#GetFested this weekend
September?! September. This new month either fills you with dread ("Where did summer go?") or with elation ("Finally! I'm not sweaty!"). Whichever camp you're in, this weekend's fests are a great...
View ArticleRemembering Joan Rivers
Dolled-up celebrities who walk the red carpet in designer-clad attire will now strut and pose without the most critical eye of all-that of the ultimate fashion critic, Joan Rivers. The comedienne died...
View ArticleGarth Brooks kicks off world tour
Garth Brooks has been sitting on the sidelines for 14 years. But in that time, he's been watching, listening-and waiting. "We were at rehearsals here yesterday and with all the love in the world, man,...
View ArticleThe Hideout Block Party/A.V. Fest
Friday marks the start of the 18th Hideout Block Party, and its parents are understandably nostalgic."It's like, where do you see your teenage kid going? And you're like, 'Well, I hope they don't get...
View ArticleC.H.A.O.S. Brew Club's home hops
Walk down an industrial stretch of Hubbard Street just west of Western Avenue and look closely at a storefront between a shuttered coffee shop and an unremarkable warehouse. You might notice an open...
View ArticleI hate being the one to initiate sex
Hi Anna,I'm a 36-year-old straight man in a relationship for almost two years. Things are pretty darn good, honestly, but one thing that bothers me is that I am always the one who initiates sex. How...
View ArticleThe beginner's Bears Nation to-do list
Bears fans always are willing to accept newcomers on the bandwagon-as long as they're for real. Whether you're a transplant or just a recently converted fan of the Monsters of the Midway, at minimum...
View ArticleStorms hit Chicago area as cold front blows in
Two waves of powerful storms driven by a cold front downed trees and knocked out power to 108,000 Commonwealth Edison customers across the northern Chicago area Friday afternoon.Most of the outages...
View ArticleMovies in the Park presents 15 local films
If watching a movie outdoors is still on your summer checklist, there's still time.This weekend marks the Chicago Park District's foray into showcasing local films about Chicago as part of its Movies...
View ArticleMonday: Eat. Drink. Do.
EATNow OpenRPM Steak 66 W. Kinzie St. 312-284-4990Treat yourself to dinner at this River North sibling to RPM Italian, which serves a dozen cuts of steak cooked with hardwood, coal or a...
View ArticleBears fizzle out against Bills
Before every home game, the Bears run through a wall of smoke created by the Soldier Field pyrotechnics crew and rush onto the field. The crowd loves it, and no doubt it gets the players stoked.All...
View ArticleJ. Cole with Chance the Rapper
At UIC's traditional welcome back to school concert "Spark In the Park" this past Saturday, headliner J. Cole brought out Chance the Rapper to peform a new collaboration called "Thotty". If you're a...
View ArticleLess money, pricier banking: report
A new report from cardhub.com confirms a financial paradox: The less money you have, the more expensive life can get.The financial website's report studied the annual costs of 65 checking accounts from...
View ArticleBoystown's reincarnated Manhole club
Though Chloe's opened just three months ago, big changes are in store for the Boystown nightclub at the corner of Belmont Avenue and Halsted Street. LKH Management (Hydrate, Elixir, Replay) has taken...
View ArticleWhy making friends in your late-20s is the worst
Some kids collect baseball cards. Rare coins. Pogs. I collected friends. I don't mean my bowl cut and affinity for "Goosebumps" were so damn magnetic that the other 8-year-olds just flocked to me: I...
View ArticleCTA upgrade means more comfortable rides to, from Midway
The best way to fly to Midway Airport may soon be via the CTA.The CTA is eyeing an overhaul of the 3200-series rail cars that run on the Orange and Brown lines. The move is expected to create a...
View ArticleChicago: The Second (most bike-friendly) City
Three years after Mayor Rahm Emanuel first pledged to make Chicago the nation's most "bike-friendly" city, Chicago has inched its way up to No. 2.That's according to Bicycling Magazine, which...
View ArticleBecause football before everything
Football culture has always perplexed me. The level of obsessive fandom and ownership exhibited by followers of the teams seems to come before everything else in life, arguably more so than it does for...
View Article'Goddess' is divine electronic R&B
***(1/2) out of 4Let's get this out of the way up top: Banks is not the next Lorde, despite the obvious similarities. Both have a propensity to wear black clothing! Both are white women who sing!...
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