“It wasn’t about the models for me. The mystique of the world I was living in was the writers,” says Barbara Nellis.
Tag: Hugh Hefner
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How Chicago shaped Hugh Hefner and his Playboy empire, and other news
Also, Governor Rauner signs a bill expanding abortion coverage.
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Remembering underground comics artists Jay Lynch and Skip Williamson
Jane Shay Wald, Lynch’s ex-wife, remembers the wild 60s with her former husband, his partner in comics, and their influence on the medium.
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Chicago readies Alexander Hamilton statue for Hamilton musical premiere, and other news
Also, the ultimate guide to Playboy’s Chicago.
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Layoffs possible for Chicago Public Schools teachers and other Chicago news
Also, the city surpasses 100 homicides for 2016, and the mysterious killing of three young Muslim men in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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One primary race could be key to Illinois’s budget crisis, and other Chicago news
Also, body of missing tourist from London found on top of retired Metra train, and Hugh Hefner fights CPS budget cuts to his high school with donation.
Posted inMusic
David Bowie’s ex-girlfriend discusses their love affair, interracial dating, Mick Jagger, and the infamous Labyrinth bulge
A Q&A with David Bowie’s ex-girlfriend Ava Cherry
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Sixteen fun facts about 16 cartoonists who changed the world
Local illustrator/designer Monte Beauchamp has two excellent new books out for devotees of comics and pulps.
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Donald Trump deserves our thanks
Trump’s egregious new sign is what Chicago was praying for.
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The Third Coast—turning a bunch of stuff that happened into drama
Thomas Dyja’s history of Chicago finds the story line in 30 years of city life.
Posted inFilm
The Look of Love and the flaunting of flesh
In The Look of Love, Steve Coogan stars as a legendary British sex impresario.
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Dubious taste—always correct
Bad taste is bad taste, but it pays to come as close as you can
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Sherlock Holmes opens the Silent Summer Film Festival
John Barrymore stars as the great detective in a rarely screened silent feature
Posted inNews & Politics
1975
Forty Years: A weekly series in which we take a look at a specific year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader.
Posted inNews & Politics
What Sort of Woman Reads Playboy?
By day Peggy Wilkins runs Unix servers at the U. of C. By night she tends her apartment-size collection of Playboys, moderates the Playboy Mailing List, builds Playmate databases, and even sends free advice to Hef.