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Home » Best of Chicago » Arts & Entertainment

Category: Arts & Entertainment

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Best Dance Party

by Miles Raymer June 24, 2010August 19, 2021

Chances Dances

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Best Led Zeppelin Cover Band

by Miles Raymer June 24, 2010August 19, 2021

Afro Zep

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Best Musical Use of Dry Ice

by Peter Margasak June 24, 2010August 19, 2021

Michael Colligan

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Best Opera Singer

by Deanna Isaacs June 24, 2010August 19, 2021

Amber Wagner

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Best Dive Bar Full of Dummies

by Mike Sula June 24, 2010August 19, 2021

Kaplan’s Liquors

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Best Place to See a Seven-Man Pyramid Cross the High Wire

by Kate Schmidt June 24, 2010August 19, 2021

Hephaestus: A Greek Mythology Circus Tale

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Best Nongay Bar in Boys Town

by Justin Hayford June 24, 2010August 19, 2021

Joe’s on Broadway

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Best Lawn Seat at Ravinia

by Deanna Isaacs June 24, 2010August 19, 2021

The little hill that faces the main entrance to the Ravinia pavilion, Highland Park, Illinois

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Best music venue to play

by Chicago Reader June 24, 2010August 19, 2021

The Empty Bottle voted Chicago’s best

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Best Variety Show

by Steve Heisler June 24, 2010August 19, 2021

Impress These Apes

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Best Fashion Watching

by Heather Kenny June 24, 2010August 19, 2021

School of the Art Institute, Columbia College

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Best Microscene

by Jessica Hopper June 24, 2010August 19, 2021

No Coast Collective

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Best music venue to watch

by Chicago Reader June 24, 2010August 19, 2021

The Empty Bottle voted Chicago’s best

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Best Place to Get Drunk With Your Dog

by David Hammond June 24, 2010August 19, 2021

Clark Street Ale House

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Best New Musical Group

by Miles Raymer June 24, 2010August 19, 2021

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