Arts & Entertainment
Ray Noland
- Readers' Poll Winners
- Best Drink Specials
- Best Bartender
- Best New Bar
- Best Dive Bar
- Best 4AM Bar
- Best Night of the Week to Go Out
- Best Dance Club
- Best Lounge
- Best Strip Club
- Best Smoking Area
- Best Hotel for an In-town Getaway
- Best Recording Engineer
- Best Rock Poster Artist
- Best Local Music Blog
- Best Local Band
- Best Local Hip-Hop Artist
- Best Local Metal Band
- Best Local DJ
- Best Local Tribute Band
- Best Music Venue to Play
- Best Music Venue to Watch
- Best Music Festival
- Best Movie Theater
- Best Art Gallery
- Best Museum Exhibit
- Best Public Artwork
- Best Touring Play
- Best Off-Loop Theater Company
- Best Late-Night Theater Experience
- Best Stand-up Comic
- Best Sketch/Improv Troupe
- Best Dance Troupe
- Best Burlesque Troupe
- The Reader's Picks
- Best Dive Bar Full of Dummies
- Best Place to Get Drunk With Your Dog
- Best Dance Party
- Best Sporadic Queer Dance Party
- Best Nongay Bar in Boys Town
- Best Fashion Watching
- Best New Musical Group
- Best Old Musical Group
- Best New "Chicago Sound"
- Best Metal Supergroup
- Best Michael Jackson Cover
- Best Led Zeppelin Cover Band
- Best Cover Band That Plays One Gig a Year
- Best Totally Underground Rap Discovery via MySpace
- Best Band T-Shirt
- Best Amateur Music Blog
- Best Musical Use of Dry Ice
- Best Blues Bagpiper
- Best Mustache in a Local Band
- Best Rocker Sighting in a Nonrock Setting
- Best Experimental Music Presenter
- Best Place to Sit at the Empty Bottle if You've Spent More Than Ten Years Hanging Out at the Empty Bottle
- Best Opera Singer
- Best Lawn Seat at Ravinia
- Best Microscene
- Best New Gallery
- Best Alternative Comics Artist Behind the Counter at an Alternative Comics Mecca
- Best Free Movie Series
- Best Underground Filmmaker
- Best Web Site for Film Buffs
- Best Rainmaker for Chicago in Hollywood
- Best Independent Film Distributor
- Best Alternative Film Venue
- Best Theater Success Story
- Best Play I Saw by Mistake
- Best Moonlighting Witch
- Best Theatrical Hat Trick
- Best New Play
- Best New Theatrical Form
- Best Theater History Collection
- Best Effort to Keep Opera a Living Art
- Best Puppeteer
- Best Place to See a Seven-Man Pyramid Cross the High Wire
- Best Variety Show
- Best Improv Group
- Best Improviser
- Best Stand-up Comedian
- Best Sketch Show
- Best Commentary on Modern Technology by a Choreographer
- Best New Novelist
- Best Under-appreciated Chicago Novel
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