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11/25/09

Off for Thanksgiving

Chicago Guide is taking a break this week, replacing our usual diet of concerts and theatre with inappropriately large helpings of pumpkin pie and sweet potatoes. We'll be back December 2nd with our weekly roundup of things to do; in the meantime, check out The Chaser's picks for Black Wednesday bashes.

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11/18/09

Going Rogue

Don't-miss picks for 11.18.09 through 11.24.09: Take heed, Palin: You're not the only rogue on tour. Vagabond Opera brings klezmer cabaret to Chicago. … Plus, Moth Story Slam returns … Peter Gallagher recollects … Osgood and Kogan toast Chicago (and we toast them) … and more

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11/11/09

The Life of Byron

Don't-miss picks for 11.11.09 through 11.17.09: Cool jazz meets the king of klezmer … House Theatre meets rocker Jon Langford … Bartók meets the movies … Frank Lloyd Wright meets happy hour … and more

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11/4/09

Muppet Insider

Don't-miss picks for 11.04.09 through 11.10.09: The Muppets take Chicago … Margaret Atwood does dramatic … Stefon Harris shakes up a bebop shrine … Harold Ramis, Matt Groening, and Tony Kushner wax on … and more

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10/28/09

The Farce Side

Don't-miss picks for 10.28.09 through 11.03.09: Druids at CST … Monsters at Auditorium … dinosaurs in Brookfield … ghosts in West Town … and more

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10/21/09

Frankenweekend

Don't-miss picks for 10.21.09 through 10.27.09: Frankenstein plays it avant-garde … Steve Martin plays it straight … Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard play it cool … plus, Michael Chabon, Aleksandar Hemon, Augusten Burroughs … and more

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10/14/09

Off-off-off Loop

Don't-miss picks for 10.14.09 through 10.20.09: Windmill wishes, impossible dreams … more fall color than your prematurely winterized brain can imagine … Second City, Hyde Park–style … Spike Lee's go-to jazz man … and more

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10/7/09

Lucinda, Lucinda

Don't-miss picks for 10.07.09 through 10.13.09: A tale of two Lucindas … and two Joshes … plus, two much-anticipated stage adaptations … a free peek at Lincoln's pockets … free days at the MSI … and more

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9/30/09

Free Beer, Blago, Black Cats

Don't-miss events for 09.30.09 through 10.06.09: New LaBute … scenes from the Great Plague … puppets from the dark side—and then there's the free beer and tours of Blago's campaign office

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9/23/09

5 Theatre Picks

Don't-miss events for 09.23.09 through 09.29.09: Top shows from this week's theatre bill; for our full Fall Theatre Preview, pick up the October issue of Chicago, on stands now. Plus: X's and O's from a real-life Gossip Girl and free jazz in Hyde Park

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