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They Snuck the Spindle Away!
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Wednesday, 14 May 08 - 05:30 PM (GMT) By Bonnie Gibbons in General |
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With no advance notice provided to the Save the Spindle group, the car kebab sculpture was dismantled during the night on Friday, May 2, 2008.If the media were aware of it, it was embargoed.This was silly. The members of the Save the Spindle Consortium were not going to chain themselves to the th...
Spindle Listed on eBay for $50,000
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Monday, 05 May 08 - 05:32 PM (GMT) By Bonnie Gibbons in General |
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According to the Associated Press, CBS Chicago, the Save the Spindle Foundation and ChiTrib, the following item is for real. Dustin Shuler's Spindle For Sale on eBay! Points of interest in the listing: * Opening bid: $50,000 * Buyer is responsible for demolition and shipping: $100,000 * "The...
Last Spindle Video?
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Thursday, 27 September 07 - 05:41 PM (GMT) By Bonnie Gibbons in General |
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This video came to me from Friends of the Spindle. For the past couple of weeks there's been speculation that the Spindle would be dismantled very soon but no specific demolition date is set.
Spindle video from sumoflam
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Monday, 03 September 07 - 05:44 PM (GMT) By Bonnie Gibbons in General |
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A guest post today... I am new to this blog, having run across it this morning while searching for an email address for Dustin Shuler so that I can share my recent video ot Spindle. I have made numerous trips to Chicago with the objective of seeing Spindle. There was always an obstacle. However, ...
Maggie's Response to Judy Baar Topinka
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Wednesday, 15 August 07 - 05:46 PM (GMT) By Bonnie Gibbons in General |
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On August 3, Judy Baar Topinka published the following in the Chicago Tribune: Spindle in Need of a Tow Truck Yes, the "Spindle" did put Berwyn into the movie "Wayne's World." But no other community is bucking to be in something as spoof-oriented and goofy as that film. You do...
Spindle T-shirts and Posters Are Now On Sale!
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Tuesday, 31 July 07 - 05:57 PM (GMT) By Bonnie Gibbons in General |
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T-shirts and posters have been donated to the Save-the-Spindle campaign! The T-shirts are from SFW products -- are they the donor, someone? Because they are a charitable donation, all proceeds will go to the campaign, less a royalty to Dustin Shuler, the artist who created the Spindle. The shirts...
Critical Mass Stages Bike Ride from Picasso to the Spindle
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Wednesday, 25 July 07 - 06:02 PM (GMT) By Bonnie Gibbons in General |
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Friday July 27, Chicago Critical Mass participants are proposing to ride from the Picasso to the Spindle to save a cultural landmark in Berwyn, IL. A beloved public sculpture is set to be toppled over to make way for yet another Walgreens "convenience" store, but public resistance is mo...
Friends of the Spindle to Become Not-for-Profit
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Monday, 23 July 07 - 06:04 PM (GMT) By Bonnie Gibbons in General |
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I missed Friday's launch party for the Save-the-Spindle campaign, but I've been in touch with one of the folks behind the campaign. About 100 people signed a petition at the party (not bad for a small, in-person event without much advance notice). A video starring "Wayne" at the Save th...
Berwyn Arts Council launches campaign to save Spindle
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Friday, 20 July 07 - 06:09 PM (GMT) By Bonnie Gibbons in General |
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As reported in the Chicago Suburban News, the Berwyn Arts Council held a meeting on Saturday to discuss a Save-the-Spindle campaign. John Fey of the Arts Council acknowledges that keeping the sculpture in its current location is off the table, but the hope is that it can be reinstalled in another...
More from John Fey on Potential Spindle Move
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Friday, 20 July 07 - 06:06 PM (GMT) By Bonnie Gibbons in General |
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In a follow-up interview following the launch of the Save-the-Spindle campaign, Berwyn Arts Council's Jon Fey briefly alludes to moving the sculpture, not to some other Berwyn location but elsewhere in the parking lot? Q: Where should the spindle be relocated to? A: It definitely needs to stay in...
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