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Today in Awesome: Jazz, Mars, Wombats

By Margaret Lyons in Miscellaneous on Jun 20, 2008 9:50PM

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Photo by nvaughn

Let's get this party started. Oh, boy, let's.

Local artist Rachel Niffenegger's work is unsettling and strange. And really awesome. This painting is my favorite.

Can you spot us $100K? We're going to buy an 8-foot wide television.

Napping is definitely awesome. And a drawing of a sleepy monkey illustrating "sleepy periods" is nothing short of amazing.

Ha ha, fart noises.

Finally: Comcast is going to start carrying the Big Ten network.

These images of Mars are astonishing.

Ravinia has commissioned jazz legend Ramsey Lewis to create a new work to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday.

The Brookfied Zoo's Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombats are scary cute.