Art Institute’s lions will be wreathed Friday
The holidays are officially beginning at the Art Institute of Chicago, which will have its annual wreathing of the lions ceremony on Friday. The ceremony is, quite literally, bestowing wreaths...
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CTA releases holiday train schedule
Hark! The CTA has announced the dates for the return of the holiday train, its yearly decked-out transport of Christmas spirit. The train will operate from 1 to 8 p.m....
Album review: Kids These Days, ‘Traphouse Rock’
*** (out of 4) Kids these days. They spend so much time on that Internet, digesting overwhelming amounts of information, destroying their attention spans. It's a wonder they can ever...
How to follow Hurricane Sandy on Twitter
Twitter won't shelter you, nourish you or quench your thirst, but in the time of Hurricane Sandy, it's the most entertaining place to be. How people ever watched a presidential...
Ghost hunting with Zak Bagans
Our ghost quest went down in the basement of the Hangge-Uppe, a near North Side bar apparently haunted by the spirit of a girl who was murdered there.Speaking of dark...
10 annoying things musicians do
Musicians are a big part of what we do. However, some of them engage in downright annoying behaviors. Here's a list of ten things musicians do that bug us. Encores:...
10 annoying things musicians do
Musicians are a big part of what we do. However, some of them engage in downright annoying behaviors. Here's a list of ten things musicians do that bug us. Encores:...
North Halsted Parade tweaks its route
This year's Northalsted Parade will be apocalyptic this year, with a Mayan calendar theme sure to inspire some long overdone cries of YOLO throughout the parade.It will also feature a...
Chapter 23 of R. Kelly’s ‘Trapped in the Closet’
After five years of being trapped in the brain of one Robert Kelly, new chapters of "Trapped in the Closet" have been liberated by the Independent Film Channel, set to...
One man brings ‘Gangnam Style’ costumes to Chicago
Adam Hodge of Highland Park first saw "Gangnam Style" shortly after it went viral, and what he loved the most wasn't the whirlwind dancing, the plethora of girls or gratuitous...