So many opportunities to do your holiday shopping hand-made/local/independent this weekend! Come say hi to Gapers Block at the DIY Trunk Show this Saturday; pick up cool student art at SAIC's annual holiday show; or peruse the Modern Vintage Holiday Market for neat vintage stuff.
Logan Square denizens may be excited to know that they have a new neighborhood record store as of today. It's run by the folks behind Chicago Independent Distribution.
Joseph Freed & Associates will lose control of Block 37, despite the development's scheduled opening this month.
With days getting shorter, the evening commute is getting darker. The Active Transportation Alliance is giving away free bicycle headlights from 5pm to 7pm tonight at the Milwaukee/Damen/North intersection. The catch: You have to be on a bike to get a light.
Unsurprising news of the day: the city's privatized parking meters have been lucrative. And since rates go up Jan. 1, they're the gift that keeps on giving.
All this focus on dinner eclipses the most important meal of the day, as we point out in this week's Drive-Thru feature.
Kids Eat For is a web site that features "Kids eat free" and other food specials for kids at nearby restaurants. Click here for deals in Chicago.
Roland Burris was admonished by the Senate Ethics Committee for "providing incorrect, inconsistent, misleading or incomplete information to the public, the Senate and those conducting legitimate inquiries into [his] appointment to the Senate." Burris will continue to hold office through next year.
Coming to the end of a banner week in his career, Mayor Daley told a reporter at a United Negro College Fund benefit last night that the media is partly to blame for Oprah Winfrey's decision to end her show in 2011. "So you keep kicking people, people will leave, simple as that."
Is Chicago BBQ better than Memphis? Michael Nagrant thinks so.
Chicago's own Indiana Jones, Universtiy of Chicago celebrity palentologist Paul Sereno, unveils five new species of ancient crocodiles that he unearthed in the Sahara over the past few years. The new findings include the PancakeCroc. We're guessing it didn't eat flapjacks.
Did you acquire your newest fashion design at an event sponsored by the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County? Perhaps.
The moderate State Rep. Beth Coulson is worried that she could be Scozzfavaed in the race for Mark Kirk's congressional seat.
It seems Oprah, and her 453-local-employee-run Harpo Inc. studios are not fleeing the Windy City for L.A. as earlier speculated. Oprah is actually leaving her talk show altogether. The announcement will be officially made on her show (after 25 years on the air) Friday with the last show scheduled on Sept. 9, 2011.
OutsideTheLoopRadio.com, whose Chicago-interest audio magazine podcast and WLUW radio show is celebrating its third year on the air, is hosting a live taping Friday, Nov. 20 at Toons Bar and Grill. The event is free with some quite interesting guests stopping by.
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Friday 11/20
Reality, Whatever That is Opening @ Western Exhibitions
Eye of the Sandman Screening and Discussion @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Super Bad Ass @ Co-Prosperity Sphere
TyK's Gala-Gallery Release Party @ Mars Gallery
All Tomorrow's Parties @ Facets
OTL Anniversary Party @ Toons Bar and Grill
School of the Art Institute Holiday Art Sale
Cob Connection Benefit @ LooseLeaf Lounge
Saturday 11/21
DIY Trunk Show @ Pulaski Park Auditorium
Teaching for Justice Curriculum Fair
Elaina Vazquez Chef Demo @ Green City Market
The Knock Knock Hot Spot @ EP Theater
Party Crashers Opens @ Concertina Gallery
School of the Art Institute Holiday Art Sale
Modern Vintage Holiday Market @ Beaux Arts Plumbers Hall
Chicago Animal Care & Control Volunteer Orientation
The Hot Karl's Santa Claus Conquers the Nazis
Sunday 11/22
Muppets Double Feature @ Film Center
Precious Cargo Workshop @ Mess Hall
Queen Bea - A Tribute to Beatrice Arthur @ Davenport's Piano Bar & Cabaret
Modern Vintage Holiday Market @ Beaux Arts Plumbers Hall
Monday 11/23
Eye of the Sandman Screening and Discussion @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Pig Butchering Demo @ Mado [SOLD OUT]
Going Pro: How to Take Your Literary Venture to the Next Level
Tuesday 11/24
Chicago Moth StorySLAM: BLUNDERS
Wednesday 11/25
Kid Sister with Flosstradamus @ House of Blues
Rob and Allison Leavitt @ Green City Market
What's your stand-by restaurant -- the place you go when you don't want to think that hard about it?
