You might remember Gossip Wolf shouting out all-ages nonprofit arts center Pure Joy, which is looking for a space to call home. Turns out one of its board members, Jes Skolnik, plays guitar and sings ...

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Chicago’s Split Feet (pictured), fronted by Jes Skolnik, one of the most daring and impassioned music writers around right now and also featuring members of Blizzard Babies and Daylight Robbery (who, ...