Live music at Chicago's HotHouse

Out in the Cold

Mixtape Confessions

[31 July 2007]

by Ben Rubenstein

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HotHouse, a non-profit arts center in Chicago, embodied how beneficial a commitment to the arts could be, and surely this would override any business issues, I thought. I thought wrong.

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Mixtape Confessions

Event Etiquette

Ben Rubenstein

02.Sep.08

Enthusiasm at sporting events and concerts is great. But when your spirited dancing turns into a one-man mosh pit, it's a damned annoying distraction.

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