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Chicago jazz guitarist Tim Stine drops an engagingly off-kilter new trio album
Chicago jazz guitarist Tim Stine drops an engagingly off-kilter new trio album, a 26-track compilation benefits the staff of the shuttered Crown Liquors, and more.
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The world’s most frightening trees on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by Mute Neighbor.
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Reunited late-70s Irish punks Protex hit Chicago for two shows
Reunited late-70s Irish punks Protex hit Chicago for two shows, Redgrave host an ACLU benefit to fight Trump’s Muslim ban, and more.
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Things to do in Chicago on Halloween 2016 weekend
Day of the Dead Chicago, Little Bash of Horrors, and more happenings from October 28-30
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More than three dozen of the best Halloween 2016 events
A ghoulish brunch, a costume parade, and more spooky things to do
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Bad Axe Throwing, Vegan Vortex, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Filter Photo Festival, 312 Urban Block Party, and more happenings from September 23-25
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Los Crudos celebrate their 25th year with nine days of music and art
Los Crudos celebrate their 25th year with nine days of music and art, Vamos and Lil Tits play a first-anniversary party for the new Crown Liquors, and more.
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Three Dots and a Dash’s Tiki Luau and Pig Roast, Baconfest, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Chicago Zine Fest, Chicago Humanities Festival, and more happenings from April 29-May 1.
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Crown Tap and Best Intentions are dive bars no more
Marble gets a name change and Crown Tap gets (another) facelift.
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Best hot dice
Crown Tap Room 2821 N. Milwaukee 773-252-9741 There are hundreds of ways to get fall-over hammered at a local drinking establishment. And so many of them involve a fiery-eyed yahoo—someone you likely met that same night—demanding “Shots!” A staggered line of shot glasses on top of a well-worn bar isn’t as much a slippery slope […]
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Thanks to bone marrow, a Charlatan bartender learns to like Bloody Marys
Challenged to create a cocktail with bone marrow, Alex Enochs of Charlatan creates a stock with it and puts it in a Bloody Mary.
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Gossip Wolf: Braid plot their first full-length in 16 years
Braid plot their first full-length in 16 years, Slushy become a transcontinental duo, and more.
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In Rotation: CUFF artistic director Bryan Wendorf on the blackened Krautrock of Aluk Todolo
Current musical obsessions of CUFF artistic director Bryan Wendorf and filmmaker Mike Gibisser
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Daydreaming with Bleached
Former Mika Miko members take a headfirst dive into sunshiny pop