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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
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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, hippies, New Yorker, Emily Hahn, Slim Brundage, College of Complexes, Piper's Alley, Lincoln Restaurant, Maury's, Cholly Wendorf, Bill Smith, Steve Goodman, John Prine, Bonnie Koloc, Hairy Who, Will Leonard, University of Chicago, Old Town School of Folk Music, Bill Savage, Northwestern University, Frank Ryan, Norman Mailer, Dee Paira, Gavin Morrison, Rainbo Club, 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, Matthias Merges, Jared Wentworth, Paul McGee, Maria Jaimes, Fireside Bowl, The Mutiny, John McDermott, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Latinos, buying property, Bridgeport, Pilsen, Jason Vincent, Bruce Finkelman, Thalia Hall, Modern Cooperative, 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
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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
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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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The “underpants extraordinaire” teaches a BYOB Friday-night class at Lillstreet Art Center.

He was performing rock and roll before it was cool.

A Chicago history, 1898-present

Our Twitter followers respond.

An interview with the Virginia-based independent filmmaker

Swearwords in the Times and beyond

The Chicago author reads from Office Girl at the Book Cellar

The Art Institute opens 'Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective'

Former hipster rappers find a harder edge.

A cigarette and a boy shirt and you're all better, right?

The Internet sends Kanye to Bayside High

The new brewpub and gastropub in Lula-land. Plus: middle-of-the-road green cuisine, carnivore-worthy vegan, and 11 more recent openings.

Derek Erdman compares hipsters and juggalos. Guess which side he comes down on?

Selected films making their Chicago premieres at the festival through Thursday, October 15

Hipster Runoff on Animal Collective

No matter what you read on the bus, someone will hate you for it.

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