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Chicago Fall Fashion 2007new

We invited a dozen regular Chicagoans with singular style into the studio and asked them to create an outfit on the spot from clothes and accessories provided by local designers and retailers -- combined with some of their own favorite items, of course.

Chicago Reader | Heather Kenny | 09-17-2007 | Fashion

Tags: fashion

Romancing the Bee

Grappling with the unruly Humble Bumble Home inspires profound insight on the gardener/pollinator relationship.

North Coast Journal | Amy Stewart | 09-14-2007 | Gardening

Tags: gardening

3rd Degree: George Carlinnew

The comedian on living in L.A., changing his head, and not getting angry.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Steve Appleford | 09-14-2007 | Performance

Tags: performance

Absinthe, eh? Canadian, eh?new

Absinthe's bad rep lead many countries to ban it -- enter enterprising distillation iconoclast Frank Deiter of Okanagan Spirits, one of the world's smallest distilleries but with perhaps one of the world's largest portfolios.

The Georgia Straight | Jurgen Gothe | 09-14-2007 | Food+Drink

RoyalCon Gathers Analog Role-Players Under One Tentnew

In Montreal, where every fringe activity has a festival, it's hard to believe role-playing games, of the card and board variety, have been so, until last year, horribly neglected.

Montreal Mirror | Erik Leijon | 09-14-2007 | Recreation

Tags: recreation

CARE Goes Against the (U.S.) Grainnew

The major aid agency launches boycott of U.S. crop dumping masquerading as charity.

NOW Magazine | Wayne Roberts | 09-14-2007 | Food+Drink

The Puppets Take Atlantanew

The city has become a mecca for American puppetry, just as puppeteers here and elsewhere are proving the form's power to explore mature themes.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Curt Holman | 09-13-2007 | Performance

Tags: performance

John T. Scott, 1940-2007new

One of New Orleans' preeminent modern artists known for his large public sculpture, John Scott was also one of those dedicated and quintessential New Orleanians for whom this city was a way of life more than merely a place to live.

Gambit | D. Eric Bookhardt | 09-12-2007 | Art

Tags: visual arts

The Second Life Conference Hits Chicagonew

More than 800 people flew in from all parts of the country to gather and discuss the future of Second Life -- a hot topic considering that within the last year Second Life has become a corporate and media darling.

Chicago Newcity | Maude Standish | 09-12-2007 | Tech

Tags: Life, Second, computers & technology