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What The Hell Happened This Weekend? 9 Stories You May Have Missed

By Jon Graef in News on Apr 14, 2014 2:00PM

  • Notes & Bolts, a micro-label with a penchant for releasing its work on odd formats, celebrates its second year with a show at the Empty Bottle Tuesday.
  • Including two shooting deaths, there were 16 people shot in Chicago from Friday afternoon into Saturday morning. From Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning, 18 more were shot, two of those killed.
  • It's time to shake off your winter routine. Make a date with local artists at these upcoming events.
  • Short and sweet news from a longtime sweet stuff purveyor Bobtail Ice Cream Company. To celebrate their ten-year anniversary, the Lakeview-based ice cream shop has a simple deal.
  • Rapper Saba recently released a clip for track 'Secondhand Smoke,' a soulful, psychedelic piece of contemporary hip-hop with a video that perfectly matches its vibe.
  • A U.S. district court judge granted a same-sex couple's request for a temporary restraining order against Indiana from enacting its ban on same-sex marriage on them.
  • On her Instagram page, Chicago rapper Psalm One recently teased a 'multi-media doc-series' about her non-profit Rhymeschool's work with Haitian artists called 'Memoirs From Haiti.' The project is due later in April.
  • The Chicago Sun-Times and all of its titles will (temporarily) not be running comments on their articles. Here's why.