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Made in Chicago is back once again, to help you find socially-conscious and feel-good presents that will allow starving artists to buy dinner, or more yarn to knit their kid a scarf. Kristy Bowen, 33, is a poet and visual artist originally from Rockford. Bowen runs Dancing Girl Press, an online zine and publishing company committed to producing the work of female poets. She also sells delicious writerly and post-Victorian items from hand dyed slips...

Austinist gets arty with an interactive guide to SXSW, loved some local art galleries and a new art exhibit and lamented the possible loss of "Friday Night Lights" production to New Mexico. Bostonist was happy they finally found an Anna Nicole Smith connection to their fair city and that an Apple Store was opening up. They were less happy that new rules have been established limiting underage shows and that their Governor is spending...

In two short days the 79th Academy Awards will be presented, and this will cause two things to happen. First, people will immediately start whining about what won and what didn't win. Second, our list of Oscar predictions will probably look ridiculous. Since hindsight is always 20/20, undoubtedly we have made some stupendous blunders. (Where's Karnak when you need him?) But it's all in good fun. Unlike predicting the Super Bowl or election results, our...

Professional film critics usually like to pretend that, at the end of the year, they've seen it all. But let's be honest. Even if you watched movies nonstop, you'd miss a few (and probably become a little bug-eyed). And if you're like us, attempting to cover everything from Chicago politics to food to sports to Macy's discontent to the CTA, there'll be a few holes in your cinematic vocabulary. It doesn't help matters that all...

Chicagoist headed out to Guthrie’s last night for the Dating for Nerds event put on by Nerds at Heart. We weren’t really looking for a hook-up; all we heard was “board games,” and we were there. We met up with a fellow Chicagoist and checked out the scene. We were pleasantly surprised at the nearly even ratio of women to men and the overall diversity of the attendees. Since we have never managed to make...