Looking for something to do this weekend and beyond? Here are some ideas for you. FRI 7/8 Ray Borchers’s “Coasting on None” opens tonight at T.F. Projects (1513 N. Western, Unit 104), the private showroom of local artist and odd man Tony Fitzpatrick. Borchers is known in the music community for Sharpie-rendered T-shirts of cult […]
Tag: Taste of Chicago
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A taste of Chicago to go
Upcoming events and recommendations for the next seven days
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Looking ahead
I think we can all agree the next year has got to be better.
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The Cool Kids hit Temperance to celebrate the tenth birthday of their first EP
The Cool Kids hit Temperance to celebrate the tenth birthday of their first EP, an all-star Chicago crew plays Black Sabbath and Abba at the same Halloween show, and more.
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George Clinton and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Chicago Shakespeare’s Peter Pan and more goings-on 7/13-7/15
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Guess who’s coming to play at Taste of Chicago this year?
The Flaming Lips, Black Star, and George Clinton are among the big names at the Grant Park festival in July.
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The ACLU wants the mayor and the City Council to amend the ‘Welcoming City’ ordinance for immigrants, and other Chicago news
Also, Governor Bruce Rauner gets a new chief of staff from a high-profile conservative group following the tense budget battle.
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Taste of Chicago, Navy Pier fireworks, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Ai Weiwei documentary Never Sorry, Adults Night Out at Lincoln Park Zoo, and more happenings from July 3-6
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City Council ‘reluctantly’ approves measure to ease gun range restrictions, and other Chicago news
Also, high water levels in Lake Michigan could shrink local beaches this summer.
Posted inMusic
The poop scoop on festival season
Service Sanitation porta-potties have become a ubiquitous sight at Chicago music festivals. And even if you don’t think you want to, you’re about to learn about the business that put them there.
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What happens when an activist accuses a Tribune reporter of being a police spy
Monica Trinidad publicly accused Peter Nickeas of colluding with cops. Here’s what happened next.
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Video shows Chicago police commander pulling activist off a barricade during Taste of Chicago protest
Newly obtained video from Saturday’s demonstration calls into question CPD’s account of the events that led to Ja’Mal Green being charged with aggravated battery of an officer.
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Police-brutality protests continued over the weekend and other Chicago news
Also, Rahm’s “body man” is leaving City Hall for watch and leather goods company Shinola.
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Photos of Chance the Rapper, Donnie Trumpet, and the Roots at Taste of Chicago
Chicago’s own Chance the Rapper dropped by the first day of the Taste of Chicago, joining Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment before the headlining set by the Roots.