Chicago Detours offers free historical tours of the Mag Mile through the end of July.
Tag: Vol. 39 No. 45
Issue of Jul. 29 – Aug. 4, 2010
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Early Warnings Roundup
This week’s Early Warning include Atmosphere, Big Boi, High on Fire, Delorean, Jonsi, Maserati, Bob Mould, Surfer Blood, Of Montreal, the Thermals, and Titus Andronicus.
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7/31 Grand Opening of Chicago’s First Bike Park
Chicago Area Mountain Bikers and the Chicago Park District celebrate the opening of Chicago’s first bike park with a party on July 31.
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This Week in the Reader’s Music Section
Tim Kinsella talks Cap’n Jazz, “Bartok rockers” Reds and Blue finally release their first album, Kings of Leon get a thumbs-down from the pigeon community, and more.
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7/29 — Free Pizza and Wine at WineStyles
WineStyles offers free samples of wine and pizza Thu 7/29.
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Fully Nonironic Praise of a Chicago Public Service
The City of Chicago has a tendency to take it on the chin from the Reader on (frequent) occasion,
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7/29-8/1 — Fiesta del Sol Festival in Pilsen
Pilsen’s 38th annual Fiesta del Sol takes place this weekend from Thu-Sun 7/29-8/1.
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“Redneck Sports” . . . for Charity
Next up: Pimps and Hoes for the mesothelioma cure.
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Dinner & a Show: Thursday 7/29
Music Show: Tortoise 2.0 The group was commissioned by the Department of Cultural Affairs and the Jazz Institute of Chicago to kick off the series Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz with an original composition incorporating some of the city’s most interesting jazz players. Reedists Ed Wilkerson Jr. and Greg Ward, flutist Nicole Mitchell, pianist […]
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7/29 — Free Cheesecake at Eli’s
Eli’s Cheesecake Company, celebrates National Cheesecake Day with free cheesecake slices.
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African Women and Science Fiction
Wanuri Kahiu’s post-apocalyptic short “Pumzi” screens and YA novelist Nnedi Okorafor reads and speaks in the African Woman and Science Fiction program Sunday at the DuSable Museum of African American History.
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This Week’s Food and Drink Events
Berry dinners, garden tours, wine classes, and more.
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The End of an Era: No More Extraordinary Popular Delusions on Tuesdays at Hotti Biscotti
After more than five years, Extraordinary Popular Delusions’ extraordinary run at Hotti Biscotti comes to an end.
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Sales Today and Tomorrow
Shop sales downtown and learn to make resin pendants this weekend.