Kaufmann quiz: Alt Chicago
How well do you know the city's counterculture history? Let's find out!
Photo: Double Door, 2000. Tim Boyle/Getty Images
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This clothing store/head shop went from Woodfield Mall to Lakeview, attracting punk rock customers from all over the world:
The Alley
Lidz
Candles Etc
Spencer's Gifts
Correct answer: The Alley
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This alt-weekly newspaper came in four sections and was the bible for upcoming concerts, performances and events. Also, missed connections.
Chicago Reader
RedEye
Illinois Entertainer
Newcity
Correct answer: Chicago Reader
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What caused protests in Wicker Park in 2001?
Defunding schools
Building a new bridge
MTV taping "The Real World"
Opening a Starbucks
Correct answer: MTV taping "The Real World"
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This theater debuted the show "Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind" in 1988.
Rivendell
Neo-Futurists
About Face
Steppenwolf
Correct answer: Neo-Futurists
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This Lincoln Avenue nightclub hosted everyone from Jeff Tweedy to Ani DiFranco to Phish's first show in Illinois. It closed in 2000.
Czar Bar
Double Door
Lounge Ax
Wax Trax
Correct answer: Lounge Ax
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This Hyde Park store (formerly in Wicker Park) not only sells T-shirts, jewelry and perfumes, it also hosts shows, community events and previously hosted a block party.
Medici's
Mellow Yellow
Hyde Park Records
Silver Room
Correct answer: Silver Room
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What was the name of the WBEZ radio show Ira Glass co-hosted with Gary Covino in the early 1990s? It preceded "This American Life."
"This Chicago Life"
"The Wild Room"
"Mambo Express"
"Cafe Bogart"
Correct answer: The Wild Room
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This street musician and artist famously said "rock over London, rock on Chicago" before headbutting fans.
Jeff Tweedy
Billy Corgan
Fred Armisen
Wesley Willis
Correct answer: Wesley Willis
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This alternative media company is a Bridgeport staple, producing a magazine, a radio show and even television and streaming.
The Reader
CHIRP
Bridgeport Daily
Lumpen
Correct answer: Lumpen
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This Wicker Park alternative bookstore sells small press books, comics and zines. Its website says it "favor(s) the unusual, the aberrant, the saucy and the lowbrow."
Anderson's Bookshop
Barbara's Bookstore
The Book Stall
Quimby's Bookstore
Correct answer: Quimby's Bookstore
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Heck yeah! Congrats, let's all go hang out at Punkin' Donuts and see if we can get a table at Pick Me Up later.