For many years, stand-up comic Kellye Howard struggled to be heard, but soon the Chicago-born comedian will be impossible to ignore.
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Doug Benson at Thalia Hall, Wizard World Comic Con, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Celia C. Perez at Women & Children First, Ayahuasca Baby at iO, Jorja Smith at Schubas, and more happenings August 21-24
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The Chicago Air and Water Show, the inaugural Tacos y Tamales Festival, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
The Annoyance Theatre’s Sad Clown, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Induction of Roger Ebert, After Dark at the Art Institute of Chicago, and more to do the weekend of 8/18-8/20.
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Broadway in Chicago Summer Concert in Millennium Park, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
James Brown vs. Charlie Brown, iO’s Musical Improv Festival, and more things to do August 14-17
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Chance the Rapper at the Bud Billiken Parade and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Rust Belt Chicago: An Anthology release party, Night at the DuSable, Seinfeld Trivia Night, and more happenings August 11-13
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Van Jones at the Chicago Theatre, a rededication of Daley Plaza’s Picasso, and more of the best things to do this week
Amy Day honors Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Andersonville Dinner Crawl, and more happenings August 7-10
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Take a little trip to Pilsen for the Slow&Low: Community Lowrider Festival
The dazzling custom vehicles on display are “driving works of art.”
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The best non-Lollapalooza things to do in Chicago this weekend
Comedy from Moshe Kasher and Natasha Leggero, Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Con, and more happenings from August 4-6
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Windy City Rubber Ducky Derby, Megan Stielstra’s book launch party, and more of the best things to do this week
Leftist comedy in Monkey Wrench, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf: The Good Parts, and more happenings 7/31-8/3
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Tour de Fat, Wicker Park Fest, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Comedian Dwayne Kennedy, MMA fighter-turned-podcaster Brendan Schaub, and more happenings from 7/28-7/30.
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Chicago Craft Beer Festival, Cirque Du Soleil: Luzia, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
John Corbett on Vinyl Freak: Love Letters to a Dying Medium, and more happenings from July 21-23
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That’s Weird Grandma: Attack of the Phantom of the BBQ and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
The film program “Remnants of a Dream” at Gallery 400, Art on Clark, and more happenings from July 17-20
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#Imomsohard at the Vic, Gorillaz, and more things to do this weekend in Chicago
Square Roots Festival, Tamir Rice’s mother at Stony Island Arts Bank, and more happenings from July 7-9
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A David Bowie dance opera, Coco Picard chats, the Sugar Ball, and more things to do this weekend
Catch The King and I before it closes, satirize politics with the comedy group Capitol Steps, and more to do this weekend.
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Chicago Zombie March, Logan Square Arts Festival, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
The Chicago Mariachi Festival, the Neo-Futurists’ 30 Queer Plays in 60 Straight Minutes, and more happenings from June 23-25