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02/08/12
04:56 PM
Chicago Guide

Top Five Things to Do This Week

On your agenda: Songs to set the V-Day mood … Folkie fellowship at the University of Chicago … Photographs that make art of table scraps … plus, what South Side native and musical theatre star E. Faye Butler is doing this weekend

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02/06/12
03:12 PM
The Escape Artist

Where to Go This Weekend: Detroit, Michigan

Detroit has taken its share of hits over the years, but the metropolis only a bridge away from the Canadian border is finding creative ways to lure visitors, including a citywide fest this weekend that started as part of Super Bowl festivities seven years ago: The Motown Winter Blast (February 10-12) is expected to draw as many as 75,000 people to the event...

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02/06/12
12:20 PM
Seen on the Scene

Weekend Photos: Super Bowl XLVI at The Ogden

A mostly dispassionate crowd—Bears fans to the core, we presume—kept one eye on the game last night at The Ogden (1659 W. Ogden Ave.; 312-226-1888) as the Giants beat the Patriots, 21–17...

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02/01/12
05:00 PM
Chicago Guide

Top 5 Things to Do This Week

On your agenda: The Seldoms dance their way through Harris Theater … a Southern-style tragedy strikes Stage 773 … CSO’s composers in residence premiere works inspired by a farm, Fermilab, and Franz Schubert … plus, what the Chicago Dramatists resident playwright and actor-about-town Jon Steinhagen is doing this weekend

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01/30/12
08:27 PM
The Escape Artist

What to Do This Weekend: Explore Leelanau Peninsula’s Wine Trail

Despite what the greeting card industry would have you believe, there’s no reason to wait for Valentine’s Day to indulge in a weekend of passion. This weekend (February 3 through 5), the Leelanau Peninsula in Northern Michigan hosts the Taste the Passion wine tour, at annual showcase for local vintages from the same parallel as the renowned wine growing regions of France’s Rhone Valley and Italy’s Piedmont region...

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01/30/12
12:05 PM
Seen on the Scene

Weekend Photos: Frank “Big Hurt” Thomas @ Public House

What would America's pastime be without beer? It was only a matter of time before a baseball legend would slap his nickname on some tall boys, and that legend is former White Sox slugger Frank “Big Hurt” Thomas...

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01/25/12
12:56 PM
Chicago Guide

Top Five Things to Do This Week

On the agenda: Football, bachelorette parties take a dramatic turn … Sundance lands at the Music Box … free Schubert … plus, what ICE’s Claire Chase is doing this weekend

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Eve Alfillé Gallery and Studio Celebration

Eve Alfillé Gallery and Studio Celebration

November 19, 2011--Eve Alfillé Gallery and Studio unveiled Eve’s newest collection “Dancing Under the Stars” during an open house. Guests enjoyed hors d’oeuvres, courtesy of Donna Goodman...

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Hyde Park’s SHOP Serves Up Beer and Art

Hyde Park’s SHOP Serves Up Beer and Art

A ROOM WITH A BREW: A new community art center in the First Unitarian Church of Chicago nestles a small pub into an ongoing art project

Laura Letinsky’s Art of Leftovers

Laura Letinsky’s Art of Leftovers

REINVENTING LEFTOVERS: The U. of C. prof and photographer celebrates the creative process and sharing food in two new exhibits

Meet Luna Negra Dance Theater’s Gustavo Ramírez Sansano

Meet Luna Negra Dance Theater’s Gustavo Ramírez Sansano

RAGING BULL: The Spanish native premieres a new adaptation of ‘Carmen’ in March at the Harris Theater

A Guide to Lincoln Square: Where to Eat, Shop, and Play

A Guide to Lincoln Square: Where to Eat, Shop, and Play

INSIDER’S GUIDE: A beloved music venue’s expansion is one reason to revisit this North Side neighborhood. We’ve got 13 more

Puppet Plays Take Chicago

Puppet Plays Take Chicago

With marionettes multiplying on local stages, we rank the kid friendliness of four strings-attached works

Five Best Things to Do in  February

Five Best Things to Do in February

THE SHORTLIST: Five musts from our February culture calendar

The Drinker's Guide: 20 Best Cocktails in Chicago

The Drinker's Guide: 20 Best Cocktails in Chicago

SAMPLE GREATNESS: From The Aviary's Rum Manhattan to Sable's Transfinite Induction, we picked the 20 best cocktails in town—and lined them up from bitter to sweet.

8 Great Last-Minute Ski and Surf Escapes

8 Great Last-Minute Ski and Surf Escapes

WHERE TO GO—NOW!: Feeling boxed in? Visit one of these eight destinations, each perfect for a mood-lifting spur-of-the-moment getaway

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