Last call for happy hour at the 900 Shops and more this weekend.
Tag: Vol. 40 No. 13
Issue of Dec. 16 – 22, 2010
$180 Million Is Not Chump Change If You’ve Got to Give It Back
If the Tribune Company had put off filing for bankruptcy by just three weeks, would it have saved a group of past and present managers $120 million?
This Week’s Food and Drink Events
An African luncheon, a warehouse sale, a whiskey tasting, and more.
Early Warnings Roundup
This week’s Early Warnings include the Drive-By Truckers, Murder by Death, O’Death, Rival Schools, Salt-n-Pepa, Yann Tiersen, Rocky Votolato & Matt Pond, and the Weasel 25th Anniversary Festival.
Speaking of Year-End Lists
A few hip-hop mix tapes that didn’t make my top ten, available for free download
This Week in Reader Music
Year-end bests, upcoming projects, New Year’s Eve, and much more
White Light, Indeed
The recently unearthed concert film The Velvet Underground in Boston screens this Saturday at Nightingale.
Tonight: Bottle Sprints
Thought You Knew hosts bike sprints and bands tonight at the Empty Bottle as part of a launch party for its latest calendar; proceeds go to the Chicago Women’s Health Center.
Major Layoffs at Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Massive cuts hit the Department of Cultural Affairs, but that’s just the beginning, or maybe the middle.
Outside the Lines
Compelling and revealing work from Project Onward’s disabled artists
Risky business at Saigon Sisters
Opening chef Matt Eversman has his way with Vietnamese at the French Market spin-off Saigon Sister.
The List: December 16-22, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shoes: Magda, the Bad Plus, the Snow Angels, Michael McDermott, Juiceboxxx, Hamid Drake & Michael Zerang, and more