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Author Archives: Isabel Ochoa Gold

Posted inArts & Culture

Trina Robbins’s comic strip is still going

by Isabel Ochoa Gold March 8, 2017August 18, 2021

And the underground-comic icon has four new titles expected to be released this year alone.

Posted inBlogs

Bit Bash’s Filthy Pixels, Taco Fest 2017, and more things to do in Chicago this week

by Isabel Ochoa Gold February 20, 2017August 18, 2021

Presidents’ Day Benefit Dinner, TRL Live, and more happenings from February 20-23.

Posted inBlogs

Bill T. Jones, Chicago Restaurant Week, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Isabel Ochoa Gold January 27, 2017August 18, 2021

Young Playwrights Festival, Forward Motion Activist Fundraiser, and more things to do this weekend.

Posted inBlogs

Artists Against Hate, B-Fest, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Isabel Ochoa Gold January 20, 2017August 18, 2021

Chinese New Year Celebration, Silencio Blanco, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend.

Posted inBlogs

Shame on Wheels, It’s a Wonderful Life, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Isabel Ochoa Gold December 9, 2016August 18, 2021

Donut Fest, Irish Christmas Market, and more happenings from December 9-11.

Posted inArts & Culture

Q: Are we not furniture? A: We are “Set”!

by Isabel Ochoa Gold November 23, 2016August 18, 2021

Ania Jaworska’s solo show at Volume Gallery is more than just a bunch of black shapes.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Book Expo, Pop-Up Magazine, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Isabel Ochoa Gold November 11, 2016August 18, 2021

Fun Home, Handmade Market Chicago, and more happenings from November 11-13.

Posted inBlogs

SOFA Chicago, Strange Foods Festival, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Isabel Ochoa Gold November 4, 2016August 18, 2021

Jessica Campbell, Criminal, and more happenings from November 4-6.

Posted inArts & Culture

Brown shoes make it at Clay Hickson’s solo show

by Isabel Ochoa Gold November 2, 2016August 18, 2021

The artist takes Johalla Projects back in time to the 1970s.

Posted inBlogs

Northalsted Halloween Parade, Art Spiegelman, and more things to do in Chicago this week

by Isabel Ochoa Gold October 31, 2016August 18, 2021

Ten fun things to do in Chicago on Halloween and the rest of the week.

Posted inBlogs

The Halloween Gathering Festival, Mutt Strutt, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Isabel Ochoa Gold October 21, 2016August 18, 2021

Portrait of Myself as My Father, Chicago Moth StorySlam, and more happenings from October 21-23.

Posted inArts & Culture

Seven theater and comedy shows for the spooky season

by Tony Adler, Justin Hayford, Jack Helbig, Deanna Isaacs, Dan Jakes, Aimee Levitt and Isabel Ochoa Gold October 19, 2016August 18, 2021

From Dracula to the Demon Barber of Fleet Street’s . . . brother

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Ideas Week, Jacqueline Woodson, and more things to do in Chicago this week

by Isabel Ochoa Gold October 17, 2016August 18, 2021

Lincoln Square Ravenswood Restaurant Week, Seinfeld Trivia, and more happenings from October 17-20.

Posted inBlogs

The Amazing Acro-Cats, Cassette Store Day, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Isabel Ochoa Gold October 7, 2016August 18, 2021

XX, Will Travel, Bianca Del Rio, and more happenings from October 7-9.

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