Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
Tag: Vol. 39 No. 44
Issue of Jul. 22 – 28, 2010
7/24 — Sound System Block Party at the Silver Room
The Silver Room hosts the annual Sound System Block Party on Sat 7/24.
This Week’s Food and Drink Events
Farm tours, pop-up restaurants, butchering classes, and more.
7/23-7/25 — Free Parking at Water Tower Place
Water Tower Place offers free parking to shoppers who spend more than $100 between Fri 7/23 and Sun 7/25 at 6 PM.
Geoff Dougherty Comes Over to the Reader; Kiki Yablon Is Named Editor, Alison Draper Publisher
New leadership announced at the Chicago Reader
Fashion Happenings This Weekend
Run with the brides, vintage shopping by moonlight, and more throughout the weekend.
Cedra Crenshaw: A Mom and a Meme
On her campaign website, Cedra Crenshaw—the Bolingbrook-based Republican/Tea Party candidate for the District 43 state senate seat—describes herself as “simply one mom who has had enough of the waste, corruption and mismanagement in Springfield.” She is, she continues, “one mom versus the machine, a machine that has decimated Illinois with deficit spending, job killing taxes […]
This week in Food & Drink
Reviews of new restaurants Gaztro-Wagon, Cumin, and Cookie Bar, plus eight recommended restaurants in Edgewater.