{"id":43991,"date":"2016-10-13T16:08:48","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T21:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago?p=43991&#038;preview_id=43991"},"modified":"2016-10-13T16:08:48","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T21:08:48","slug":"acro-cats-purrform-fantastic-feline-feats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/acro-cats-purrform-fantastic-feline-feats\/","title":{"rendered":"Acro-Cats Purrform Fantastic Feline Feats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Nora Younkin<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Acro Cats Purrform Fantastic Feline Feats\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/187095417?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">It\u2019s not every day that the cat circus comes to town. Samantha Martin and her cadre of cats hit the Vittum Theater stage in West Town last week for a night filled with tricks and (cat) treats. Tuna and the Rock Cats filled the theater with original mew-sic that was pawsitively unfurgettable. Chicago native Martin takes the act on the road to raise awareness for &#8220;positive-reinforcement clicker training.&#8221; The show even features a few fosters that are available for adoption into furever homes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Samantha Martin&#8217;s Acro-Cats wow the crowd at Vittum Theater. Oct. 6, 2016. (Nora Younkin\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nora Younkin It\u2019s not every day that the cat circus comes to town. Samantha Martin and her cadre of cats hit the Vittum Theater stage in West Town last week for a night filled with tricks and (cat) treats. Tuna and the Rock Cats filled the theater with original mew-sic that was pawsitively unfurgettable. 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