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About 40 people gathered on a sub-zero day in early January to eat pizza and drink beer at Atlas Brewery in Lincoln Park. Most of them left without paying a dime.It was a trial run for the brewery to...
View Article1st look at under-the-radar River North bar
Review:Celeste111 W. Hubbard St. 312-828-9000Rating: !!!! (out of 4) Already hotJust like that, Celeste was open. The cocktail bar-located in the former Swirl Wine Bar space in River North-flew under...
View Article$80K Oscars losers bag
Losing at the Oscars kind of sucks, but at least the snubbed get a robotic hair transplant as a consolation prize. Yep, that's just one bizzare item in the gift bag that will be presented to losers of...
View ArticleRain, sleet, flooding
Heavy rain and heavy wet snow are falling across the city and suburbs and a flood watch remains in effect for much of the Chicago area, according to the National Weather Service.The heaviest of the...
View ArticleGet Sochi sexy
Jacob Ross always has high hopes for the Olympics. The Highland Park-based trainer has been working with Aja Evans, the 25-year-old Chicago native who made her Olympic debut on the U.S. bobsled team in...
View ArticleOnline hookups exposed
Dear Anna,I am a 45-year-old woman. I have come to a place in my life where I am perpetually single. While I continue to try to meet "someone." I am starting to think in a pragmatic way. I have...
View ArticleDrinks stops
"This is Sidekicks. Doors open on the right at Sidekicks." Give props to Thrillist this week for creating one of the most useful CTA maps since, well, ever. The site knocked together a map of the...
View Article'Pompeii' review
*1/2 (out of four)Thanks to author Pliny the Younger, there actually exists a first-hand account of Mount Vesuvius' catastrophic, Pompeii-destroying eruption in 79 AD. Because it comes from the...
View ArticleCool Chicago timelapse of the day
Look at it flow.YouTube user Albert Bartkus posted a timelapse video Thursday of ice that almost appears to be flying at high speeds down the Chicago river. The video's description speculates that...
View Article2014 Oscars predictions
The Academy Awards (being held March 2) bring out all kinds of extreme emotions and opinions from some people, but not me: I'm always totally even-tempered and maintain perspective that, in the grand...
View ArticleNext big Olympic sport?
Four skaters line up next to each other. Once the gates open, it's a slippery free-for-all.The skaters race down the 45-degree start ramp, trying to find an edge. They hustle up hills and swing around...
View ArticleSecond thoughts on sex and apps
Meet Glance, a brand-new app coming soon to a sex-app store near you. The $1,500 Google Glass experience is hitting the sheets, making you a sort-of boudoir Scorsese. Bam chicka bam bam.Have you ever...
View ArticleWe can't hear you!
We can't hear you!No, it wasn't your TV's speakers burning out this morning. A technical meltdown at WGN Morning News caused all audio to go out, and naturally they made the best of it. Anchors Larry...
View ArticleCops looking into 'netbanging' effects
Chicago police officers are looking into how Internet gang activity, or "netbanging," may be contributing to local crime, Rogers Park's district commander Thomas Waldera said at a Thursday beat...
View ArticleWedding 101
What happened today?A federal judge in Chicago said same-sex couples don't have to wait until June to marry. That's when the measure legalizing gay marriages was to go into effect. What happened before...
View ArticleEvacuated in River North
Chicago Fire Department and police were called to the River North neighborhood after a water tower appeared to be leaning on a six story building, sending water pouring onto the ground, according to...
View ArticleMr. Anderson comes to Chicago
Calling all Wes Anderson fans!The Music Box is pulling out all the stops in advance of the March premiere of the director's newest film, "The Grand Budapest Hotel." It is hosting an advance screening...
View ArticleBoooooo!
And you thought that evil glare your boss gave you when you showed up 10 minutes late to work was bad.Photographers and fashionistas at a Milan Fashion week fashion show last Thursday booed pop singer...
View ArticleHarold Ramis remembered
Harold Ramis not only may be the most successful comedy writer-director that Chicago has produced, but some wouldn't even confine that statement to Chicago."Harold was clearly the most successful...
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