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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
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What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary
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What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary

Consider this your homework before You Can See Everything arrives October 16.

By Lanny Fuller
Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Inside FRET12, the Chicago shop turning rock ’n’ roll culture into clothes, art, live sessions, beer, and more.

By Beau Hayhoe
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Our Go-to Albums for Hosting

7 albums that set the mood so you can worry about the food and whether you have enough ice.

By Cool Material
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Take a Virtual Reality Tour of the Playboy Mansion

You can now take a virtual reality tour of the Playboy Mansion. Led by Cooper Hefner, Playboy's Chief Creative Officer and son of the infamous Hugh, you'll get as up close and personal as possible without actually being there as you explore all the cool areas of the house that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The World Is Your Burger

A great burger can solve all your problems. Okay, maybe that's a stretch, but when done right, a burger can at least make you forget about the worries of the world for a little while. We're not the only ones who feel that way, The World Is Your Burger is a…

By Mike Newman
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Gangster Business Cards from the 1970s

Despite the rise of smartphones and digital ways to swap info, the humble business card remains the calling card of the professional. In the '70s and '80s, however, it wasn't just the salesmen who carried them around. Chicago gangs used to carry business cards that informed recipients of their name, territory, and…

By Mike Newman
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Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened expert in the worlds of minimalism or organizing; he's just a regular guy that set about to completely transform his existence into something that didn't include anything he didn't absolutely need. Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism tells the story of Sasaki's journey from…

By Cooper Fleishman
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What to Watch This Weekend: ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return’

With cable, Netflix, and internet options, finding the best thing to watch during your downtime is difficult. Instead of flipping through menus all weekend and settling on nothing, turn to What to Watch This Weekend, a series in which we give you our pick for the best new show or…

By Mike Newman
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