Sharon Woodhouse
@sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social
Former indie book publisher. Owner of a book business agency, Conspire Creative, in Chicago. Project manager. Consultant. Coach. Publisher. Ideas, small business, cities, science, the quirky, the future. Also here @ProfitableAuthor.
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Oh, yay! Rogers Park's New 400 Theaters Is Reopening As New Operator Revives 113-Year-Old Movie House blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/01/r...
Rogers Park's New 400 Theaters Is Reopening As New Operator Revives 113-Year-Old Movie House
The operator of three historic movie theaters in Michigan has leased the shuttered Rogers Park theater, which was the city's oldest continually running movie theater when it closed in 2023.
blockclubchicago.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Oh, yay! Rogers Park's New 400 Theaters Is Reopening As New Operator Revives 113-Year-Old Movie House blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/01/r...
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Author Business Coaching Minute.
Take a minute and sign up for our free, one-hour Zoom get-together: "Holiday Book Marketing and Sales: Learn, Share, and Strategize End-of-Year Author Promotions Together."
#bookmarketing #bookselling #authorincome #authorgoals #authorcoaching #authorbusiness
Take a minute and sign up for our free, one-hour Zoom get-together: "Holiday Book Marketing and Sales: Learn, Share, and Strategize End-of-Year Author Promotions Together."
#bookmarketing #bookselling #authorincome #authorgoals #authorcoaching #authorbusiness
Holiday Book Marketing and Sales: Learn, Share, and Strategize End-of-Year Author Promotions Together | Conspire Creative
Join us for quick tips on optimizing end-of-the year book marketing and sales, then brainstorm with fellow authors on your November and December plans. Bring your questions, share your suggestions, an...
www.conspirecreative.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Author Business Coaching Minute.
Take a minute and sign up for our free, one-hour Zoom get-together: "Holiday Book Marketing and Sales: Learn, Share, and Strategize End-of-Year Author Promotions Together."
#bookmarketing #bookselling #authorincome #authorgoals #authorcoaching #authorbusiness
Take a minute and sign up for our free, one-hour Zoom get-together: "Holiday Book Marketing and Sales: Learn, Share, and Strategize End-of-Year Author Promotions Together."
#bookmarketing #bookselling #authorincome #authorgoals #authorcoaching #authorbusiness
Author Business Coaching Minute.
ALL AUTHORS WELCOME! Join us TODAY in just 2 hours for a fun, free, one-hour how-to and community problem-solving event. With Halloween surprises!
www.conspirecreative.com/event-detail...
ALL AUTHORS WELCOME! Join us TODAY in just 2 hours for a fun, free, one-hour how-to and community problem-solving event. With Halloween surprises!
www.conspirecreative.com/event-detail...
Trick or Treat: Author Outreach & Connection Edition | Conspire Creative
A 60-minute power hour combining expert frameworks with community problem-solving. Learn Sharon's daily promotion system and proven outreach formula, then bring your challenge (TRICK) and get solution...
www.conspirecreative.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Author Business Coaching Minute.
Even Authors Can Trick or Treat!
Free 60-min event, October 30, 1-2pm CT
This Halloween, bring your TRICK (biggest outreach challenge) and get TREATS (solutions, connections, contacts) from a community of fellow authors.
RSVP & Zoom link in article. Please share.
Even Authors Can Trick or Treat!
Free 60-min event, October 30, 1-2pm CT
This Halloween, bring your TRICK (biggest outreach challenge) and get TREATS (solutions, connections, contacts) from a community of fellow authors.
RSVP & Zoom link in article. Please share.
Trick or Treat: Author Outreach and Connection Edition
You're invited to a free Halloween-themed power hour for authors. RSVP today!
conspirecreative.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Author Business Coaching Minute.
Even Authors Can Trick or Treat!
Free 60-min event, October 30, 1-2pm CT
This Halloween, bring your TRICK (biggest outreach challenge) and get TREATS (solutions, connections, contacts) from a community of fellow authors.
RSVP & Zoom link in article. Please share.
Even Authors Can Trick or Treat!
Free 60-min event, October 30, 1-2pm CT
This Halloween, bring your TRICK (biggest outreach challenge) and get TREATS (solutions, connections, contacts) from a community of fellow authors.
RSVP & Zoom link in article. Please share.
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Check out this guy’s videos - and be prepared to fall down a long, fun rabbit hole. design.newcity.com/2025/10/24/c...
Chicago Architect Stewart Hicks' Unexpected YouTube Stardom
Hicks is a co-founder of Design with Company and professor of architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His videos on architecture and design have earned him a wide audience.
design.newcity.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Check out this guy’s videos - and be prepared to fall down a long, fun rabbit hole. design.newcity.com/2025/10/24/c...
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When Bollywood reinterprets Thriller.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8OJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8OJ...
Golimar HD
YouTube video by S7g
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
When Bollywood reinterprets Thriller.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8OJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8OJ...
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Steven Conn's book "Americans against the City" is an essential history of American anti-urbanism. It will help you understand why fear and hostility toward people who live in cities runs so deeply in US culture and politics. Good summary:
www.governing.com/urban/why-we...
www.governing.com/urban/why-we...
Why We Despise Cities and Yet Are Drawn to Them
Americans have always feared crowding and congestion, blaming the anonymity of the city for a decline in community feeling. But cities’ energy and vitality continue to pull people toward urban life.
www.governing.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Steven Conn's book "Americans against the City" is an essential history of American anti-urbanism. It will help you understand why fear and hostility toward people who live in cities runs so deeply in US culture and politics. Good summary:
www.governing.com/urban/why-we...
www.governing.com/urban/why-we...
Hey Bloodshot Records fans in Chicago and beyond. Look what's coming: Long hours, low pay. History and memoir from Rob Miller.
Terrified to announce 11/25/25 release. A journey of weird record stores, grimy clubs, and starting venerable label Bloodshot Records. History, memoir, how-to, and a cautionary call to support indie arts communities before they are gone.
Pre-order now:
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
Pre-order now:
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
October 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Hey Bloodshot Records fans in Chicago and beyond. Look what's coming: Long hours, low pay. History and memoir from Rob Miller.
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Sperm may transmit paternal exercise capacity?
Sperm MicroRNAs: Crucial Mediators of Paternal Exercise Capacity
In a groundbreaking study set to redefine our understanding of hereditary health and exercise science, researchers from Nanjing University and Nanjing Medical University have unveiled pivotal evidence
bioengineer.org
October 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Sperm may transmit paternal exercise capacity?
Wow. The "monkey mind" and internal chatter of most people is coherent enough to be decoded? And an individual can password protect their thoughts with thinking? I would've thought that was a yogic feat accessible only to some.
New Brain Implant Can Decode Your Internal Monologue, Raising Fears Of Mind Reading www.iflscience.com/new-brain-im...
New Brain Implant Can Decode Your Internal Monologue, Raising Fears Of Mind Reading
It's early days, but this technology could massively improve the quality of life of people who are unable to speak.
www.iflscience.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Wow. The "monkey mind" and internal chatter of most people is coherent enough to be decoded? And an individual can password protect their thoughts with thinking? I would've thought that was a yogic feat accessible only to some.
Mike Pence: ""The First Amendment does not protect entertainers who say crass or thoughtless things..."
3 Things:
1) The first amendment is viewpoint neutral, and the government generally cannot restrict speech based on its content or message, regardless of how crass or offensive.
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3 Things:
1) The first amendment is viewpoint neutral, and the government generally cannot restrict speech based on its content or message, regardless of how crass or offensive.
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September 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Mike Pence: ""The First Amendment does not protect entertainers who say crass or thoughtless things..."
3 Things:
1) The first amendment is viewpoint neutral, and the government generally cannot restrict speech based on its content or message, regardless of how crass or offensive.
1/
3 Things:
1) The first amendment is viewpoint neutral, and the government generally cannot restrict speech based on its content or message, regardless of how crass or offensive.
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Final mini-workshop of the summer...next Tuesday evening, 9/23, at City Newsstand in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood. What's YOUR biggest obstacle to a sustainable living from your craft and what are some workarounds to that? Join us!
September 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Final mini-workshop of the summer...next Tuesday evening, 9/23, at City Newsstand in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood. What's YOUR biggest obstacle to a sustainable living from your craft and what are some workarounds to that? Join us!
I've always loved this idea. When will it expand to other areas?
Sweden’s ‘Secondhand Only’ Shopping Mall Is Changing Retail
Op-ed: Circular retail is not just about what we buy, but how and where we buy it.
nextcity.org
September 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I've always loved this idea. When will it expand to other areas?
Happy National Literacy Day to all who celebrate.
September 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Happy National Literacy Day to all who celebrate.
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Chess Set, 2005
by artist Rachel Whiteread #womensart
by artist Rachel Whiteread #womensart
August 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Chess Set, 2005
by artist Rachel Whiteread #womensart
by artist Rachel Whiteread #womensart
