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The hit Netflix series Wayward appears to be partly inspired by CEDU, a notorious chain of powerful, tightly controlled "therapeutic" residential programs. I sat down with @thr.com to talk about real-life connections and turning my favorite Kid in the Hall into a ranting man in the cabin.

10 years after @curtainlecture.bsky.social and I received a sponsorship and residency to co-write a horror-schlocker musical, Chicago's incredible High Concept Labs now has a profile of our still unproduced yet rollicking cult gem.

This and other books are available from @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social. All proceeds from the following titles go to The Sameer Project: open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/collections/...

and they say it's hard to make new friends in your 30s and 40s.

A couple months ago, @curtainlecture.bsky.social noticed and befriended a baby female peregrine falcon at the Newberry Library. Since a falcon apparently isn't a good pet friend in our apartment, today on Emma's birthday, she came to us in pillow form.

This is a combination CD, public library, and Sly and the Family Stone appreciation post!

Look I hate to brag but being among the first Lizzy befrienders at the library may very well be my finest professional accomplishment. www.instagram.com/p/DLTBVlgvyY_/

I want to live in a world where Tanner '88 was real, he won the election, and his cabinet picks were confirmed.

The Lost Kids was released 5 years ago today, colliding with a world in lockdown and protests. I'm credited anonymously and have complicated feelings about the final version but, overall, I'm grateful to have been part of a team helping turn a hushed-up national curio into a blockbuster topic.

🌻Planting Seeds: An Indigenous Zine Fest at the Newberry Library on June 7!🌻 www.newberry.org/calendar/nat...

Newish to BlueSky, I'm only now finding my tune "Regional Hit" on this old (and great) @chirpradio.org set list from DJ @gdwessel.bsky.social. CHIRP is my favorite Chicago station. It's always a thrill to get a spin, even if it occurred last year and I missed it completely.

Overjoyed to find these @marc-fischer.bsky.social zines at my local WasteShed's free zine library!

oh hey what’s up to all libraries & librarians & library workers & all the glamour therein & ALSO (maybe especially) to the unglamorous behind-the-scenes work(ers) that keep(s) the library glamour* machines running. #LibraryWorkersDay

I was reminded that 1 year ago today I made my @theguardian.com debut revealing my job screening online condolence notes. I didn't expect a significant readership about such strange, difficult work. To my surprise, the piece was briefly a top story, shared widely, and got around 100k views in days.

Going through my mom's "Free To Be" archives, I found this @chicago.suntimes.com review from almost exactly 35 years ago when her play first launched in Chicago. If ever we were in a moment to return to—and update—this cultural behemoth fighting against gender stereotypes, it's right now.

The greatest show I've attended was David Johansen and the Harry Smiths at the Old Town School of Folk Music in 2001. You haven't experienced the height of American music until you've watched David Johansen drop St. John's wort under his tongue and launch into an acoustic version of "Pills."

A quote from Michael Gold's 1924 biography of John Brown in the 1850s seems like a good first Bluesky post.