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Hosted by Ashley Phillips · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 39 episodes
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Notes from Chicago is a love letter to the greatest city on the planet. Every week join host and longtime Chicago resident Ashley Phillips as she talks with artists, entrepreneurs, scientists, tastemakers and more about their relationship with the city on the make.
Ashley Phillips hosts Notes from Chicago, a society show with 39 episodes published.
We just hit a milestone!!! 40 episodes and almost a year of Notes from Chicago. To celebrate, we're kicking off a summer series of mini-episodes built around themes from the archive, and this first one is about accidenta
Before it was a 40,000-person festival, it was a Fourth of July picnic outside the Museum of Science and Industry. This week, Tony Hatchett of the Chosen Few DJs joins Notes from Chicago to trace house music's roots from
Have you ever walked past a door and wondered what story it's holding? This week on Notes from Chicago, we sit down with Ronnie Frey, interior designer turned photographer, and the creator behind the wildly popular Insta
David Manilow is a Chicago institution. As the creator of the beloved PBS series Check, Please!, which ran for nearly 20 years in Chicago and expanded to over 10 cities, including San Francisco, Miami, and even Vienna, D
For decades, The Hideout has been one of Chicago’s most beloved music venues, a place where musicians, comedians, artists, and neighbors come together in a way that feels uniquely Chicago. In this episode of Notes From C
Steph Krim, founder of Good Things Vending, joins Notes From Chicago to share how she transformed old snack vending machines into one of Chicago’s most innovative community art platforms. From sourcing vintage machines t
What if one of Chicago’s most beloved family destinations was also quietly helping save endangered species around the world? In this episode of Notes from Chicago, Ashley Phillips sits down with Lisa Faust, Senior Direct
Spring in Chicago means one thing: unpredictable weather, cautious optimism, and finally finding ways to enjoy the city after a long winter. This week on Notes from Chicago, Ashley Phillips welcomes returning guest and p
What does it take to create world-class comedy? In this episode of Notes from Chicago, we sit down with Jen Ellison, Vice President of Creative at Second City, the legendary comedy institution that launched the careers o
What would it actually take to fix Chicago’s biggest challenges? In this episode of Notes from Chicago, the CEO of Center for Neighborhood Technology, Nina Idemudia breaks down real, actionable solutions, from accessory
In this episode of Notes from Chicago, Emma McKee, the artist known as the StitchGawd, shares how she accidentally built a career in cross-stitching and what it felt like to watch WNBA legends try on her work on live nat
What can biking tell you about a city like Chicago? In this episode of Notes from Chicago, we sit down with Viktor Köves, the creator behind Chicagoans Who Bike, a storytelling project capturing the lives, routines, and
Penny Gibbons started Trash People in 2022 with eight people, a plastic bag, and a reply to a stranger on the Logan Square community Facebook page. What began as a personal search for community has grown into an unexpect
In this episode of Notes from Chicago, host Ashley Phillips sits down with founding Artistic Director and CEO of Red Clay Dance Company, Vershawn Sanders-Ward, to talk about how a 3-month trip to a fishing village in Sen
Documentary photographer Sandra Steinbrecher joins Ashley for a conversation about her two-year journey documenting the transformation of the iconic Morton Salt complex into the Salt Shed, one of Chicago's most beloved m
In this episode of Notes from Chicago, we sit down with muralist and artist Andy Belomo to explore how large-scale public art becomes a powerful vehicle for queer community, activism, and belonging in Chicago. Follow And
Joabe Barbosa is on a mission to run every street in the city. And he's completed more than 80% of his goal. In this episode of Notes from Chicago, Joabe shares the motivation behind his ambitious project and the experie
Step inside the world of contemporary dance leadership in Chicago with Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, artistic director of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. In this inspiring episode of Notes from Chicago, Linda-Denise shares
On this episode of Notes from Chicago, host Ashley Phillips sits down with Chicago photographer and visual artist Kenn Cook Jr. to discuss how he captures the true essence of the West Side of Chicago. Kenn shares how pho
In this episode of Notes from Chicago, we talk with Jahmal Cole, founder of My Block, My Hood, My City, about what he's learning during his 77-month journey to live in all 77 neighborhoods of Chicago. He discusses buildi
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Notes from Chicago is hosted by Ashley Phillips. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 39 episodes.
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