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Blogs, Bleader Oct 4, 2018
Fulton Market venue the Mid announces its pending closure

You've got till February 2019 to say good-bye to the EDM-focused club.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music, Closing, The Mid, Lucas King, Nick Karounos, EDM, Skrillex, Kaskade, Derrick Carter, Green Velvet, React Presents, SFX

City Life, Feature Aug 6, 2014
What lies at the bottom of the Playpen, Chicago's floating daytime clubland

As the name implies, this party-hearty pocket of Lake Michigan is notorious for juvenile behavior.
- By Jake Malooley
- Tags: Feature, Amy Raven, beer, beer bongs, bikinis, blood alcohol limit, Boat Scene, boats, Bodi, breakwaters, breasts, Brian Pfeiffer, Bud Light Mix-a-Ritas, Buoys n the Hood, cannabis, Chicago Fire Department, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Scene, Chicago Scene Boat Party, club events, cocaine, cognac, CPD, dancers, dancing, Dave Lobo, David Izsak, DCASE, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, dinghies, DJ Quira, DJ Torio, drinking, drugs, federal open waters, gender politics, Honey I Shrunk My Wallet, Irish whiskey, Jackson Harbor, Jardine Water Filtration Plant, Jared Burkett, jetboats, juice, Lake Michigan, Leigh Ann Reilly, marijuana, marine rescue, Martinis and Bikinis, Mary May, Modelo Especial, Montrose Harbor, New York Deli, nightclubs, nightlife, nightlife promoters, no-wake zones, Oak Street, parties, police, police marine units, Prohibit, punch, raft ups, Raptor Delivery Service, Sea Monkey, sexism, skyline, special event permits, Special Ops, sponsorships, Surreal, Ted Widen, tequila, The Flying Lady, The Mid, The Playpen, U.S. Coast Guard, Verry Necessary, vodka, vomit, WaveRunners, Who's Your Daddy, yachts

Blogs, Bleader Apr 27, 2014
Reader's Agenda Sun 4/27: Hair Wars, Tollbooth, and Holly Golightly

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, April 27
- By Taylor Tolbert
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Hair Wars, The Mid, First Floor Theater, Chicago park District, Tollbooth: A Clown Show, Humboldt Park Field House, Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs, Wire, Some Velvet Evening, Butterfields, Lawyer Dave

Blogs, Bleader Mar 21, 2014
Reader's Agenda Fri 3/21: Our Spring Cocktail Challenge, Lunice, and Sixty Story Animal

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, March 21
- By Taylor Tolbert
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Spring Cocktail Challenge, Paul McGee, Three Dots and a Dash, Mark Brinker, Barrelhouse Flat, Canadian, Lunice, The Mid, Cashmere Cat, Wave Racer, Obey City, Zebo, Beau O'Reilly, Samuel Beckett, Tony Adler

Arts & Culture, New Year's Eve Dec 17, 2013
The Reader's Guide to New Year's Eve 2013

The best places to be when the ball drops
- Tags: New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve 2013, Black Ensemble Theater New Year's Eve Celebration, Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center, Bootlegger's Ball, Chemically Imbalanced Comedy, The Crystal Gardens at Navy Pier, First Night Evanston, 1st Ward and Chop Shop, Ignite the Night, iO Theater's New Year's Eve, Kiss Kiss Cabaret New Year's Eve Hullabaloo, Mr. Olsen's New Year's Rockin' Neighborhood, New Year's Eve at the DANK Haus, Moulin Rouge, Music Box, New Year's Eve Revolution, Official Playboy New Year's Eve Soiree, Pleasure Principle, Baathhaus, Big Dipper, Crowbar, Death, Dessa, Roky Erickson, Hounds of Baskerville, Alejandro Escovedo & the Sensitive Boys, Girl Group Chicago, Jimmy Eat World, Smoking Popes, Lawrence Arms, Black Joe Lewis, Local H, Motion City Soundtrack, Mucca Pazza, Oozing Wound, Magic Milk, Jimmy Whispers, The Castle, Club Foot, Enclave, Estate Ultra Bar, The Fifty/50, Funky Buddha Lounge, Headquarters Beercade, Howl at the Moon, The Mid, the Palace, Spy Bar, Three Dots and a Dash, The Underground, Vertigo Sky Lounge, Acadia, Ada St., Avec, Big Jones, Boarding House, CH Distillery, Chilam Bilham, Coutnry Barbeque, The Drawing Room, Due Lire, Dusek's, Fork, Homestead, Hot Chocolate, La Sirena Clandestina, Le Colonial, Longman & Eagle, Lula Cafe, Mercadito, Rodan, Senza, SmallBar Dvision, Table, Donkey & Stick, Tesori, Travelle, Trenchermen, Yusho

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 19, 2013
Readers' Poll
Best Dance Club

The Mid
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2013, dance clubs, dance venues, Smart Bar, The Mid, Readers' Poll

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 19, 2013
Readers' Poll
Best Dance Party

Porn and Chicken at Evil Olive
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2013, Porn and Chicken, Evil Olive, Mayhem Fridays, The Mid, parties, dance parties, Readers' Poll

Arts & Culture, New Year's Eve Dec 21, 2012
New Year's Eve Guide 2012

Our picks for the best places to be when the ball drops
- Tags: New Year's Eve, Black Ensemble Theater, The Jackie Wilson Story, The Marvin Gaye Story, One Name Only, Bootlegger's Ball, Moonshine Brewing Company, Burlesque New Year's Eve Striptacular, Gorilla Tango's Geek Girls, Chemically Imbalanced Comedy, Chemically Imbalanced Theater, Kiss Kiss Cabaret New Year's Eve Hullabaloo, Greenhouse Theater Center, Nerd Year's Eve, Star Wars, Challengers Comics + Conversation, DANK Haus, Feuerzangenbowle, The Poseidon Adventure, Music Box, Morseland, Slo 'Mo, the Whistler, Time Travel Spectacular, Elastic, Messing and the Wisemen, Antony and the Tramps, Airborne Toxic Event, Metro, Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires, Lincoln Hall, Eternals Espiritu Zombi Group, Hideout, Marked Men Bad Sports, Empty Bottle, Wanda Jackson, Double Door, Porter Robinson, Congress Theater, Beauty Bar, Hood Internet, Moon Boots, Only Children, The Castle, Paul Oakenfold, Evil Olive, Porn and Chicken, Funky Buddha Lounge, The Mid, The Shrine, DJ B-Man, Teedra Moses, Spy Bar, Kalendr, Inphinity, Gene Farris, Acadia, Big Jones, Blackbird, Hoppin' John, Blackbird, Chef David Posey, Chilam Balam, Natalie Oswald, Deleece, Due Lire Vino and Cucina, Fork, Tim Cottini, Grass Fed, Jerry's Andersonville, Longman and Eagle, Jared Wentworth, Mercadito, Ryan Poli, Mercat a la Planxa, Nana, Park Grill, People Tapas Lounge, The Publican, Brian Huston, Senza, Noah Sandoval, Sepia, Andrew Zimmerman, Slurping Turtle, Godzilla, Takashi Yagihashi, SmallBar Division, Storefront Company, Tesori, Trenchermen, Yusho, Matthias Merges, Zed 451, Zocalo

Blogs, Bleader Dec 7, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Fri 12/7

What's on the Agenda for Friday, December 7, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Arts, The Den Theatre, Wicker Park, Vagina II, DJ Shadow, the Mid, West Loop, Reconstructed: The Best of DJ Shadow, Peter Margasak, DJ Intel, Zebo, Moppy, Gene Siskel Film Center, Fred Camper, Maya Deren, Stan Brakhage

Blogs, Bleader Oct 5, 2012
A Q&A with Congorock

A conversation with a bloghouse innovator turned EDM star
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Congorock, Rocco Rampino, bloghouse, EDM, dance music, the Mid

Film, Artist on Artist Feb 9, 2012
Video
Artist on Artist: A-Trak talks to Mike Perry of Supreme Cuts

'It’s difficult to make a track when you’re in a hotel room, but there are always some songs that are in the works'
- Tags: Artist on Artist, A-Trak, Mike Perry, Supreme Cuts, Alain Macklovich, Fool's Gold, Kanye West, Crookers, Kid Cudi, Day 'n' Night, Slack Kevorkian, Whispers in the Dark, Logic software, The Mid, Sunglasses Is a Must, DMC DJ, hip-hop, R&B, turntablism, Artist on Artist, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 12, 2011
Get your MPC fix for free

Araabmuzik's coming to the Mid on December 28.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Araabmuzik, the Mid, Akai MPC, Dipset, hip-hop, Flosstradamus, Zebo, ProbCause, Demchuk

Music, Music Sidebar Jun 16, 2011
Try some Swervedriver with your Wishbone at Taste of Randolph Street
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Taste of Randolph Street, the Heavy, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers, Anamanaguchi, Matthew Santos Band, Swervedriver, Here We Go Magic, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, In Tall Buildings, Occidental Brothers Dance Band International, Young Jesus, Hemmingbirds, Peelander-Z, Reverend Horton Heat, 1900s, Luquid Soul, Vivo, Wishbone, Saigon, Crossroads, Sound-Bar, the Mid, Smart Bar, Saigon Sisters

Music, Soundboard Jun 2, 2011
Soundboard: June 2-8

Recommended and notable concerts, including Charles Lloyd, Raphael Saadiq, Antietam, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, David Bazan, and Earth
- By Peter Margasak, Monica Kendrick, Miles Raymer, Bill Meyer, Kevin Warwick, and Leor Galil
- Tags: Soundboard, Skism, Arto Jarvela, Kaivama, Earth, O Paon, David Bazan, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Michael Chapman, Yvette, A Place to Bury Strangers, Antietam, Kate Simko, Raphael Saadiq, Onyou, Charles Lloyd Quartet, Symphony Center, Pancho's, Smart Bar, Hideout, Empty Bottle, Schubas, Lincoln Hall, Mayne Stage, Old Town School of Folk Music, the Mid, Township, Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall, Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music

Blogs, Bleader May 19, 2011
Video
Breaking News: Cash still ruling everything around us

Thoughts on the financial crisis from the Wu-Tang Clan
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Wu-Tang Clan, Raekwon, the Mid, video, hip-hop, Video

Music, Nightlife May 5, 2011
Slideshow
Red Bull Thre3Style Championships, April 28, the Mid
- Tags: Nightlife, the Mid, Red Bull Thre3Style, DJs, Slideshow

Music, Soundboard May 5, 2011
Soundboard: May 5-May 11

Recommended and notable shows, including A-Trak, Baby Dee, Destruction, Neil Young, Calle 13, Jonathan Richman, and more
- By Miles Raymer, Brian Costello, Leor Galil, Jessica Hopper, Peter Margasak, and Monica Kendrick
- Tags: Soundboard, Lincoln Hall, Martyrs', Chicago Theatre, Congress Theater, Empty Bottle, Hideout, Schubas, Quenchers Saloon, Bottom Lounge, Reggie's Rock Club, the Mid, A-Trak, Baby Dee, Destruction, Face to Face, Dead Rider, Neil Young, Bachelorette, Lake, Jonathan Richman, Title Tracks, Candy Town, Calle 13, Tune-Yards

Music, Music Sidebar Apr 21, 2011
Avant_Mutek Chicago
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Theirry Gauthier, Gemmiform, Stephen Beaupre, Banjo Consortium, Trentemoller, Dorit Chrysler, Decimal, Frankie Vega & Sevron, Monolake, Echospace, Karl Meier, Chris Widman, Chicago Cultural Center, the Mid, Bottom Lounge, Smart Bar

Music, Soundboard Mar 17, 2011
The List: March 17-23

Music Critics' Choices and other notable shows: the Diplomats, Shams Ensemble, Robyn Hitchcock & Joe Boyd, Robbie Fulks, Rotting Christ, Marc Ribot, Wanda Jackson, White Hills, and more
- By Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, Bill Meyer, Monica Kendrick, and Leor Galil
- Tags: Soundboard, Diplomats, Congress Theater, Sic Alps, Empty Bottle, Robbie Fulks, Michael Jackson, Lincoln Halls, Shams Ensembe, Ali Reza Ghorbani, Mandel Hall, University of Chicago, Robyn Hitchcock, Joe Boyd, Old Town School of Folk Music, Rotting Christ, Reggie's Rock Club, Marc Ribot, Mayne Stage, Fujiya & Miyagi, the Mid, Wanda Jackson, Ron Sexsmith, Schubas, White Hills, Liturgy, Lincoln Hall, The Mayne Stage Theater, Mandel Hall, University of Chicago, Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall, Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music

Music, Soundboard Jan 20, 2011
The List: January 20-26, 2011

Critics' Choices and other notable shows: Algebro, Lauryn Hill, Mondo Drag, Zelienople, Jason & Alison of Verbow, Dylan LeBlanc, Moonstone Continuum, Tony Conrad, Arnold Steinhardt, Estrogen Highs, Afrika Bambaataa, Nightlands
- By Miles Raymer, Bill Meyer, Monica Kendrick, Peter Margasak, Steve Langendorf, Brian Costello, and Leor Galil
- Tags: Soundboard, Algebro, Lauryn Hill, Mondo Drag, Zelienople, Jason & Alison of Verbow, Dylan LeBlanc, Moonstone Continuum, Tony Conrad, Arnold Steinhardt, Estrogen Highs, Afrika Bambaataa, Nightlands, Hideout, House of Blues, Abbey Pub, Schubas, Lincoln Hall, Renaissance Society, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Empty Bottle, the Mid, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University

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You've got till February 2019 to say good-bye to the EDM-focused club.

As the name implies, this party-hearty pocket of Lake Michigan is notorious for juvenile behavior.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, April 27

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, March 21

The best places to be when the ball drops

The Mid

Porn and Chicken at Evil Olive

Our picks for the best places to be when the ball drops

What's on the Agenda for Friday, December 7, 2012

A conversation with a bloghouse innovator turned EDM star

'It’s difficult to make a track when you’re in a hotel room, but there are always some songs that are in the works'

Araabmuzik's coming to the Mid on December 28.

Recommended and notable concerts, including Charles Lloyd, Raphael Saadiq, Antietam, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, David Bazan, and Earth

Thoughts on the financial crisis from the Wu-Tang Clan

Recommended and notable shows, including A-Trak, Baby Dee, Destruction, Neil Young, Calle 13, Jonathan Richman, and more

Music Critics' Choices and other notable shows: the Diplomats, Shams Ensemble, Robyn Hitchcock & Joe Boyd, Robbie Fulks, Rotting Christ, Marc Ribot, Wanda Jackson, White Hills, and more

Critics' Choices and other notable shows: Algebro, Lauryn Hill, Mondo Drag, Zelienople, Jason & Alison of Verbow, Dylan LeBlanc, Moonstone Continuum, Tony Conrad, Arnold Steinhardt, Estrogen Highs, Afrika Bambaataa, Nightlands

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