'Madhouse on Madison' sign gone
When Hawks fans return to the United Center for the training camp festival next month, they may notice something missing.The "Madhouse on Madison" sign inside the seating bowl was taken down after the...
View Article'Bad's' end is so good
Change is good, the saying goes, but for the characters in "Breaking Bad," change has been anything but good.Over its 4 1/2 seasons, the Emmy-winning AMC drama has examined, among other things, the way...
View ArticleScene city
Jake Johnson knows how to clean a taproom keg with a keg washer, and he has the folks at Revolution Brewing to thank.When a film crew last year took over the Northwest Side brewery for two weeks to...
View ArticleThe essentials: The Matchbox
The Matchbox770 N. Milwaukee Ave. 312-666-9292Looks like: The scene in the original "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" in which Gene Wilder walks through a room that impossibly becomes narrower...
View ArticleGiant laugh for Mankind
Here comes Mankind, ready to break you in half with his - one liners?Wrestler Mick Foley is performing in Chicago tomorrow not in the guise of his pro wrestler persona, but trying out his stand-up...
View ArticleMoody Tongue Brewing Co. coming
Chicago soon will be able to taste beers from its first "culinary-focused" brewery when former Goose Island Brewpub brewmaster Jared Rouben opens Moody Tongue Brewing Company. Since leaving Goose...
View ArticleWho gets invites to a big gay wedding?
I'm getting civil unioned to my girlfriend soon, and I'm wondering, what's the gay wedding invite etiquette? Do I invite people who don't know I'm gay or who I know will be morally against it, just to...
View ArticleDoors closing--forever
The accordion doors are closing. The CTA on Thursday is retiring its 2200-series cars with the folding doors that currently run on the Blue Line.The cars, which were built in 1969 and 1970, were...
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The 'Breaking' point
ALBUQUERQUE - Five months after scoring his second Emmy for playing tortured junkie Jesse Pinkman on AMC's "Breaking Bad," Aaron Paul paraded around a massive soundstage at Albuquerque Studios,...
View ArticlePlay with the Bears
Playing video games online against strangers is fun, and controlling your favorite athletes through video games is fun too. But what if the stranger you played against was also your favorite athlete?...
View ArticleTiki geek
Review: Three Dots and a Dash435 N. Clark St. 312-610-4220Rating: 4 (out of four) Already hotBack in 2011 when hotshot bartender Paul McGee still helmed The Whistler, the Logan Square bar threw its...
View ArticleFest planner: Aug. 9-11
Good thing you've been in training all summer, because this weekend is going to put your fest survival skills to the test. 'Hoods on the North Side and the South Side go all-out with fests featuring...
View ArticleNo sign West Loop's cooling off
If you thought the West Loop restaurant scene had hit its height at the end of last year with the opening of Bill Kim's Korean barbecue restaurant Belly Q and Curtis Duffy's elegant fine-dining...
View ArticleChicago college guide
So you passed on attending a sprawling university in the middle of nowhere for an undergrad experience in the Windy City. Congratulations! While different, the Chicago college experience is unlike any...
View ArticleRoy's aims for Labor Day reopening
In June of last year, the weeks following the blaze that burned down all of Roy's Furniture were chaos. General Manager Stacey Flood said without invoices or computer records, they didn't know what...
View ArticleFeeling 'fabuloso'
While filming the highly anticipated big-screen adaptation of "Divergent" in Chicago, Miles Teller also attended two Rolling Stones shows, a Hawks playoff game, a Bulls playoff game and two Cubs...
View ArticleHow to survive waiting in club lines
No one likes waiting-not for the train, not for a crush to text you back, and certainly not for the damn self-checkout lanes at Dominick's. But no waiting game is more soul-crushing than the line...
View ArticlePreseason: The real deal
The Bears begin their preseason Friday at the Carolina Panthers, and if you are not brimming with excitement, well, we understand. It "doesn't count," right? RedEye took that topic to the players,...
View ArticleWeekend: Eat. Drink. Do.
EATChicago Hot Dog FestChicago History Museum Uihlein Plaza1601 N. Clark St. 312-642-4600Celebrate the dog days of summer at this inaugural fest where you can sample eight varieties of mini-dogs such...
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