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Arts & Culture
,
Feature
Jul 26, 2018
If you have a deep-seated need to sew your own undies, Amy Taylor is here for you
The “underpants extraordinaire” teaches a BYOB Friday-night class at Lillstreet Art Center.
By Deanna Isaacs
Tags:
Feature
,
Sew Your Own Underwear
,
Amy Taylor
,
Lillstreet Art Center
,
underpants
,
underwear
,
panties
,
sewing
,
serger
,
boxers
,
hipsters
,
bikini
,
cotton
,
Shibori dye
,
Ms. Amy Taylor
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 7, 2013
Video
Meet Harry Gibson, the original hipster
He was performing rock and roll before it was cool.
By Aimee Levitt
Tags:
Whoa
,
Music
,
History
,
Harry "the Hipster" Gibson
,
hipsters
,
jazz
,
Tom Brenner
,
Video
Arts & Culture
,
Feature
Oct 2, 2013
The migration of the hipster
A Chicago history, 1898-present
By Aimee Levitt
Tags:
Feature
,
hipsters
,
Flat Iron Building
,
Bridgeport
,
neighborhoods
,
New York Times
,
next Seattle
,
Richard Lloyd
,
Jeff Huebner
,
history
,
Real World
,
Ed Marszewski
,
Lumpen Times
,
Liz Phair
,
Urge Overkill
,
Veruca Salt
,
Smashing Pumpkins
,
Tom Handley
,
Joe Judd
,
Shane Bugbee
,
Elliot Dicks
,
gentrification
,
Clem Jaskot Jr.
,
Phyllis' Musical Inn
,
bars
,
Gold Star Bar
,
Nelson Algren
,
Wicker Park
,
HotHouse
,
Double Door
,
Pontiac
,
Subterranean
,
Flat Iron Building
,
Myopic Books
,
Quimby's Bookstore
,
Autonomous Zone Infoshop
,
Buys Bee
,
Earwax Cafe
,
Urbus Orbis
,
commercialization
,
bohemia
,
brohemia
,
Sarah Crawford
,
Fine Arts Building
,
artists' colonies
,
coffeehouses
,
nightclubs
,
The Little Room
,
South Loop
,
artists
,
tea
,
Auditorium Hotel
,
Ralph Clarkson
,
Henry Blake Fuller
,
George Ade
,
Hamlin Garland
,
Lorado Taft
,
Jane Addams
,
Bertha Palmer
,
Jackson Park
,
Hyde Park
,
Midway Studios
,
Floyd Dell
,
Evening Post
,
Evening Post's Friday Literary Review
,
Paul Durica
,
Margery Currey
,
salons
,
Sherwood Anderson
,
Edgar Lee Masters
,
Carl Sandburg
,
Ben Hecht
,
Margaret Anderson
,
The Little Review
,
Richard Lloyd
,
Chicago winters
,
Towertown
,
Bauhaus
,
Bauhaus School
,
River North
,
Maxwell Bodenheim
,
them restaurants
,
Gold Coast House of Correction
,
Big John's Coal Scuttle
,
Jake Loeb
,
Thomas Dyja
,
Tree Studios
,
Prohibition
,
tearooms
,
Green Mask
,
Ballyhoo Cafe
,
drag shows
,
Dil Pickle Club
,
Washington Square Park
,
Newberry Library
,
Bughouse Square
,
Jack Jones
,
Tooker Place
,
Mae West
,
Ben Reitman
,
Chicago Tribune
,
alcohol
,
Charles Collins
,
Mitchell Dawson
,
Harriet Monroe
,
Clarence Darrow
,
Emma Goldman
,
Theodore Dreiser
,
Ring Lardner
,
Edgar Lee Masters
,
Joseph Weil
,
Bill Haywood
,
Jack Johnson
,
Chicago Literary Times
,
Michigan Avenue Bridge
,
douchebags
,
yuppies
,
bros
,
Alfreda Gordon
,
Chicago Sunday Times
,
development
,
beatniks
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hippies
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New Yorker
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Emily Hahn
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Slim Brundage
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College of Complexes
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Piper's Alley
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Lincoln Restaurant
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Maury's
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Cholly Wendorf
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Bill Smith
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Steve Goodman
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John Prine
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Bonnie Koloc
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Hairy Who
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Will Leonard
,
University of Chicago
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Old Town School of Folk Music
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Bill Savage
,
Northwestern University
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Frank Ryan
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Norman Mailer
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Dee Paira
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Gavin Morrison
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Rainbo Club
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Logan Square
,
Jason Hammel
,
Logan Beach
,
Lula Cafe
,
Amalea Tshilds
,
Joe Bryl
,
Longman & Eagle
,
Reno
,
Bang Bang Pie
,
Parsons Chicken & Fish
,
Cozy Corner
,
Cole's Bar
,
Helen's
,
Two-Way Lounge
,
Whirlaway Lounge
,
The Whistler
,
Scofflaw
,
Weegee's Lounge
,
Logan Square Farmers Market
,
Dill Pickle Co-Op
,
Cafe Mustache
,
New Wave Coffee
,
Abraham Conlon
,
Adrienne Lo
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Matthias Merges
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Jared Wentworth
,
Paul McGee
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Maria Jaimes
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Fireside Bowl
,
The Mutiny
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John McDermott
,
Logan Square Neighborhood Association
,
Latinos
,
buying property
,
Bridgeport
,
Pilsen
,
Jason Vincent
,
Bruce Finkelman
,
Thalia Hall
,
Modern Cooperative
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furniture stores
,
Nightwood
,
Co-Prosperity Sphere
,
public transportation
,
mass transit
,
Version Fest
,
Mash-Tun Festival
Arts & Culture
,
Feature
Oct 2, 2013
What do you say when someone calls you a hipster?
Our Twitter followers respond.
By Gwynedd Stuart
Tags:
Feature
,
Twitter
,
The Whistler
,
hipsters
Blogs
,
Bleader
Nov 28, 2012
Getting uncomfortable with Rick Alverson, director of
The Comedy
An interview with the Virginia-based independent filmmaker
By Ben Sachs
Tags:
Film
,
Rick Alverson
,
The Comedy
,
Facets Multimedia
,
Tim Heidecker
,
Eric Wareheim
,
Gregg Turkington
,
Neil Hamburger
,
Jeff Jensen
,
independent film
,
Brooklyn
,
desensitization
,
Michael Haneke
,
Lisandro Alonso
,
hipsters
Blogs
,
Bleader
Aug 6, 2012
Hipster [cocksuckers]
Swearwords in the
Times
and beyond
By Sam Worley
Tags:
Grammar
,
Media
,
cocksuckers
,
Montauk
,
hipsters
,
New York Times
,
New Yorker
,
Lauren Collins
,
Mark Singer
,
Evan Osnos
,
Burma
,
John McPhee
,
Steve Bogira
,
Ben Zimmer
,
adjectives
Arts & Culture
,
Book Review
Jun 26, 2012
Joe Meno's inappropriate answer to the Hollywood rom-com
The Chicago author reads from
Office Girl
at the Book Cellar
By Sam Worley
Tags:
Book Review
,
Joe Meno
,
Office Girl
,
twee
,
hipsters
,
Bill Clinton
,
Monica Lewinsky
,
Lorrie Moore
,
Cody Hudson
,
Todd Baxter
,
Book Cellar
Arts & Culture
,
Art Critic's Choice
May 15, 2012
Video
The crackle and snap of Roy Lichtenstein's pop
The Art Institute opens 'Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective'
By Elly Fishman
Tags:
Art Critic's Choice
,
Roy Lichtenstein
,
Michey Mouse
,
Donald Duck
,
Andy Warhol
,
pop art
,
cartoons
,
James Rondeau
,
hipsters
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 1, 2012
12 O'Clock Track: Ninjasonik, "Turned Up"
Former hipster rappers find a harder edge.
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
12 O'Clock Track
,
Music
,
12 O'Clock Track
,
Ninjasonik
,
Turned Up
,
No Swords or Masks
,
hip-hop
,
hipsters
,
Jim Jones
,
Dipset
Arts & Culture
,
Fiction
Jan 12, 2012
Fiction Issue 2012: "Moving on at the Hipster Gym"
A cigarette and a boy shirt and you're all better, right?
By Tovah Burstein
Tags:
Fiction
,
fiction
,
Fiction Issue 2012
,
hipsters
,
fitness
,
fashion
,
babies
,
motherhood
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 24, 2011
Today in Kanye Internet memes
The Internet sends Kanye to Bayside High
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Music
,
Kanye West
,
hip-hop
,
Saved by the Bell
,
Game of Thrones
,
Thundercats
,
hipsters
,
Tumblr
,
the Internet
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 19, 2010
The Hipster Food Stamp Panic of 2010
By Whet Moser
Tags:
Chicagoland
,
Food Chain
,
Politics
,
Food & Drink
,
Clout City
,
hipsters
,
hipsters on food stamps
,
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
,
One Story Up
,
Homestead Act
,
Megan Cottrell
,
welfare-to-work
,
don't know much about history
Food & Drink
,
Food & Drink Column
Mar 18, 2010
Logan Square on Tap
The new brewpub and gastropub in Lula-land. Plus: middle-of-the-road green cuisine, carnivore-worthy vegan, and 11 more recent openings.
By Mike Sula and Martha Bayne
Tags:
Food & Drink Column
,
Revolution Brewing
,
Longman & Eagle
,
Logan Square
,
hipsters
,
Handlebar
,
Josh Deth
,
Jim Cibak
,
Jason Petrie
,
charcuterie
,
Empty Bottle
,
Bruce Finkleman
,
Peter Toalson
,
Robert McAdams
,
Jared Wentworth
,
snout-to-tail
,
whole animal
,
Sarah Stegner
,
George Bumbaris
,
Prairie Grass Cafe
,
Prairie Fire
,
Ogilvie Metra station
,
Tallgrass steaks
,
Mint Creek Farm
,
Pleasant Ridge Reserve
,
Karyn's on Green
,
Revolution Brewing Company
,
Karyn's Cooked
,
Karyn's Fresh Corner
,
The Handlebar
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 5, 2010
Derek Erdman's Music Fest Anthropology
Derek Erdman compares hipsters and juggalos. Guess which side he comes down on?
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Crickets
,
Music
,
Pitchfork Music Festival
,
Gathering of the Juggalos
,
MTV
,
the Fall
,
hipsters
,
indie rock
,
juggalos
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 20, 2009
Film Festival Announces Award Winners
By J.R. Jones
Tags:
Film
,
Chicago International Film Festival
,
Gold Hugo
,
Tina Mabry
,
Mississippi Damned
,
Andrea Arnold
,
Fish Tank
,
Marco Bellochio
,
Giovanna Mezzogiorno
,
Filippo Timi
,
Vincere
,
Benito Mussolini
,
Jossie Harris Thacker
,
Michael Fassbender
,
Hipsters
,
movies
,
film festivals
Film
,
Movie Feature
Oct 8, 2009
Video
The Reader's Guide to the 45th Chicago International Film Festival: Week One
Selected films making their Chicago premieres at the festival through Thursday, October 15
By J.R. Jones, Cliff Doerksen, Andrea Gronvall, and Joshua Katzman
Tags:
Movie Feature
,
CIFF
,
Chicago International Film Festival
,
Wit Hotel
,
Katherine Dieckmann
,
Motherhood
,
Uma Thurman
,
Jean-Marc Vallee
,
The Young Victoria
,
Animation Nations
,
Francois Alaux
,
Herve de Crecy
,
Ludovic Houplain
,
Antichrist
,
Willem Dafoe
,
Charlotte Gainsbourg
,
Breaking the Waves
,
Andrei Tarkovsky
,
Backyard
,
Carlos Carrera
,
Berlin '36
,
Kaspar Heidelbach
,
Chicago Overcoat
,
Cropsey
,
Joshua Zeman
,
Barbara Brancaccio
,
Andre Rand
,
Willowbrook State School
,
Daniel and Ana
,
Eccentricities of a Blond Girl
,
Michel Franco
,
Manoel de Oliveira
,
Face
,
Tsai Ming-Liang
,
The Girl on the Train
,
Andre Techine
,
Hipsters
,
Valery Todorovsky
,
The Last Days of Emma Blank
,
Looking for Eric
,
Ken Loach
,
The Maid
,
The Messenger
,
Samantha Morton
,
Jena Malone
,
Steve Buscemi
,
Bong Joon-ho
,
Nymph
,
Pen-ek Ratanaruang
,
Red Cliff
,
John Woo
,
Ricky
,
Alexandra Demy
,
Melusine Mayance
,
Vincere
,
Marco Bellocchio
,
Carlo Crivelli
,
Wit Hotel
,
River East 21
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Sep 1, 2009
"The boundless generosity of Saturday night"
By Whet Moser
Tags:
Chicagoland
,
Visual Art
,
HACK
,
Dmitry Samarov
,
cabs
,
hipsters
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 14, 2009
Merriweather Post-Information Economy
Hipster Runoff on Animal Collective
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Music
,
Crickets
,
Blogs
,
hipsters
,
Hipster Runoff
,
The Internet
,
Animal Collective
,
tugjobs
,
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 22, 2007
Why ban books when you can brand them?
No matter what you read on the bus, someone will hate you for it.
By Whet Moser
Tags:
News
,
Chicagoland
,
Beachwood Reporter
,
Chicagoist
,
hipsters
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