Gig poster of the week
Apr 18ARTIST: Eric NyffelerSHOW: Gotye and Kimbra at the Aragon Ballroom on 4/3MORE INFO: doe-eyed.com [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] »
The latest about Andersonville from Chicago Reader
Small plates, big difference: this week in Food & Drink
Apr 05Mike Sula tells a tale of two restaurants, similar of cuisine—Italian—but not much else. The other half of Andersonville farm-to-table concept Acre has been taken over by Bar Ombra, where Sula enjoyed Venetian-style bar snacks similar in spirit to Span... »
A tale of two Italians: Bar Ombra and RPM
Apr 03Two Italians at odds: Bar Ombra and Melman siblings' RPM by Mike Sula Washed up in the wave of high-profile Italian openings (Bar Toma, Balena, even Nellcote) are two restaurants that couldn't be more at odds: RPM and Bar Ombra. The next time I want to... »
A new art house in Edgewater
Mar 26The first floor of 6018North has been stripped to its studs. The room feels raw and open.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] »
New plays for the new place
Mar 14Details of the Black Ensemble Theater's Black Playwrights Festival by Sharon Lurye This will be the Black Ensemble Theater's seventh annual Black Playwrights Festival—and its first in the company's brand-new, $19 million cultural center. The six-night ... »
Rompin', stompin', and chompin'
Mar 12Tuesday at 9 PM, the Hungry Brain at 2316 W. Belmont partners with the offbeat programming outfit Homeroom and the Japanese American Service Committee to present "Godzilla 101: Birth of an Atomic Monster." Larry Mayo, professor of anthropology at DePau... »
Chef Michael Altenberg dies
Mar 12Eater reports that Michael Altenberg, chef-owner of Bistro Campagne, died Friday night after experiencing breathing problems. Altenberg, a Kendall grad and Lettuce Entertain You vet, worked at a number of iconic restaurants in both Chicago (Le Francais... »
News Bites: Your latest local food news roundup
Mar 02Kristine Subido is leaving Wave (in the W Chicago Lakeshore hotel) to open a Filipino-style chicken shack in Uptown, Eater reports. New Wrigleyville tavern Wheel House opened last night with Kuma's vet Jack Stankovic on the grill, says Grub Street Chic... »
Do this: Koval Bottling Day
Feb 17Ravenswood's Koval Distillery just announced one of its periodic bottling days, next Sunday, February 26. Volunteer to spend three hours bottling, capping, sealing, labeling, and boxing some 180 cases of the distiller's Dark Oat Rye, Dark Rye and 47th ... »
Group 312 at Chicago Filmmakers
Feb 02In the interview I posted the other day, local video artist Nelson Carvajal spoke enthusiastically about what he termed “the democratization of filmmaking, [which is] bringing [things] to the point where everybody can be making art.” For an illustratio... »
This week's Culture Vultures recommend . . .
Jan 26In-the-know Chicagoans recommend Four Lions, Blewt! Productions, and Lillstreet Art Center by Drew Hunt and Joey Jachowski Jason Saldanha, Sound Opinions producer and webmaster, is looking into the mouth of: Four Lions There is a cabal of British comed... »
Sales and such
Jan 12It's Thursday—time for another roundup of boutique sales and shopping events. Andersonville's Turley Road, 5239 N. Clark, is offering 20 to 70 percent off everything in the store until next Wednesday the 18th.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments... »
Now open: Goosefoot
Dec 16On Tuesday Chris Nugent, executive chef at Les Nomades from 2005 until the fall of this year, opened Goosefoot in Lincoln Square, where he’ll be offering seasonally-based, market-driven, eight-course tasting menus ($90), with 12-course menus to debut n... »
Dawn of the deal
Dec 08How clout raised an Uptown TIF deal from the dead by Ben Joravsky The last time the TIF-funded deal at Montrose and Clarendon reared its ugly not-so-little head was on a sweltering day in June, when everyone involved would have been better off watching... »
Gerald Nicosia on the road
Nov 16Berwyn native and UIC grad Gerald Nicosia is in town to present his new book, One and Only: The Untold Story of On the Road. He has appearances Wednesday at 2 PM at the UIC Daley Library, Wednesday at 7:30 PM at Women & Children First, and Thursday at ... »
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