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10 new places to visit during Open House Chicago
Blog | City Life
Posted: Thursday October 16 2014, 5:07 pm
This weekend, buildings all over Chicago will open their doors to the public as part of Open House Chicago, an annual celebration of design and exploration organized by the Chicago Architectural Foundation. For anyone who has ever wanted to see the view...
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It's hard to imagine a more seamless marriage than the one between The Second City and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in The Art of Falling. The new collaboration, which was announced last February and comprises Hubbard Street's fall series at the Harris...
Sat Oct 18 - 8:00pm
Today - 3:00pm
Smokefall
Theater
Until Sun Oct 26 | Goodman Theatre | Loop
- Rating: 5/5
- Rating: 3/5
- 2
- $$$
- Critics' pick
Goodman Theatre. By Noah Haidle. Directed by Anne Kauffman. With Catherine Combs, Katherine Keberlein, Guy Massey, Mike Nussbaum, Eric Slater. Running time: 2hrs; one intermission.Theater review by Kris VireNoah Haidle’s sharp, sweet fable about the family...
Sat Oct 18 - 2:00pm
Sat Oct 18 - 8:00pm
Today - 2:00pm
The Wild Party
Theater
Until Sat Nov 1 | Victory Gardens Biograph Theater | Lincoln Park
- Rating: 5/5
- $$
- Critics' pick
Bailiwick Chicago at Victory Gardens Biograph Theater. Music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa. Book by LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe. Directed by Brenda Didier. With ensemble cast. Running time: 1hr 45mins; no intermission.
Theater review by Kris Vire
Michael...
Sat Oct 18 - 3:00pm
Sat Oct 18 - 8:00pm
Today - 3:00pm
We did not see this coming. Cicchetti, which opened last December, is closing Saturday. We wrote a glowing review of the restaurant in February, and of its brunch in July. In May's Food & Drink Awards, readers voted it Best New Restaurant and named Mike...
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The Aviary, Three Dots and a Dash among world's 50 best bars
Blog | Food & Drink
Posted: Monday October 13 2014, 1:17 pm
Chicago bars received yet more recognition on Thursday, as Three Dots and a Dash and the Aviary were named to the World's 50 Best Bars list, an annual ranking that's voted on by industry professionals. The U.S. did well overall, with 16 bars on the list...
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Open House Chicago
Things to Do
Today - 9:00am | Chicago Architecture Foundation | Loop
- Critics' pick
- Free
The Chicago Architectural Foundation opens the doors to some the city's most interesting places, offering a behind-the-scenes look at more than 150 buildings that you've always wanted to get into. The free tours take place all weekend long on a first-come-first-served...
Today - 9:00am
Transformed into the kind of wickedly confident Hollywood thriller you pray to see once in a decade, Gillian Flynn's absorbing missing-wife novel emerges—via a faithful script by the author herself—as the stealthiest comedy since American Psycho. It's...
Show times
ShowPlace ICON at Roosevelt Collection
Sun Oct 19 - 11:30am 1:00pm 2:50pm 4:20pm 6:10pm 7:40pm 9:30pm 11:00pm
10 Chicago Ideas Week events that you can still get tickets for
Blog | City Life
Posted: Monday October 13 2014, 11:20 am
The annual Chicago Ideas Week kicks off today, encompassing a variety of summits, talks and interactive events that take place in venues all around the city over the next seven days. Tickets for experiences like a behind-the-scenes look a Divvy and the...
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Griffin Theatre announces casting for Balm in Gilead
Blog | Theater & Performance
Posted: Wednesday October 15 2014, 12:51 pm
Griffin Theatre Company today announced the 27-member cast for its upcoming production of Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gilead, to be directed by Jonathan Berry. The ensemble is led by Japhet Balaban as Joe and Ashleigh LaThrop as Darlene.
The cast of characters...
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Midnight Circus in the Parks
Things to Do
Today - 2:00pm | Welles Park | Lincoln Square
- $$
- Critics' pick
Get under the big top at parks all over the city, as an eclectic ensemble of acrobats, aerialists and eccentrics perform in an intimate setting. Proceeds from these family-friendly events benefit the Chicago Park District.
Today - 5:00pm
Court Theatre and American Blues Theatre. By Richard Wright. Adapted by Nambi E. Kelley. With ensemble cast. Running time: 1hr 25mins; no intermission.Theater review by Kris VireTo call this new adaptation of Richard Wright’s seminal Chicago novel a stirring...
Sat Oct 18 - 3:00pm
Sat Oct 18 - 8:00pm
Today - 2:30pm
Foo Fighters to unveil new album at Cubby Bear on Friday
Blog | Music & Nightlife
Posted: Tuesday October 14 2014, 10:05 am
To create their eighth album, the Foo Fighters have gone high concept. Dave Grohl and his hirsute band traveled to eight American cities, to record eight songs, one in each town. Along the way, in these music-rich destinations like Austin, Seattle and,...
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To celebrate its 100th store in Chicago, Domino's has quite a deal: Order a medium, one-topping pizza for 100 cents for 100 minutes starting at noon Saturday at any Chicago Domino's location. Be warned there is a limit of five pizzas per customer.
The...
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Chicago International Film Festival
Film
Until Thu Oct 23 | AMC River East 21 | Streeterville
- $$
- Critics' pick
The Chicago International Film Festival celebrates its 50th year showcasing features and shorts from around the world. The festival opens on October 9.
Sat Oct 18
Today
Mon Oct 20
Things to do on Columbus Day (if you have the day off)
Blog | City Life
Posted: Saturday October 11 2014, 1:53 pm
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue and landed in the Bahamas (he thought that he was somewhere in Asia). In 2014, we're far more aware of the complicated legacy of colonialism, but we've still got a holiday named after the controversial explorer...
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Lasting change begins with new ideas, which is what organizers are hoping to spark during Chicago Ideas Week. The series of more than 80 talks, conversations and summits invites artists, engineers and industry leaders to share their thoughts with attentive...
Sat Oct 18
Today
Wilco songs that should have made the greatest hits
Blog | Music & Nightlife
Posted: Tuesday October 14 2014, 4:08 pm
Though Tweedy is the one with a new album to promote, it is Wilco that has hogged the headlines this week. On Tuesday morning, the beloved Chicago band announced a string of hometown concerts, December 5–12, at the Riviera Theatre. Want to hear a certain...
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The Frozen on the Square (1982)
Theater
Until Sun Nov 9 | The Den Theatre | Wicker Park
- Rating: 4/5
- $
- Critics' pick
Akvavit Theatre. By Lucas Svensson. Translated by Chad Eric Bergman. Directed by Breahan Eve Pautsch. With ensemble cast. Running time: 1hr 20mins; no intermission.
Theater review by Megan Powell
For a play set during the filming of Ingmar Bergman’s...
Sat Oct 18 - 7:30pm
Today - 3:00pm
Mon Oct 20 - 7:30pm
Neil Tobin brings his Supernatural Chicago show back from the dead for four weekends in October, taking up residence in the appropriately gothic Castle nightclub. Tobin combines supernatural stories with demonstrations of his psychic and magical skills,...
Fri Oct 24 - 7:30pm
Sat Oct 25 - 7:30pm
Fri Oct 31 - 7:30pm
"Numbers in Nature" puts a maze in the Museum of Science and Industry
Blog | Arts & Entertainment
Posted: Wednesday October 8 2014, 3:49 pm
It has been a while since the Museum of Science and Industry added a new permanent exhibit to its Hyde Park campus, so the introduction of Numbers in Nature: A Mirror Maze is a somewhat momentous occasion for frequent visitors. The majority of the exhibit...
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Foodseum, Chicago’s food museum, slated to open in 2017
Blog | Food & Drink
Posted: Wednesday October 15 2014, 4:26 pm
Chicago is finally being recognized for the culinary hub that it is with the popularity of Chicago Gourmet, the arrival of the James Beard Awards and, now, the prospect of its very own food museum.
The Foodseum, set to open in 2017 at an undetermined...
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Two new Wicker Park brunches: Xoco & Brobagel
Blog | Food & Drink
Posted: Friday October 17 2014, 11:41 am
The Damen Blue Line stop closes on Monday, so this is the last weekend you can easily get to the heart of Wicker Park via the El. With that in mind, here are two notable brunches to tick off your list this weekend.
Both Xoco, the second outpost of Rick...
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Avenue Q
Theater
Until Sun Oct 26 | Mercury Theater | Southport Corridor
- Rating: 4/5
- $$
- Critics' pick
Mercury Theater. Music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx. Book by Jeff Whitty. Directed by L. Walter Stearns. With Jackson Evans, Leah Morrow, Sean Patrick Fawcett, Christine Bunuan, Adam Fane, Daniel Smeriglio, Donterrio Johnson, Thom Van Ermen,...
Sat Oct 18 - 5:00pm
Sat Oct 18 - 8:30pm
Today - 2:00pm
The Yeah Buddy Awesome Time Comedy Show
Comedy
Sat Oct 25 - Sat Dec 27 | Brainstorm Comics | Wicker Park
- Rating: 4/5
- Critics' pick
- Free
Dave Losso and Jason Melton produce this free monthly show at Brainstorm Comics, on the third floor of the Flat Iron Arts Building. In its first months it's hosted solid lineups of established and up-and-coming local stand-ups, along with some non-traditional...
Sat Oct 25 - 8:30pm
Sat Nov 8 - 8:30pm
Sat Nov 22 - 8:30pm
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