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Wednesday, February 12
Zappos.com founder Tony Hsieh is coming to Chicago on a bus, and spending Labor Day weekend in town talking about his new book, Delivering Happiness. So far, the only scheduled event is a benefit meetup at Underground on Friday. $20 gets you in; RSVP required.