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The Overflowing Mind of Ted Okudanew

You want minutiae, he's got it -- from the Three Stooges to Soundies to Son of Svengoolie.

Chicago Reader | Jim Mueller | 02-25-2008 | Culture

Tattoo Rescuenew

Scars, track marks, gang tats -- if they're ruining your life, Eric Dean Spruth wants to cover them up.

Chicago Reader | Laura Putre | 07-23-2007 | Culture

How Matt Allen Gets Levi's and the White Stripes to Buy You Ice Creamnew

Over the last three years, he's has trekked more than 35,000 miles in a 1969 Chevy Step Van to hand out free ice cream at the country's largest music festivals.

Chicago Reader | Austin Powell | 07-16-2007 | Culture

Resourceful Renters: Eight Chicagoans Who've Transformed Their Apartmentsnew

Making someone else's space your own takes a particular kind of ingenuity.

Chicago Reader | Martha Bayne and Heather Kenny | 04-30-2007 | Culture

The Party Cabbienew

If you're just looking to get from point A to point B, John Rees is not the taxi driver for you.

Chicago Reader | David King | 09-18-2006 | Culture

Tags: lifestyles

Atlantis Ho!new

David Hatcher Childress has traveled all over the globe in search of lost cities, but Kempton, Illinois, is where he has chosen to build his empire of the improbable.

Chicago Reader | Mike Sula | 09-11-2006 | Culture

Tags: lifestyles

The Politics of Braidsnew

Braiders are now required to spend thousands of dollars on beauty school, where they must learn to cut, dye, and perm -- services they never wanted to provide. Instead they're going underground.

Chicago Reader | Tasneem Paghdiwala | 09-05-2006 | Culture

Tags: lifestyles