Best of Chicago > 2010

Best local hip-hop artist 

Sidewalk Chalk

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Runners-up

Earatik Statik

DreamTek

Critics' Picks

Best Dive Bar Full of Dummies

Best Dive Bar Full of Dummies
Kaplan's Liquors continue

Best Place to Get Drunk With Your Dog

Clark Street Ale House continue

Best Dance Party

Best Dance Party
Chances Dances continue

Best Sporadic Queer Dance Party

Jai Ho! at Big Chicks continue

Best Nongay Bar in Boys Town

Joe's on Broadway continue

Best Fashion Watching

School of the Art Institute, Columbia College continue

Best New Musical Group

Best New Musical Group
Bin Laden Blowin' Up continue

Best Old Musical Group

Best Old Musical Group
Joan of Arc continue

Best New “Chicago Sound”

Glammy garage continue

Best Metal Supergroup

Twilight continue

Best Michael Jackson Cover

"Billie Jean" by Robbie Fulks continue

Best Led Zeppelin Cover Band

Afro Zep continue

Best Cover Band That Plays One Gig a Year

The Flat Five continue

Best Totally Underground Rap Discovery via MySpace

Q Storm continue

Best Band T-Shirt

Best Band T-Shirt
Loose Dudes continue

Best Amateur Music Blog

Field Mic continue

Best Musical Use of Dry Ice

Michael Colligan continue

Best Blues Bagpiper

Honey Blo continue

Best Mustache in a Local Band

Stavros "Steve" Giannopoulos of the Atlas Moth continue

Best Rocker Sighting in a Nonrock Setting

Nash Kato at Kasia's continue

Best Experimental Music Presenter

Andrew Fenchel continue

Best Place to Sit at the Empty Bottle if You've Spent More Than Ten Years Hanging Out at the Empty Bottle

1035 N. Western Ave. 773-276-3600
http://emptybottle.com
Back corner by the piano continue

Best Opera Singer

Amber Wagner continue

Best Lawn Seat at Ravinia

Best Lawn Seat at Ravinia
Green Bay & Lake Cook 847-266-5100
http://ravinia.org
The little hill that faces the main entrance to the Ravinia pavilion, Highland Park, Illinois continue

Best Microscene

No Coast Collective continue

Best New Gallery

Ebersmoore continue

Best Alternative Comics Artist Behind the Counter at an Alternative Comics Mecca

Best Alternative Comics Artist Behind the Counter at an Alternative Comics Mecca
Edie Fake continue

Best Free Movie Series

Best Free Movie Series
Cinema/Chicago at the Chicago Cultural Center continue

Best Underground Filmmaker

Keith Dukavicius continue

Best Web Site for Film Buffs

Cine-File continue

Best Rainmaker for Chicago in Hollywood

Best Rainmaker for Chicago in Hollywood
Michael Bay continue

Best Independent Film Distributor

Music Box Films continue

Best Alternative Film Venue

The Nightingale continue

Best Theater Success Story

Best Theater Success Story
David Cromer continue

Best Play I Saw by Mistake

Best Play I Saw by Mistake
Abe's in a Bad Way continue

Best Moonlighting Witch

Best Moonlighting Witch
Jackie Hoffman in Whining in the Windy City: Holiday Edition continue

Best Theatrical Hat Trick

Best Theatrical Hat Trick
Chris Sullivan in The Hairy Ape, The Mystery of Irma Vep, and The Illusion continue

Best New Play

Best New Play
Agon Trilogy continue

Best New Theatrical Form

One Thing, and Everything Else continue

Best Theater History Collection

Chicago Theater Collection at the Harold Washington Library Center continue

Best Effort to Keep Opera a Living Art

Chicago Opera Vanguard continue

Best Puppeteer

Michael Montenegro continue

Best Place to See a Seven-Man Pyramid Cross the High Wire

Best Place to See a Seven-Man Pyramid Cross the High Wire
Hephaestus: A Greek Mythology Circus Tale continue

Best Variety Show

Best Variety Show
Impress These Apes continue

Best Improv Group

Cook County Social Club continue

Best Improviser

Blaine Swen continue

Best Stand-up Comedian

A tie between Beth Stelling and Junior Stopka continue

Best Sketch Show

The Best Church of God continue

Best Commentary on Modern Technology by a Choreographer

Julia Rhoads at Lucky Plush Productions continue

Best New Novelist

Best New Novelist
Brigid Pasulka continue

Best Under­appreciated Chicago Novel

Bertram Cope's Year by Henry Blake Fuller continue

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