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Samantha Martin with the Catmobile
Posted inArts & Culture

Show us your . . . Catmobile

by Gwynedd Stuart October 7, 2014August 18, 2021

Show us your . . . Catmobile: animal trainer Samantha Martin discusses the Acro-Cats’ tour-vehicle totem.

Kanye West signed the wall when he played a benefit concert at the theater in 2009.
Posted inArts & Culture

Show us your . . . walls of autographs

by Jake Malooley September 27, 2014August 18, 2021

After Chicago Theatre shows end, the performers’ John Hancocks remain backstage.

After early criticism about limited sizing and the variety of skin tones, Robyn Graves and Michelle Lytle began offering the TaTa Top in three skin tones as well as larger sizes.
Posted inArts & Culture

Show us your . . . ‘nipples’

by Gwynedd Stuart August 2, 2014August 18, 2021

The TaTa Top subverts Chicago’s law against women exposing their nips.

Artist Dave Ford's Swing Set Drum Kit is a hit at street fests and block parties.
Posted inArts & Culture

Show us your . . . Swing Set Drum Kit

by Brianna Wellen June 30, 2014August 18, 2021

Artist Dave Ford’s kinetic sculpture brings the beat.

Will Duncan converted an old steamer trunk into a punch-dispensing boom box.
Posted inArts & Culture

Show us your . . . Punch Trunk

by Jake Malooley June 7, 2014August 18, 2021

Will Duncan’s party in a box dispenses drinks and music.

Posted inArts & Culture

Show us your . . . inflatable rat

by Jake Malooley May 24, 2014August 18, 2021

Scabby the inflatable rat has been grabbing attention at labor-union demonstrations for nearly 25 years.

Posted inArts & Culture

Show us your . . . pothole art

by Patrick Sisson May 3, 2014August 18, 2021

Northwest-side artist Jim Bachor repairs Chicago potholes with mosaic murals.

Selections from Tim Samuelson's Popeil and Ronco collection, including the Chop-O-Matic, Mr. Microphone, and the Veg-O-Matic
Posted inArts & Culture

Show us your . . . Popeil gadgets

by Jake Malooley April 22, 2014August 18, 2021

Cultural historian Tim Samuelson appreciates the Chicago story in as-seen-on-TV appliances.

Posted inArts & Culture

Show us your . . . custom DeLoreans

by Jake Malooley April 5, 2014August 18, 2021

Rich Weissensel’s interest in DeLoreans predates Back to the Future.

Ryan Twose in a triumphant pose with one of his drones—or one of his unmanned aircraft systems, your call.
Posted inArts & Culture

Show us your . . . drones

by Gwynedd Stuart March 15, 2014August 18, 2021

Last year, drone enthusiast Ryan Twose founded the Chicago chapter of the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.

Kessler playing his Hohner 264 Bass Harmonica
Posted inArts & Culture

Show us your . . . bass harmonica

by Kevin Warwick February 15, 2014August 18, 2021

Of the ten to 15 harmonicas Bob Kessler plays, the one that’s the bass harmonica is likely the most peculiar.

Sullivan with the museum's passenger pigeon
Posted inArts & Culture

Show us your . . . passenger pigeon

by Aimee Levitt February 1, 2014August 18, 2021

Steve Sullivan of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum explains that the bird was hunted so rabidly it wasn’t able to reproduce at a high enough rate.

Up-close looks at the guts of Wesly's lasers
Posted inArts & Culture

Show us your . . . collection of vintage lasers

by Luca Cimarusti January 13, 2014August 18, 2021

Nearly four decades ago, Ed Wesly saw his first hologram created by lasers—he’s been addicted ever since.

Therese Burton's animals really sock it to you.
Posted inArts & Culture

Show us your . . . sock animals

by Jerome Ludwig November 28, 2012August 19, 2021

Going hog wild with Therese Burton’s sock animals

Kiss Kiss Cabaret's coquettes
Posted inArts & Culture

Show us your . . . dressing room

by Becca Oken November 14, 2012August 19, 2021

We check out Kiss Kiss Cabaret’s dressing room

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