:00 PM
Each week we ask you to show us something. This week it's Peter Seman's VIOLIN COLLECTION. Got something to show us? showus@chicagoreader.com
Since its perfection 300 years ago by members of the Stradivari family, the violin hasn't evolved much in terms of design. Peter Seman, who describes himself as "president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer" of Skokie-based Seman Violins, guesses that's what leads people to tinker with the instrument's build in ways that aren't necessarily intuitive: "All of these people have been doing weird experiments to make the violin better."
Thursday, June 16, 2011
You Are Here Show Us Your... Show us your ... metal detector finds
Posted by Julia Thiel on 06.16.11 at 12:30 PM
Each week we ask you to show us something. This week it's Ron Shore's METAL DETECTOR FINDS. Got something to show us? showus@chicagoreader.com
Ron Shore has been searching for stuff with metal detectors since the late 70s, when his wife bought him his first one as a birthday gift. "I didn't even know what they were," he says. "I went out, found a few silver coins, and got hooked."
