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• We’re all familiar with the Taste of Chicago, an all-out food fest featuring dozens of Chicago restaurants. Foodies will want to check out the upscale version, Chicago Gourmet. Over two dozen famous Chicago chefs (including Rick Bayless, David Burke, and Art Smith) will be offering some of their signature dishes for the event, along […]
The Cadillac Palace Theatre, another beautiful piece of Chicago’s historic Theater District, first opened its doors in October of 1926. Although the theatre may not look like much on the outside, it more than makes up for that inside. Visitors then and now saw breathtaking design inspired by the palaces of Fontainebleau and Versailles, both […]
• Follow a trail of flour, chalk, and toilet paper on the Sixth Annual Great Chicago Anthrax Scare/Santa Hat Run. This four-mile run (for $44) includes a Santa cap, a hazmat suit, and four hours of food and open bar with the Chicago Hash House Harriers afterward. Meet at the Hidden Shamrock by 2 p.m. […]
One of the most recognizable and memorable Chicago landmarks is the legendary Chicago Theatre. Located on State Street in the Loop, the theatre is home to stage plays, comedy performances, concerts, magic shows, and speeches. For several decades, it was the city’s primary motion picture theatre and now focuses on live performances of popular music.
The […]
• Following a 500-year-old German tradition, Oakbrook Center hosts Christkindlmarket, featuring artisans selling items like hand-carved nutcrackers, beer steins, toys, lace table linens, glass-blown ornaments, European chocolates, jewelry, and a wide variety of German novelties. Visitors can also experience traditional delicacies including bratwurst, sauerkraut, pretzels, leberkase, and more. (Oct 26 – Nov 11)
• Kelly Clarkson […]
I know when I have the opportunity to travel a lot, many of the hotel rooms begin to look the same. That’ll never be the case though with Chicago’s Hotel Allegro in the middle of the Randolph Street Theatre District.
Remodeled in 1996, the Hotel Allegro has not forgotten its 1920s art deco roots. Bold patterns […]
It’s almost summer, and soon we’ll all be chillin’ poolside. One pool you can check out right now is actually indoors at Truman College. The Pegasus Players have revived the musical “The Frogs” by composer Stephen Sondheim and writer Burt Shevelove which takes place on and in the swimming pool.
“The Frogs” first premiered in 1974 […]
A little piece of Broadway has found its way to Chicago. However, this isn’t the stuffy, high-brow stuff we’re all familiar with. No, this is Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit, a musical comedy full of spoof lyrics and considered by many critics to be the funniest 90 minutes in Chicago. If you’re at all familiar […]
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