Author Archive for Nicole Gallmann
I'm just a small town girl, living in an urban world. I take the Red Line train to the near north side... Sans the smell of wine and cheap perfume, I write marketing copy for print and digital media, rock the reverse commute for three hours each day, and blog and tweet anonymously on the side. I've racked up some fancy college degrees, which have proven both necessary and yet forgettable (though the accompanying debt is not). But that's all the boring stuff. I'm an Anglophile and self-professed book snob, addicted to reality TV. I still get excited by Chicago's tall buildings and lively streets. And I have a fond appreciation for cheese platters and acerbic wit.
Dust Off Your Ballet Flats, American Ballet Theatre Pliés Into Chicago for Five Days Only
I was 10 years old when my grandpa gave me the jewelry box painted with orchids and reeds. Inside, two opal swans slid across the mirrored top as I wound it and the music began to play. Sitting there in my lawn chair that summer afternoon, surrounded by family and friends visiting for my birthday, [...]
More CHIRP, Less Tweet
With spring right around the corner (allegedly), the sounds of birds chirping outside our windows is sure to soon greet us. And this spring, they’ll have company. Chicago’s diverse independent music scene has a new voice joining the chorus; only that voice is more CHIRP, less tweet. Launched in January, CHIRP Radio is Chicago’s only [...]
