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News Found Magazine: Ten Years of Publishing Scraps of Your Soul

One night Davy Rothbart found a note on his car. It was a very personal note. Except it wasn't for him. The writer had mistaken Davy's car for her boyfriend's car. And it was that note that got Davy started on Found Magazine and the website foundmagazine.com. It's a collection of notes, scraps and photos found by people all over the world, items that are sometimes inexplicable and usually funny, perplexing and raw. They are always very personal in that they reveal something about the soul of the writer.

Now after ten years of publishing other people's innermost feelings, Davy has turned the lens on himself with his new book of personal essays, My Heart is an Idiot. He's on a 79-city tour to promote the book and to celebrate Found Magazine's tenth anniversary. He's been traveling with his brother Peter, a musician who writes songs based on found notes. Peter's new CD is You Are What You Dream.

Before their show at the Old Town School of Folk Music, Davy sat down with CHIRP's Dan Epstein. Davy popped open his briefcase, shuffled through the hundreds of scraps of paper inside and chose a few of his favorite found notes to share.

(music heard in this story: The Baddest Nissans in the Northwest and You Are What You Dream, both by Peter Rothbart)

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Chicago Theatre Off Book Chicago Theatre Off Book: November 16, 2012 Ed.

Today, Chicago Theatre Off Book is reviewing exciting offerings from local theatre companies:

"The Opponent" at A Red Orchid Theatre
"Down and Derby" by The New Colony
"Porn" by Theatre-Y

Our Special Guests are Director William Brown, Actor Nate Burger and Actor Steve Haggard for "Wasteland" at Timeline Theatre and Producing Artistic Director Adrian Danzig with 500 Clown. Plus, we have two new "Got A Minute?" segments from our guests' current shows: An excerpt from "Wasteland" at Timeline Theatre and an excerpt from "500 Clown Frankenstein" by 500 Clown

This November 16, 2012 episode of Chicago Theatre Off Book was partially underwritten by MARTY'S MARTINI BAR.

Shot word of the day: fascinating

Hosted by Actor Joshua J. Volkers and Reviewer Katy Walsh from The Fourth Walsh, Off Book is where Chicago meets to discuss artistic innovation.

500 Days to 50 is chronicling a daily journey to a milestone. Follow @ thefourthwalsh and @ 500daysto50 on Twitter

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Artist Interviews Cains & Abels

Chicago rock group Cains & Abels released their second full-length album My Life Is Easy on Whistler Records in March 2012. Life Is Easy represents an honest, beautifully crafted tale of nature-inspired lyrics rooted in stories of struggle.

Katie Owens sat down with David Sampson & Josh Ippel over beer, sans koozies, in a River North loft to delve into the meaning of C/A’s stories illustrated on their latest album, discuss hearing silence, and discover what makes their lives easy.

(produced by Ben Sutherland)

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Chicago Theatre Off Book Chicago Theatre Off Book: October 26, 2012 Ed.

Today, Chicago Theatre Off Book has a special STRANGETREE episode. This past summer, Oliver Sava was the lucky winner of an Off Book show dedicated to the theatre company of his choice. He chose Strangetree Group. Oliver joins us in reviewing exciting offerings from local theatre companies: “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” by Bailiwick Chicago, “Pontypool” by Strawdog Theatre, “Kinky Boots” by Broadway in Chicago and “Trainspotting USA” at Theater Wit. And then we invite Strangetree Group into the studio to talk about “Funeral Wedding: The Alvin Play.” Plus, we have an excerpt from the show as our “Got A Minute?” segment.