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"Nothing about the popular “Show ‘N Tell Show” is obvious or remotely probable." -Chicago Tribune

Tribune: we agree. Against all probability, we've done the obvious. It's time for graphic design! Yep, Chicago’s first and only live design talk show is back for more. We still call it: The Show ‘n Tell Show. That’s cause it’s all about showing off Chicago’s finest creatives. Graphic Designers, fashionistas, photographers, comic book nerds, poster boys and improv comics: they’ve all been our guests for a lively evening of talk-show style banter, eye-popping slide shows and awkward hosting. The Tribune went on to call it: "A rollicking evening of boozy storytelling, one that happens to be centered on designers showcasing their failures, triumphs and triumphant failures."

We'll be fresh off the road, after a stop in the Twin Cities, and ready to shake the messy hands of Chicago's finest creatives in our pretend TV studio: the gorgeous Lincoln Hall. Our house band, Jay Jay and the JJ’s, a organ/drum combo forged from design boredom, will be back to rock some socks. If you remember last show's yoga-ballin', forty-chuggin', Big Bird-drawin' debacle, then you know what you're in for.

We’ve put together a smashing line-up:

Letterform

Paul Koob

The INDO Girls

Paul Octavius

and a very special surprise guest.

And of course, your bumbling hosts Michael Renaud, Zach Dodson, and the spokesmodel that is also your mom, SpokesMom.

Come see if we beat the odds, or if we embarrass ourselves while championing Chicago's greatest designers yet again. We can promise it’ll be funny either way.