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Elsewhere in the Ist-a-Verse
This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too – two of them in -Ist cities. Sampaist was shocked when a passenger jet crashed into the center of Sao Paulo, killing at least 200 people. The airplane, an Airbus A320, skidded off the runway at the...
Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse
This week we'd like to congratulate the -ist network's Mother Hen, Gothamist's Jen Chung, who found herself a recipient of Wired Magazine's Wired Rave Award. If that doesn't sound terribly exciting, keep in mind another recipient was J.K. Rowling. Yep, that's right, the -ist network and Harry Potter now have something in common. Go us. Austinist has a chat with the ever-fashionable Golden Girl Rue McClanahan, and managed to catch some local fashionistas making...
Mustaches for Kids 'Stache Bash 2006
Mustaches For Kids Chicago wrapped up its growing season with the first annual 'Stache Bash last night at Smart Bar in Wrigleyville. Mustaches were compared, awards were given, and not the least bit homoerotic dancing took place. The official tally is pending, but the mustachioed men estimate that they raised over $10,000 this year for the Off the Street Club, Chicago's oldest boys and girls club.
Healthy Competition in Hot Neighborhoods
Will the Wicker Park and Bucktown gallery scene become another West Loop, an explosion of art spaces on a few shabby-chic blocks? The Wicker Park and Bucktown Gallery Association hopes not. In this week’s Chicago Journal, Around the Coyote Gallery Director and WPBGA Founder Allison Stites talks about how she'd like to preserve the organic feel of the neighborhood art scene. And for the time being, they don’t have much to fear. The West Loop...

