Art in Manila

Set the Woods on Fire (Saddle Creek)

Chicago's weekend-long hipster picnic

Now that the dust from Union Park's baseball fields has cleared, we can reflect on Pitchfork Music Festival

By Angie Vo, Sheba White & Jeremy Ohmes

Down to Business   Issue #32

Helio PR

DESIGNING WOMAN   Issue #32

Designing Woman Ellen Lupton brings graphic design back home

The Faint in Chicago, Tuesday, May 22, 2007

The element of progress is back

Fame for life   Issue #31

Patti Smith and the Ronettes rock 2007’s Hall of Fame list

Hope Gangloff

The New York illustrator inks out an existence in her "perpetual state of woo"

Refinding: Old into new

One man's trash is another man's wallet

Ee

Capital Plans (Actually)

Stylex

Tight Scrapes (Pretend)

Store of the ish: Broad Vocabulary   Issue #30

The owners of the Milwaukee feminist bookstore say their goal is to subvert the dominant paradigm

Jet rag   Issue #30

Miss Information travel guides give the skinny on any city from ladies in the know

On the Edge   Issue #30

Documentary examines the interconnected causes for mass murders Juarez women

Daylight's for the Birds   Issue #30

Trouble Everywhere (Bellhop Music)

Bon Savants

Post-Rock Defends the Nation (self-released)

The Decemberists and Alasdair Roberts in Chicago, November 11, 2006

Meloy and Company rake at Chicagoland’s hearts with inventive takes on established and soon-to-be favorites

By Crystal Nicholson & Angie Vo

'Hipster Haiku' by Siobhan Adcock

Much like pop, hipster culture relies on referencing itself, a fact humorously evident in Siobhan Adcock’s Hipster Haiku.

'Wristcutters: A Love Story' review

Title aside, this look at the afterlife is worth a look

Jucifer

If Thine Enemy Hunger (Relapse)

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah in Chicago, October 4, 2006

Indie music’s boy wonders prove their place in the scene

Conscientious clothing   Issue #27

No Sweat Apparel revolutionizes the garment industry one stitch at a time

Delta 5   Issue #27

Singles and Sessions 1979-1981 (Kill Rock Stars)

'Dog Days' By Ana Marie Cox

The sharp-tongued leading lady of political blog Wonkette gives fiction a go

Blackberry Exchange   Issue #26

Recycled clothes with an urban feel give this Columbia, Missouri, shop its tart flava

M.I.A.   Issue #33

With big love for her mama and her signature punk approach to dance music, is she the modern girl next door or the most exciting thing since riot grrrl? We're convinced she's both.

By Anne-Marie Payne

Get into Flower Arranging

By Cortney Heimerl

Elsie Flannigan of A Beautiful Mess

By Amy Strauss

Venus Zine Crowns the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll!   Issue #44

PART 1: STAFF PICKS

By Venus Zine Staff

The Greatest Female Guitarists of All Time, H–M   Issue #35

By Venus Zine Staff

The Greatest Female Guitarists of All Time, A–G   Issue #35

By Venus Zine Staff