Highlights from Centerstage Chicago's latest Crumb newsletter: Just Opened: Brand BBQ Market Take your barbecue up a notch in Logan Square......
It may not look like it, but this guy is in training. Thirty-nine hours, two minutes and 25 seconds. That's how long Chicago real-estate broker Jeff Miller spent watching televised sports on January 1 and 2, 2009, as part of ESPN Zone's annual Ultimate Couch Potato competition......
European Tour Option A: Strap on an enormous, obnoxious backpack, pay at least $1000 in airfare and spend a week sleeping in crummy hostels with hygienically challenged Europeans......
The Flecktones want you to sign up for the Centerstage contest. Last December, music fans of all stripes gathered at the Congress Theater for the first-ever Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Fest, a day-long concert featuring big names like The Avett Brothers and David Grisman......
Last night, Brother Ali stopped by Metro (fulfilling a longtime dream in the process, he told the crowd) for one of the final shows of the Fresh Air tour with Evidence, Toki Wright and DJ BK One......
Mickey Mouse leads the holiday procession on Saturday. Magnificent Mile Lights Festival All day Saturday along the Magnificent Mile; free Let the holiday season begin! Mickey Mouse leads the parade of floats down Michigan Avenue as more than 1 million lights are illuminated to kick off the season......
Author Jonathan Safran Foer (Everything Is Illuminated) comes to the Harold Washington Library Center (400 S. State) tonight at 6 p.m. to promote his new book, Eating Animals in a free event......
Just a quick note for all you deal-hunters out there: Billy Goat will be celebrating its 75th anniversary on Thursday with 75-cent cheezborgers and 75-cent beers at all locations (except O'Hare) all day long. And when we say all day, we mean it: the celebration kicks off at 8 a.m. at the 430 N......
Ok, so we don't have a Fashion Week like New York or Paris. But Chicago is coming up in the style world (check out this slightly condescending New Yorker piece for proof)......
If you see something like this on Saturday, hop aboard. (via Flickr) Santa, looks like you can put the folks at Miller/Coors on your "nice" list this year......
Hit a yard sale with a whole lot of sass and class Actress Niecy Nash, the host of “Clean House,” and the rest of the crew for the Style Network’s top-rated show will all be on hand from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at a yard sale in the parking lot of the Harlem-Foster Shopping Center, 7300 W. Foster. Pro......
It's been a bad week for local music fans (at least, for those who like options). Over the past several days, we've learned that... Sonotheque is closing on Sunday, having been sold to a group that includes Paul Devitt, owner of the Beauty Bar franchise......
If you've been thinking of taking your kids to see the new YOU! The Experience exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry, this Saturday might be a good time......
