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Home » Gold Star

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Fret not about Don’t Fret’s pop-up bar. It doesn’t exploit Chicago dive bar culture.

by Ryan Smith January 25, 2018August 18, 2021

The Light Times Club is a warmly nostalgic tribute to a disappearing part of Chicago nightlife: the working-class watering hole.

Posted inBlogs

Obama’s great line—’We don’t look to be ruled’—doesn’t always apply to Chicago

by Ben Joravsky July 28, 2016August 18, 2021

The president’s convention speech prompts some thoughts on the nature of local democracy.

Posted inBlogs

Street artist Don’t Fret has turned Wicker Park’s Gold Star into a ‘conceptual watering hole’ called the Light Times Club

by Dennis Lee April 1, 2016August 18, 2021

Get a look at the street artist’s latest project, a celebration of Chicago dive-bar culture.

Robert Haynes (left) and Henry Prendergast (right) experiment with recipes in a space used by mixologists to test cocktails.
Posted inFood & Drink

One bourbon, one scotch, and 20 new hipster bars

by Julia Thiel August 28, 2013August 19, 2021

One bourbon, one scotch, and 20 new hipster bars

Posted inMusic

Reader readers built their very own jukebox

by Kevin Warwick March 14, 2013August 19, 2021

Reader readers build their very own jukebox.

Posted inBlogs

The Gold Star’s Susan Stursberg passes, and food news bites

by Mike Sula December 14, 2012August 19, 2021

Greenwashing, food truck theft, Trotter loses it (again), and more

Posted inBlogs

This week on the B Side

by Miles Raymer April 12, 2012August 19, 2021

The nonthreat of Tumblr, El-P and Million Dollar Mano talking rap music, our guide to CIMMfest, and more

Serengeti's Kenny Dennis EP follows a release he recorded with Son Lux and Sufjan Stevens
Posted inMusic

Gossip Wolf: The many moods of Serengeti

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil April 12, 2012August 19, 2021

Serengeti’s trio with Sufjan and Son Lux, a benefit for Susan Stursberg of Gold Star, and more

Posted inBlogs

Bar Food: Here Comes Bun Pow Buns

by Mike Sula September 16, 2010August 19, 2021

Bun Pow Buns: more bar-food competition for the Tamale Guy.

Posted inBlogs

6/6 — NFTs and PBR

by Reader staff June 5, 2008August 19, 2021

Free PBR and Not for Tourists guides at the Gold Star tomorrow night

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