Legendary artist and writer (and onetime Chicago mayoral candidate) Cynthia Plaster Caster passed away in April after a lengthy illness, but Gossip Wolf isn’t done mourning. Future generations of local musicians and fans won’t get to bask in the splendor of her warm, glowing personality—thankfully her famous plaster casts of the private parts of musicians […]
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Cynthia Plaster Caster broke the mold
Kind. Funny. Genuine. A sweetheart, an artist, a legend. If the true sign of a life well lived is a tidal wave of emotional tributes when you die, then Cynthia Albritton—better known to the whole wide world as Cynthia Plaster Caster—lived a very good life. So much so that writing about her after her passing—she […]
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The puzzler and the puzzled
A Reader staffer searches through, down, and across the history of crosswords to construct his own
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Cynthia Plaster Caster’s Kickstarter
Cynthia Plaster Caster has a Kickstarter campaign.
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Q&A With Mayoral Candidate Cynthia Plaster Caster
“Recovering groupie” turned mayoral candidate Cynthia Plaster Caster talks about her platform.
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This Week in Reader Music
Rhymefest for alderman, Cynthia Plaster Caster for mayor, and more
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Cynthia Plaster Caster post
Cynthia Plaster Caster’s only slightly bonertastic campaign announcement
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Erectoral Politics
Meet your new mayor, Cynthia Plaster Caster. Plus: Steve Shelley, honorary Chicagoan, Svenonius on Nation of Ulysses reunion rumors, and more.