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Downtime at the Experimental Station: A conversation with Dan Peterman

Location

6100 S Blackstone Avenue
60637 Chicago
United States
41° 47' 4.0164" N, 87° 35' 26.2644" W
US
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Book, Downtime at the Experimental Station: A conversation with Dan Peterman
Date: 
September 2004
Abstract: 
Dan S. Wang interviewed Dan Peterman about a range of topics: Peterman's art practice, the community that inhabited the building at 61st Street and Dorchester, the fire that destroyed the building, the struggle against the city to rebuild, and the rebirth of the building as the Experimental Station.
Language: 
English
Notes: 
Abstract taken from Experimenal Station website: http://www.experimentalstation.org/node/77
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Peripheral Vision

Location

PO Box 476971
60647 Chicago
United States
US
Catalog Number: 
Newspaper, Peripheral Vision
Date: 
11/01/2009
Issue: 
9
Abstract: 
Founded in 2005, AREA Chicago supports the work of people and organizations building a socially just city. AREA actively gathers, produces, and shares knowledge about local culture and politics. Its newspaper, website, and events create relationships and sustain community through art, research, education, and activism.
Language: 
English
Notes: 
Abstract taken from AREA Chicago website: http://areachicago.org/about/
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AREA Chicago: Intersections

Location

PO Box 476971
60647 Chicago
United States
US
Catalog Number: 
Newspaper, AREA Intersections
Date: 
October 25, 2012
Issue: 
12
Abstract: 
Founded in 2005, AREA Chicago supports the work of people and organizations building a socially just city. AREA actively gathers, produces, and shares knowledge about local culture and politics. Its newspaper, website, and events create relationships and sustain community through art, research, education, and activism. Many of the articles in this issue focus on specific street intersections throughout Chicago.
Language: 
English
Notes: 
The abstract was taken from the AREA Chicago website: http://areachicago.org/about/
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4000 Words 4000 Dead & Revolutionary Optimism: An American Elegy: 2006-2012

Location

6018 North Kenmore Avenue
60660 Chicago, IL
United States
41° 59' 29.6088" N, 87° 39' 25.9452" W
US
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Zine, 4000 Words & Revolutionary Optimism
Date: 
2012
Edition: 
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Abstract: 
A poem about the soldiers killed in the Iraq. Performed October 28, 2012 at 6018NORTH.
Language: 
English
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Item Donor: 
Jill Magi

Souvenir of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.

Location

117-123 State St.through Wabash Ave.
Chicago
United States
US
Date: 
1893
Abstract: 
Guidebook for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893.
Language: 
English
Notes: 
Small tear on the front cover. Cover title. Includes brief biographies and portraits of leading officials. Folded map of Chicago (39 x 40 cm.) inside back cover, with street guide on verso. [32] p. : ill., maps ; 11 x 21 cm.
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Quest for the Treasure of Stimuli!

Location

2217 W Roscoe St. 1st floor
60618 Chicago, IL
United States
41° 56' 35.43" N, 87° 41' 2.688" W
US
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Magazine, Barack the Barbarian: Quest for the Treasure of Stimuli!
Date: 
2009
Edition: 
Volume: 
1
Issue: 
1
Abstract: 
"Barack the Barbarian" is a political satire comic book. In the plot, Barack the Barbarian fights The Old Warrior (John McCain) and Red Sarah (Sarah Palin) for the stimuli.
Language: 
English
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9781934692691

I hate Chicago

Catalog Number: 
Book, Vandermolen, Nick
Date: 
2008
Edition: 
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Abstract: 
The journey of one man's attempt to merge into the land of adulthood transforms in the hatred of the city he attempts to achieve this transformation. The author vents about the prices and pains of the city and the real world.
Language: 
English
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ISSN/ISBN: 
9780984245826
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Item Donor: 
Nick Vandermolen

The Logan Square Free Press

Location

2741 W. Logan Blvd.
60647 Chicago, IL
United States
41° 55' 40.9188" N, 87° 41' 47.4" W
US
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Newspaper, The Logan Square Free Press
Date: 
August 16, 1984
Volume: 
5
Issue: 
24
Abstract: 
Biweekly newspaper that covered six wards in the northwest side in the 1980s. Circulation of 21,000 copies. This issue covered education, politics, sports, lifestyle advice, and coverage of local upcoming events.
Language: 
English
Spanish
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Tim Unsworth: Articles from the National Catholic Reporter

Location

United States
42° 1' 8.868" N, 87° 45' 53.136" W
US
Catalog Number: 
Book, Unsworth, Tim
Date: 
2008
Edition: 
First
Abstract: 
This book collects articles written by Tim Unsworth for the National Catholic Reporter.
Language: 
English
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ISSN/ISBN: 
9780879463663
Item Donor: 
Chicago Publisher's Gallery

No Shirt No Shoes No Service

Location

2427 S. 58th Ct.
60804 Cicero
United States
41° 50' 48.6744" N, 87° 46' 11.1216" W
US
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Zine, No Shirt No Shoes No Service
Date: 
1993
Issue: 
3
Abstract: 
A collection of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and comics from Rocco Publishing. Content includes pieces about the punk music scene, Comicon, Riot Grrrls, zines, feminism,and a Bill Clinton paper doll.
Language: 
English
Notes: 
Bill Clinton paper doll is stapled to the back cover. Zip code for Rocco Publishing has changed from 60650 to 60804.
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