Felon Love myspace.com/felonloverocks Runners-up Yakuza Indolent
Category: Arts & Entertainment
Best dive bar
Town Hall Pub 3340 N. Halsted 773-472-4405 Runners-up Old Town Ale House Skylark
Best art gallery
Three Peas Art Lounge 75 E. 16th 312-624-9414 threepeasartlounge.com Runners-up Gallery Provocateur Fill in the Blank Gallery
Best night of the week to go out
Best of Chicago 2010 readers’ poll: Thursday voted best night of the week to go out, Saturday and Friday runners up
Best 4 AM bar
Exit 1315 W. North 773-395-2700 exitchicago.com Runners-up Underground Wonder Bar Late Bar
Best local tribute band
House of Winehouse houseofwinehouse.com Runners-up Get Up With the Get Downs (James Brown tribute) This Must Be the Band (Talking Heads tribute)
Best movie theater
The Music Box 3733 N. Southport 773-871-6604 musicboxtheatre.com Runners-up Davis Theater AMC River East
Best museum exhibit
“Pioneers to the Past: American Archaeologists in the Middle East, 1919” at the Oriental Institute 1155 E. 58th 773-702-9514 oi.uchicago.edu Runners-up “Telescopes: Through the Looking Glass” at the Adler Planetarium “Matisse: Radical Invention 1913-1917” at the Art Institute of Chicago
Best public artwork
The Bean (Cloud Gate) by Anish Kapoor Millennium Park Runners-up Weed Wolf The Fan Page to Make Ian Belknap Uncomfortable
Best music festival
Pitchfork pitchforkmusicfestival.com Runners-up Lollapalooza Blues Fest
Best late-night theater experience
Red Bar Comedy at Ontourage Night Club 157 W. Ontario 773-387-8412 redbarcomedy.com Runner-up pHrenzy pHucked
Best off-Loop theater company
Dream Theatre Company 556 W. 18th 773-552-8616 dreamtheatrecompany.com Runners-up Oak Park Festival Theater Pavement Group
Best dance company
Matter Dance Company matterdance.com Runners-up Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Chicago Tap Theatre