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Bleader
Dec 11, 2017
Erin Diamond spreads holiday jeer about our first lady in the sketch show Christmas: By Melania
In working on her comedic homage to celebrity Christmas specials, actress Erin Diamond discovers specifically how Melania Trump has desecrated decency for all women.
By Steve Heisler
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Uptown Underground
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Christmas
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Erin Diamond
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Larry King
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Joy Behar
Blogs
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Bleader
Aug 11, 2017
Chance the Rapper at the Bud Billiken Parade and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Rust Belt Chicago: An Anthology
release party, Night at the DuSable, Seinfeld Trivia Night, and more happenings August 11-13
By Emily Wasielewski
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Arts
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Do This
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iO Theater
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Sucias
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Hoofprint
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AlphaBeer
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A.J. Hudson's Public House
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Bud Billiken Parade
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Chicago Hot Dog Fest
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Chicago History Museum
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Strip Joker
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Uptown Underground
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Ron Funches
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Thalia Hall
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Night at the DuSable
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DuSable Museum of African American History
Blogs
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Bleader
Jul 31, 2017
Windy City Rubber Ducky Derby, Megan Stielstra’s book launch party, and more of the best things to do this week
Leftist comedy in
Monkey Wrench
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf: The Good Parts
, and more happenings 7/31-8/3
By Emily Wasielewski
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Do This
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Youth Power
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Mikva Challenge
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
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Wrigley Building Plaza
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: The Good Parts
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the Public House Theatre
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Windy City Rubber Ducky Derby
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the Office Trivia
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Joe's
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Monkey Wrench
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Elastic
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Megan Stielstra
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Uptown Underground
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Pierre-Laurent Aimard
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Ravinia Festival
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Ravinia
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I Am Jazz
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Center on Halsted
Best of Chicago
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Arts & Culture
Jun 22, 2017
Readers' Poll
Best underground art space
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Readers' Poll
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Bleader
Mar 10, 2017
Avoid Saint Patrick’s Day in Chicago this weekend with works by Larry Clark at the MCA and more things to do
Louder Than a Bomb, the
We Watch Wrestling
podcast, Claudia Pop-Up dinner, and more happenings from March 10-12
By Brianna Wellen
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Do This
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Too Much Fun Too
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Quimby's
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Strip Joker
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Uptown Underground
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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20th anniversary
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Bucket o Blood
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Murder and Mayhem in Chicago
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Roosevelt University
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We Watch Wrestling
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Beat Kitchen
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Full Circle
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Auditorium Theatre
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Eternal Youth
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Museum of Contemporary Art
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Louder Than a Bomb
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Metro
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Young Chicago Authors
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Claudia Pop-Up
Arts & Culture
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Comedy
Mar 3, 2017
Strip Joker encourages body positivity through comedy and nudity
Comedians talk about their bodies while showing as much (or as little) as they like during the stand-up showcase.
By Brianna Wellen
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Strip Joker
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Brittany Meyer
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Matthew Hoffman
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Molly Kearney
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Whitney Wasson
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Uptown Underground
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You Are Beautiful
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stand-up
Blogs
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Bleader
Feb 27, 2017
Mardi Gras shrimp boil,
Wayne's World
live reading, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Kathleen Rooney at Curbside Books and Records, stand-up from Megan Gailey, and more happenings from February 27-March 2
By Brianna Wellen
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Wayne's World
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Uptown Underground
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Happy Hour Swill
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Curbside Books
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Bitch Be Realistic
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Museum of Contemporary Art
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Kamilah Rashied
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Fat Tuesday Shrimp Boil
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Frontier
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Lee Fields
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Thalia Hall
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Identity Unknown
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Swedish American Museum
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The Best Worst Show
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Township
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Megan Gailey
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Zanies
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Arc Gallery
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Alisa Singer
Blogs
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Bleader
Feb 10, 2017
The Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers, Strip Joker, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Merce Cunningham, Love Dose, and more happenings from February 10-12.
By Jack Ladd
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Love Dose 2017
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Prop Thtr
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CLLAW XXVI
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Logan Square Auditorium
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MCA
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Museum of Contemporary Art
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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Maurer Hall
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Old Town School of Folk Music
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Priscilla Queen of the Desert
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The Broadway
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Thelonious Martin
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19 East
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Strip Joker
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Uptown Underground
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 23, 2017
Logan Square Chef’s Dinner, Drunk TED Talks, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Self-Care as Warfare, First Bites Bash, and more happenings from January 23-26
By Brianna Wellen
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Do This
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Logan Square Chef Dinner
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Lula Cafe
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Live Read Movie Monday
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Uptown Underground
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Office Space
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Academy Awards Nomination Panel
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Gene Siskel Film Center
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Self-Care Warfare
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Museum of Contemporary Art
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Ja Ja Ja
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East Room
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History Shmistory
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North Bar
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WTTW Trivia Night
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Globe Pub
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First Bites Bash
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Navy Pier
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Drunk TED Talks
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Whistler
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 20, 2017
Artists Against Hate, B-Fest, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Chinese New Year Celebration, Silencio Blanco, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend.
By Isabel Ochoa Gold
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Do This
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Hideout
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Read/Write Library
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Hungry for Stories
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Zoe Zolbrod
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John Cleese
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Chicago Theatre
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Swan Lake
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State Ballet Theater of Russia
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Simmer Brown
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International Museum of Surgical Science
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Anatomical Theaters of Mixed Reality
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Chicago International Puppet Festival
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Silencio Blanco
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Museum of Contemporary Art
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B-Fest
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Bughouse Theater
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Artists Against Hate
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Uptown Underground
Blogs
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Bleader
Dec 30, 2016
New Year's Eve parties, New Year's Day hangover events, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Underground Casino, New Year's Day PJ Brunch, and more happenings from December 30-January 1
By Brianna Wellen
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Arts
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Do This
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As It Turns Out I'm Disintegrating and It's Making Me Crazy (Part 2)
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Firecat Projects
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The Eve of the Eve: Underground Casino
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Uptown Underground
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Soul Time in Chicago
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Whistler
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New Year's Eve
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Frontier
,
Under the Gun Theater
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Pinstripes
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WBEZ
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Uncensored
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Untitled Supper Club
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Stella Barra Pizzeria
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PJ Brunch
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Everyone's Hungover
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Empty Bottle
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Roast of 2016
,
Laugh Factory
Blogs
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Bleader
Nov 25, 2016
Caroling at Cloud Gate, ZooLights, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Whitney Cummings, Movember 2016, a Chicago punk documentary, and more happenings from November 25-27
By Brianna Wellen
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Do This
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Wild Onion Night Market
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Cole's
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Caroling at Cloud Gate
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Millennium Park
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Black Friday Ball
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Uptown Underground
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ZooLights
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Lincoln Park Zoo
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Crystal Pop-Up Shop
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Sideshow Gallery
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No Delusions
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CHI PRC
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Movember 2016
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Emporium Arcade Bar
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Be Happy
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Public House Theatre
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Helltrap Nigthmare
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Hideout
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Whitney Cummings
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Chicago Improv
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Bleader
Oct 28, 2016
Things to do in Chicago on Halloween 2016 weekend
Day of the Dead Chicago, Little Bash of Horrors, and more happenings from October 28-30
By Brianna Wellen
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Do This
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Little Bash of Horrors
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Bottom Lounge
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Whores of Horror
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Uptown Underground
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Giordano Dance Chicago
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Fall Series
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Harris Theater
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Malika Ameen
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Read It & Eat
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203 Fear Street: All Saints + Souls
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Commons Club
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Bowie Night 2: Son of Bowie
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Crown Liquors
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Bric-a-Brac's Halloween Brunch
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Empty Bottle
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Andersonville Dessert Crawl
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Day of the Dead Chicago
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National Museum of Mexican Art
Arts & Culture
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Calendar
Oct 24, 2016
More than three dozen of the best Halloween 2016 events
A ghoulish brunch, a costume parade, and more spooky things to do.
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Halloween 2016
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Another 90s Halloween Party
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Beauty Bar
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Bowie Night 2: Son of Bowie
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Crown Liquors
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Bric-a-Brac’s Halloween Brunch
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Empty Bottle
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Bye Bye Liver: Drink or Treat
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Public House theatre
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Carmine's Friday Fright Fest
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Carmine's
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Dia de los Muertos
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Chicago Sinfonietta
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Symphony Center
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National Museum of Mexican Art
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Day of the Dead
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Death Toll
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Cornservatory
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The Fame Monster Mash
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Berlin
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Glitter Ghoul Halloween
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Late Bar
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East Room
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Beat Kitchen
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Rachal Duggan
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Comfort Station
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Untitled Supper Club
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Hallowzine
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Chicago Publishers Resource Center
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Cafe Brauer
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Haunted Hotel
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Emporium Arcade Bar
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Evanston History Center
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Heltrap Nightmare
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Hideout
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Fabulous Ladies of Fitness
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Cole's
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Hog-lloween
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Frontier
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Howl-o-ween
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Sit Social
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La Casa de Santanas
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Little Bash of Horrors
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Bottom Lounge
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Mama's Boy
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A Memory Place of Fear
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Silent Funny
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Nightmares on Lincoln Ave.
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Northalsted Halloween Parade
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Pay 2 Slay
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Peek-A-Boo
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Uptown Underground
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Porn and Chicken
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Halloween Banger
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Evil Olive
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Race of the Dead 5K
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Scare You Very Much
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Chicago Art Department
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Spooky Zoo Spectacular
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Lincoln Park Zoo
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Too Much Fright Makes the Baby Go Blind
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Whores of Horror
Best of Chicago
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Reasons to love Chicago
Jun 23, 2016
Critics' Picks
Bringing back the close-up magic that Chicago gave the world in the 1920s
The Chicago Magic Lounge in Uptown aims to be a clubhouse for the sleight-of-hand artists keeping the craft alive.
By Kevin Warwick
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Reasons to love Chicago
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Chicago Magic Lounge
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Joey Cranford
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National Magic Company
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Palmer House
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Magic, Inc.
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Ireland Magic Company
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tableside
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close-up
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sleight of hand
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New York Lounge
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Uptown Underground
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Little Bit O’ Magic
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Schulien’s
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Bob Schulien
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Matt Schulien
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Critics' Picks
Blogs
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Bleader
Feb 10, 2016
Avoid a broken heart on Valentine's Day with these romantic events
Enjoy a boozy brunch, lady arm wrestlers, and embarrassing entries from teenage diaries.
By Brianna Wellen
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Arts
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Do This
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Valentine's Day 2016
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V-day
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Champagne Chocolate comedy
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Windy City Playhouse
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Cupid Has A Heart On
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Stage 773
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Heart and Soul Valentine's Day Brunch
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Parts and Labor
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Windy City Soul Club
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Last Kiss
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Uptown Underground
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My Bloody CLLAW-entine
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Logan Square Auditorium
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Naked Girls Reading
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Studio L'amour
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Strip Joker
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Gorilla Tango Theater
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Valentine Shmalentine
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Mortified
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Mayne Stage
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Karaoke
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Zine Fest
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Beauty Bar
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Lula Cafe
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Will You Accept This Rose
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Under the Gun
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Bachelor
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Ed Swiderski
Arts & Culture
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Performing Arts Feature
Dec 3, 2015
Fifteen holiday shows to see now
There's a lot more out there than
A Christmas Carol
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A Beer Carol
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Drinking & Writing Theater
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Burning Bluebeard
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Iroquois Theatre fire
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The Hypocrites
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The Ruffians
,
A Charlie Brown Christmas
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Emerald City Theatre
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A Christmas Carol
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Goodman Theatre
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Larry Yando
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A Christmas Carol: The Musical
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Quest Theatre
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Clara & the Nutcracker
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Piccolo Theatre
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The Great Annoyance Melodrama and Vaudevilee
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Hellcab
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Profiles Theatre
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HoliDaze
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Step Up Productions
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Holidazed and Confused
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Second City
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Up Comedy Club
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It's a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!
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American Blues Theater
,
The Long Christmas Ride Home
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Strawdog Theatre
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The House Theatre of Chicago
,
The Nutcracker
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