Free Shit
Friday, November 20, 2009
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by Robyn Chang
on Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 4:42 PM
The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival offers a full day's worth of freebies—including concerts, pictures with Santa, a fireworks finale, and giveaways. From 11 AM to 5 PM at Lights Festival Lane (Pioneer Court, 401 N. Michigan), guests can decorate free holiday cookies at the Whole Foods booth, fancify a free piece of cheesecake at the Eli's Cheesecake booth (bring a donation for the Greater Chicago Food Depository to receive an additional free piece of cheesecake), and grab free clementines from the Cuties Clementines booth. From 7 to 9 PM, More Cupcakes (1 E. Delaware Place) will give away their signature "More" cupcake: a chocolate cupcake with a cream center (limit one per person) and Best Western (125 W. Ohio) will pass out free gourmet hot chocolate and cookies. More booths will be passing out more stuff to eat and drink.
Tags: Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, More Cupcakes, free cupcakes, Harry Caray's, free hot chocolate, Cuties Clementines, free clementines, Eli's cheesecake, free cheesecake, free coffee, free cookies
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by Julia Thiel
on Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 2:44 PM

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Tonight from 5 to 7 PM at the Milwaukee/Damen/North intersection, the
Active Transportation Alliance will distribute free bike headlights to cyclists (you must be on a bike to get a headlight) while supplies last. The giveaway is part of an initiative to encourage safe cycling; Illinois law requires cyclists to use a front headlight and rear reflector when riding at night.
Tags: Active Transportation Alliance, free bike headlights, free headlights, headlight giveaway, bike, headlight
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Posted
by Robyn Chang
on Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:12 AM
As part of Select Media Festival 8, which highlights experimental and contemporary art and media, the "Oral Asstravaganza" will take place at the Co-Prosperity Sphere (3219 S. Morgan) on Saturday from 8 to 11 PM. Billed by its organizers as "the most important reading since Charlton Heston uttered the words carved onto those stone tablets that he retrieved from the misty mountains where the clouds spoke to him in the years that pre-dated knowledge," this free event features readings by Kokie Whirlwind Arcuri, Lulu Callier, Mike McBeardo, Davide Tortuga, and I Feral Wolfhound Gleason. Guests will also be able to view the Super Bad Ass Exhibition—featuring works by dozens of artists—for free. On Sunday, 11/22 from 8 to 11 PM, artist Jacob C. Hammes will close out the festival by hypnotizing his audience.
Tags: Select Media Festival 8, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Super Bad Ass, free art show, free reading, get hypnotized
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
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by Robyn Chang
on Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 8:22 PM
On Saturday at 3 PM singer-songwriter Alexa Woodward plays a free show at Reckless Records (3126 N. Broadway) in Lakeview as part of her midwest tour. Woodward draws upon her experiences studying human rights law and working the New York City roots music circuit to create songs that tap into familiar themes of human existence, such as hope and melancholy. Her distinctive banjo-playing style, haunting melodies and emotional voice and lyrics have won her fans across the country and in Europe.
Tags: Alexa Woodward, in-store, Reckless Records, free show
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Posted
by Sam Adams
on Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Starting this Saturday, and running every Saturday through 12/26, Miller Lite will offer
free double-decker bus rides from 8 PM to midnight. Two buses will cover a twenty-minute route through the Loop, River North, Old Town, Lincoln Park, and Wrigleyville.
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Tags: Free bus rides, Miller Lite
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Posted
by Sam Adams
on Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:43 AM
From 5 to 10 PM Saturday, the
Old Town School of Folk Music (4544 N. Lincoln) offers an open house featuring free music and dance lessons, jam sessions, and live performances.
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Tags: Old Town School of Folk Music, WAZO County Warblers & the Fly Boys, open house
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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by Robyn Chang
on Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Tomorrow night at 9 PM local garage punks A/V Murder (whose lineup includes members of the Tyrades and CoCoComa) headline a free "Rock 'n' Roll Bailout" show at the Double Door (1572 N. Milwaukee); opening are Pale Gallery, the Braves, and Radar Eyes.
Tags: Free show, A/V Murder, Radar Eyes, The Braves, Pale Gallery, Double Door
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Posted
by Peter Margasak
on Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:03 PM
Last month
Drag City Records released
Ouled Bambara: Portraits of Gnawa, its second project on the sublabel Twos & Fews, run by Kentuckian Nathan Salsburg. Salsburg, who also plays music himself and maintains the swell blog
Root Hog or Die—which includes a directory of free MP3s of traditional music of all stripes—has worked for the
Alan Lomax Archive since 2000, and both Twos & Fews releases have a raw, folkloric spirit. Last year the label debuted with a collection of a cappella singing by Kentucky coal miner
Nimrod Workman, and to celebrate its release
the label hosted an informal gathering at Intuit Gallery, where it played Workman’s music, screened rare video footage, and served quasi-authentic hillbilly delicacies.
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Tags: Gnawa, Drag City, Twos and Fews, Nathan Salsburg, Nimrod Workman, Ouled Bambara: Portraits of Gnawa, Intuit Gallery, Caitlin McNally, Alan Lomax, Root Hog or Die
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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by Whet Moser
on Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Rick Bayless, whose Xoco is one of the Reader's choices for best new restaurants of 2009, does a 10:30am cooking demonstration at the Green City Market in Lincoln Park.
Next Wednesday, it's Rob and Allison Leavitt of Mado, one of the best new restaurants of 2008.
Tags: Rick Bayless, Xoco, Green City Market, Mado, Rob and Allison Leavitt
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Monday, November 16, 2009
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by Sam Adams
on Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Starting at 2 PM tomorrow, participating
Jamba Juice locations will offer their new California Flatbreads for free to the first 150 customers—or until 5 PM, if they don't run out first. The sandwiches come in four varieties: Tomo Artichoko, MediterranYum, Four Cheesy, and Smokehouse Chicken.
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Tags: Jamba Juice, free flatbreads, California Flatbreads
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