Whuff-aoke or Bust!

Right before we set up at our karaoke venue, ImpromptuStudio, it’s owner Dan Shipton took us on a tour of a couple of the other collaborative spaces in Des Moines. This included ImpromptuStudio itself, @ScottRocketship’s Market Street Media Foundry, and the offices of one of the local sponsor LavaRow. While at LavaRow, founder Nathan Wright [...]

Chicago is the home of the blues and the truth of jazz, the heart of comedy and the idea of the skyscraper. Here, the age of railroads found its center, and airplanes followed suit. Butcher of hogs and believer in progress, it is one of the world’s great cities, and yet the metropolitan luxuries of theater, dining, and shopping have barely put a dent in real Midwestern friendliness. It’s a city with a swagger, but without the surliness or even the fake smiles found in other cities of its size.