10 things to expect in 'Chicago Fire'
The folks at Firehouse 51 will be fighting more than fires on Season 2 of NBC's "Chicago Fire.""There's an outside threat to the firehouse-more than one actually. One is physical and one is mental,"...
View ArticleCollege sports bar guide
Looking for a local bar to cheer for your alma mater? This guide will help you zero in on where to stake out some space on college football gamedays.Bar owners and alumni groups: Don't see your bar...
View ArticleWeekend cheat sheet
EATChicago Food SocialKendall College parking lot 900 N. Branch St. 312-850-9390Vittles abound at this foodie fest featuring cuisine for purchase from 16 food trucks such as Jerk and the Windy City...
View ArticleBear down, drink up
Oh, you have Bears season tickets? Then stop reading now, you lucky jerk. For the rest of us, Sundays (and Monday, Nov. 4 against Green Bay ... oh yes!) will see us glued to the TV from the edge of a...
View ArticleYou're just a regular horndog
Good news for all you freaky-deaky porn lovers out there: There may be no such thing as porn addiction! All hail King Hefner!But really, that whole "porn as an uncontrollable addiction" excuse may be...
View Article2 charged in mass shooting
Two suspects in their early 20s were charged Monday night in the shooting last week at a park in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood that left 13 injured, including a 3-year-old boy, Cook County...
View ArticleMonday: Eat. Drink. Do.
EATAmigos of PintxoBarcito 151 W. Erie St. 312-274-1111Barcelona meets the Deep South as guest chefs Mark Steuer (Carriage House) and Paul Fehribach (Big Jones) team up for all-you-can-eat...
View ArticleBreaking Bears
Yep, it's almost over.No, not the Bears' season. Only the most pessimistic fan would fear the worst from a 3-0 team.Rather, "Breaking Bad" has just one more episode remaining to incinerate our nerves...
View ArticleBummer Emmys
"Modern Family" creator Steven Levitan summed up the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards telecast when he accepted another outstanding comedy award for the show. "This may be the saddest Emmys of all time, but...
View ArticleDown with 'Don Jon'
Many people want to believe that what they see in movies is real.In "Don Jon," buff Jersey guy Jon (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) prefers his one-way, fantasy-driven relationship with porn to the two-way...
View ArticleInside CTA
The CTA on Monday pulled back the curtain to "the theater," its control center operations, for about a dozen attendees as part of Social Media Week.The tour, run by CTA project specialist Allison...
View ArticleViolence goes viral
The Fenger High School sophomore is hit on the head with a wooden board, pummeled with fists and stomped on in a street brawl captured on video. His lifeless body is dragged inside a nearby community...
View ArticleStarted from the ...
By now you've heard lead single "Started From The Bottom" somewhere in the neighborhood of 900 million times. So, what? It's a great song. Here's the "bottom" Drake started from, and how he got to...
View ArticlePark attack
Two men in their 20s opened fire into a park on the South Side last week -- wounding a 3-year-old boy and 12 other people -- after one of the men had been grazed by a bullet hours earlier, police said...
View ArticleTuesday. Eat. Drink. Do.
EATPoutine and BeerTroquet1834 W. Montrose Ave. 773-334-5664Poutine, the indulgent Quebecois dish, gets a French twist with a pairing featuring your choice of three poutines-traditional or with duck...
View ArticlePerfect buts
Abracadabra, the Bears are 3-0.If the season ended today, the Bears would be in a three-way tie with New Orleans and Seattle for home-field advantage in the NFC. Congratulations. Of course, NFL seasons...
View ArticleMight as well date your cat
Sometimes in the shower, profound thoughts dawn on me. This is one of them: Every guy I've dated behaves exactly like my cat.This is ironic mostly because 99 percent of men claim to hate cats. Why?...
View ArticleDUI: Chicago
Ten a night-that's the number of Chicagoans pulled over for driving under the influence, on average. A total of 3,795 people were arrested for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol in Chicago...
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