The Chicago Traveler

May 1st, 2008

Free Your Mind, Neo

Last weekend, my BFFs invited me out for a night of drinking and dancing. I was all for it. And then they told me, “It’s industrial/Goth.” Of course, all kinds of stereotypical images started coming to mind, and I began to wonder what I was going to wear for our trip to Neo.
Beneath a sign […]

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April 30th, 2008

Looptopia Offers One ‘eL’ of a Party

Looptopia, the annual dusk-till-dawn artistic and cultural celebration, lights up the downtown area again this Friday, May 2. This all-night festivity features 300 artists in 100 venues for 14 hours. More than 100,000 people attended last year. Locals, tourists, students, families, artists, musicians—Looptopia invites and entertains them all.
Just to give you an idea, here’s what […]

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April 24th, 2008

Chicago Concerts

Tickets go on sale this weekend for the following Chicago events via Ticketmaster:

Kenny Rogers
Rialto Square Theatre
Sun, May 18, 6:00 p.m.

Toby Keith
First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Fri, Aug 1, 7:30 p.m.

Boy George
House of Blues
Thurs, Aug 7, 7:30 p.m.

Poison
Peoria Civic Center
Tues, Jul 15, 8:00 p.m.

John Mellencamp
Charter One Pavilion
Tues, Jul 22, 7:30 p.m.

O.A.R.
Charter One Pavilion
Thurs, Jul 24, 7:30 p.m.

Gwar
The Pearl […]

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April 3rd, 2008

Weekend Stuff

• Check out two local designers and their earth-friendly clothing for women at EcoFashion: Beyond the Basics. Sip on pomegranate martinis with organic vodka at Pivot, while seeing how scarves are made with natural pomegranate dye. (Apr 4)
• The 24th Annual Chicago Latino Film Festival features more than 100 short, animated, documentary, and feature films […]

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February 28th, 2008

Little Vaudeville

The technology of entertainment is moving swiftly along. CDs, mp3s, mpegs, DVDs, high-def… It seems as though the moment we imagine the next step, it already exists. However, there was a time when none of this existed. Before television, before radio, there was Vaudeville. And amidst all the gadgets and doodads of today’s society, vaudeville […]

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February 23rd, 2008

Baby Loves Disco

You are a dancing machine! Or, at least, you were, up until you had kids. Now you’re a diaper-changing, stain-cleaning, tyke-chasing machine. If the dance floor is still calling your name under all that toddler-hollering, check out Baby Loves Disco.
This dance party allows clubbers and their little dance partners to have fun together. Started in […]

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February 1st, 2008

Friday Film: The Company

I enjoy dancing and seeing dance performances, but I’ll admit I’m usually at a loss when it comes to ballet. However, there are some incredibly beautiful pieces in The Company, a 2003 musical drama about the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. However, the film also makes sure to point out the pain behind the beauty, as […]

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January 31st, 2008

Weekend Quickies

• These are the last few days to take part in the Chicago Originals Restaurant Week Celebration. A select number of restaurants offer two- or three-course dinners specially priced at $20.08 in honor of the New Year. For a list of participating businesses, head to http://www.chicagooriginals.com/ (ends Feb 3)
• Brrrr… It’s cold out there, which […]

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January 10th, 2008

Weekend Stuff

• Can you shake your booty to a Latin beat? Club 720 holds a weekly salsa competition where winners advance to the finals in the hopes of earning the $2500 cash prize. (runs through Feb 15)
• Those handsome Chicago calendar firemen will be hitting the town again, this time at Crobar. They’ll be signing autographs, […]

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January 4th, 2008

On Sale Now

Tickets go on sale this weekend for the following Chicago events via Ticketmaster:

Velvet Revolver
Riviera Theatre
Thu, Jan 24, 7:30 p.m.
Slightly Stoopid
House of Blues Chicago
Sun, Feb 24, 6:30 p.m.
Daxx Riggs
Double Door
Wed, Feb 20, 9:00 p.m.

DJ Funk : Reid Speed : Chris B
Metro Smart Bar
Thu, Jan 31, 10:00 p.m.
DJ Heather : Frank Q
Metro Smart Bar
Sat, Feb 23, 10:00 […]

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