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Person of Interest Person of Interest: Nick Moore

Where: River North

“If you’re not getting the opportunities you want, you have to make your own.”

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Artist Interviews La Luz

Before their headlining show at the Empty Bottle, Hardly Art's La Luz sat down with CHIRP's Melanie Kruvelis. The band talked about developing their surf-noir sound, calling bullshit on the "all-girl band" label, and making people dance.

produced by Melanie Kruvelis (@internetmelanie)

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First Time First Trip - Julia Weiss

Julia is a member of Second City's National Touring Company and The Improvised Star Trek. She is a regular contributor to The Paper Machete and Sadsacks and Wisecracks, and has also read cool things at LitMash, WriteClub, Collector's Edition, Oral, The Seven Deadly Sins reading series and other neat shows around Chicago. Julia writes plays, too, and is a big fan of art in general. Her twitter handle is @Weiss_Tea, her favorite food is anything bread, and in January an adult man pooped next to her on the CTA, changing her life forever.

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Volunteer: Stories of Philanthropy Helping Refugees Find a New Home and Community

The civil war in Syria drove the Adris family from their home. The war claimed three family members. After a three-year wait, they were able to resettle in Chicago thanks to the Syrian Community Network, and Suzanne Akras Sahloul, who runs that organization as a volunteer.

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Artist Interviews Twin Shadow

After his set at the North Coast Music Festival, George Lewis Jr. caught up with CHIRP's Dylan Peterson to talk about the many ups and downs of Twin Shadow. They discussed the impact that fashion and light shows can have on art, the difficulties that life brings in both physical and emotional measures, and losing interest in collaborations the moment everyone starts collaborating.