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Gumball Machine Pays Tribute to Art-O-Mat With Poetic Twist

A gumball machine that’s serving up poems. How the profits are funding an arts program.

11/11/2019 | Rating NR

Chicago Tonight

Gumball Machine Pays Tribute to Art-O-Mat With Poetic Twist

Clip: 11/11/2019 | 3m 36sVideo has Closed Captions

A gumball machine that’s serving up poems. How the profits are funding an arts program.

A local poet recreates her own version of the Art-o-mat machine in an effort to get her community excited about writing. Arts correspondent Angel Idowu has the story.

11/11/2019 | Rating NR

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